HYPNOIDEAE. NECKERA. 121 
gerrima, elongate anguste areolata, immarginata; theca 
subemersa magna, turgide oblonga, saepius arcuata; pa- 
chydermis fusca, exannulata, operc. intense rubro conico 
acute acuminato incurvo, calyptra cucullata fuscidula gla= 
bra, pedunculo perbrevi ad basin paraphysibus numerosis 
longis simplicibus cincto; perist. d. ext. longissimi angu- 
ste lanceolato-acuminati, arcte trabeculati, linea. media 
obsoleta, lutescentes, siccitate im spiram contorti, int. in 
membrana altiuscula reticulata angustiores membranacei 
albidi dense articulati, carinati, perforati. 
Spiridens Reinwardti Nees ab Es. Nov. Act. XI. I. p. 143. 
t. 17, — Brid. 11. p. 280, — Schw. Suppl. H. 2, p. 146. t. 147. — 
Hook. Bot. Miscell. 1. t. 1; ic. optima ! 
Patria. In summo monte ignivomo insulae "l'idor in 
Archipelago Moluccarum minorum: Reinwardt 1820. 
Muscus omnium pulcherrimus, giganteus, florae Indi- 
cae ornatus optimus. 
139. N. Balfouriana C. Müll; JV. Reinwardti si- 
millima, sed planta angustior gracilior 3— 6 uncialis, fo- 
la anguste marginata, remotissime dentata, theca ovato- 
cylindracea. T. 
Spiridens Balfourianus Grev. Aun, and. Mag. of Nat. Hist, 1848. 
p. 326. t. 18. 
Patria. Tahiti: Dr. Sibb old. 
Sectio VIL Climacium Web. et Mohr. Caulis primarius 
repens; secundarius pleurocarpicus elatus, primum flagelliformis, 
apice fasciculatim dendroideo ramosus, "ramis undique foliosis, 
folia ovata elongate areolata. "Theca exserta, 
Patria. Europa, Nova Hollandia. 
Pterobryo generis Pilotrichi sectio affinis. 
140. N, dendroides Brid. (Musc. Rec. H. H. p. 15.); 
dioica; caulis primarius longe repens; rami erecti plures, 
primum flagelliformes, dein stipite longo foliis squamae- 
formibus obtecto et apice ramulis subsimplicissimis den- 
sifoliis longiusculis crassis attenuatis pallide viridibus den- 
droideo- divisi, ditissime fructiferi; folia caulina e basi 
late auriculato -cordata ovato = oblonga — ligulato - obtusa, 
