44 STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPI. NECKERA. 
6. N. leiophylla Gümbel (in schedulis ad Sendtner); 
N. complanatae simillima, sed tenerrima, folia minora 
subrotundato -ovata, obtusa vix acuminata, cellulis ma- 
gis rotundis. : 
Patria. Draga d'Orlich prope Tergestum: Sendt- 
ner. Hb. 
Sterilem tantum vidimus. Ex habitu inter JV. com- 
planatam et Omaliam trichomanoidem medium tenet. 
7. N. glabella Sw. (Fl. Ind. Occ. III. p. 1782.); 
caulis secundarius late complanatus planissimus rigidis- 
simus nitidus, in ramos breviusculos apice tenues flagel- 
liformes inordinate divisus; folia caulina dense imbricata, 
haud rugosa, planissima, e basi angusta asymmetrico - 
sputhulato-ligulata rotundate obtuso - acuminata, apice 
summo serrato, nervis binis brevibus, cellulis ellipticis 
mollibus chlorophyllosis; perichaetia perpauca, foliis ex- 
ternis et internis JV. distichee; theca subimmersa ovata, 
operculo cuspidato. 
N. Distichia glabella Brid. H. p. 342. — Leskea glabella Hdw. 
Sp. Musc. p. 235. t, 59. — Hypnum glabellum Sw. Prodr, Fl. Ind, 
Occ. p. 140, 
Neckera Patagonica Brid. 1. c, —  Pilotrichum Patagonicum 
P, B. Prodr. p. 83, — Sphagnum pennatum, planum, Dill, Muse, p. 
249. t. 32, f. 7; e patria et icone Dilleniana species diversa videtur! 
Patria. Jamaica, ad truncos arborum in montibus: 
Swartz. Mexico, circa Xalapa: Schiede et Deppe. 
Fructus sed imperfectos detector solus vidit. A Pi- 
lotricho undulato haud dissimili notis laudatis toto coelo 
differt. 
8. N. Trachyloma C. Müll; dioica? caulis re- 
pens; ramus primarius late complanatus, erectus digitalis 
v. palmaris rigidws basi subnudus, apice longiusculo in- 
diviso, medio ramulis erecto - patentibus distichis inaequa- 
libus longiusculis obtusis complanatis: simplicibus pinna- 
tus; folia caulina majuscula pallide. viridia nitentia, bifa- 
riam imbricata, late ovata obtusa, acumine brevi, serri- 
lata subenervia indistincte striata v. plicata; perich. 
