118 STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPI. NECKERA. 
. Subsectio V. Leptodon Brid. II. p. 197. — Caulis compres- 
sus, ramis plus minus involutis v. incurvis, foliis rotundato - ob- 
tusis, rotundato-areolatis, Perich. exserta. 
134. N. Smithii C. Müll; dioica; caulis primarius 
repens, secundarius procumbens compressus elatus basi 
longiuscula indivisa, sursum breviter bipinnatus plumae- 
formis, rami densissime approximati breves apice con- 
voluti, viridissimi rigidissimi duri; folia caulina dense im- 
bricata ovato-ligulata obtusa integerrima implana ca- 
viuscula, margine inferne revoluto, nervo ad medium 
producto viridi, cellulis rotundatis mollibus chlorophyllo- 
sis; perichaetia longiuscule exserta pallida, paraphysibus 
multis cellulosis longis, foliis late vaginantibus lanceolato- ` 
acuminatis, acumine subloriformi longiusculo obtuso, cel- 
lulis tenuioribus pallidioribus, nervo in acumen evanescente ; 
theca in ped. perbrevi emerso flavido curvulo elliptica 
fusca leptodermis, exannulata, calyptra dimidiata brevis 
longe pilosa, operc. breviter conico recto; perist. simpli- 
cis d. ext. elongate lanceolato -acuminati albidi rugulosi, 
remote articulati, linea media fissiles, perist. internum: 
membrana brevissima. 
Hookeria convoluta Spr. Syst. Veg. IV. II. p. 324. —  Lepto- 
don Smithii Mohr. Obs. p. 27. — Brid. IL. p. 197. — Lasia Smi- 
thii Brid. Mant. Musc. p. 133. — = Pterigynandrum Smithii Brid. 
Sp. Musc, p. 140. —  Pterogonium Smithii Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 
IL p. 173. — Schw. Suppl. IL L p. 31. t. 109, — Orthotrichum 
Smithii Brid. Musc. Rec. ll. IL. p. 33. — — Pilotrichum Smithii P. 
B. Prodr. p. 83. — Polytrichum Smithii Hull. 249. — Neckera 
bipinnata Schl. Crypt. Helv. Cent. IV. n. 22. — Hypnum Smithii 
Dicks. Fasc. Hl. Crypt. p. 10. t. 5. f£. 4. — H. cincinnatum Santi 
Viagg. p. 209. t. 6. ex Savi Fl. Pis, 2. p. 441. 
Patria. Ad arbores et rupes Europae meridionalis ; 
in Bavaria circa Hassellohe, in Tiroli meridionali atque 
Helvetia et inde per totam Italiam; ex oris Istriae per 
Dalmatiam usque ad Macedoniam, Graeciam, Asiam mi- 
norem et ab oris Africae borealis ad Prom. b. spei; ex 
Helvetia porro per Galliam meridionalem ad Hispaniam 
et in Anglia australi, ubi in Devonshire vulgatissima. — 
Vere. 
