Be 
HYPNOIDEAE. NECKERA. 111 
B. Folia lanceolato - acuminata, 
123. N. trichophylia Sw. (Fl. Ind. Occ. III. p. 1798.) 
dioica; caulis longe repens filiformis subfoliosus flexuo- 
sus, ramis permultis. simplicibus compressis amoene late 
sciuroidibus plerumque in apicem longiorem | filiformem 
attenuatis mollibus amoene flavescentibus sericeis; folia 
caulina densa, plumose erecto- patentia, e basi rotundatà 
anguste lanceolata, in acumen elongatum flexuosum pla- 
num loriforme producta, concava, enervia, plicata, mar- 
gine ubique erecto vel vix convexo ubique denticulato, 
cellulis elongatis angustissime linearibus pallidis, alaribus 
ad basin infimam parum impressam vix ullis; perichae- 
tia minuta pallida vix exserta, foliis brevioribus et te- 
nuius acuminatis denticulatis quam caulinis; theca in ped. 
mediocri laevi purpureo erecta ovata, operculo subulato; 
perist. duplicis d. ext. inflexi, int. 'ciliaeformes erecti. 
Brid. H. p. 227. — Hypnum trichophyllum Sw. Prodr. FI. Ind. 
Occ. p. 141. — Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 274. t. 71. — — Muscus terre- 
stris, repens, major, ramulis circa extremitatem conglomeratis , fo- 
liolis multis et minimis capillaceis caulem ambientibus. Sloane. Cat. 
Jam. p. 12. — Hist. I. p. 68. n. 19, descr, t. 25. f. 2, s. caps. — 
Dill. Musc. p. 336. n, 74. 
Patria. Ex insula Jamaica Sloane primus descripsit, 
dein Swartz legit; ex insula "Trinidad Antillarum mino- 
rum in monte 'Tocuche a pharmacopola Crüger lectam 
habemus. Rarissime fructificans. 
Thecam non vidimus. Hypno sericeo haud dissimilis, 
N. tomentosae tamen multo affinior. 
124. N. tomentosa C. Müll. ; dioica? JV. trichophyl- 
lae simillima, sed rami in apicem filiformem non atte- 
nuati , veluti truncati , rigidiores; basi tomento compacto 
interterti, sericei; folia caulina in acumen longum fle- 
xwose piliforme attenuata, margine ubique distincte re- 
voluta, profundius plicata, nervo tenui unico brevi; pe- 
richaetialia tomento inserta at ex axillis foliorum exserta, 
caulinis multo latiora vaginantia, haud plicata, enervia; 
theca in ped, mediocri rufo laevi erecta, e collo longiusculo 
