170 STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPI PILOTRICHUM. 
Caripensis C. Müll. 1. c. — . Moritzia Caripensis Hmp. Linn. XX. 
p. 82. 
Patria. Mispaniola, ad ramos arborum: Swartz, 
Bertero. Mexico: Leibold. Var. 6. Venezuela, Ca- 
racas et Caripe: Moritz. 
38. P. protensum C. Müll.; monoicum ; caulis elon- 
gatus ramosus, ramis remotis protensis recurvalis brevi- 
bus rigidis subpinnatus crassiusculus ferrugineus, superne 
lutescens; folia caulina humore erecto - patentia, siccitate 
magis appressa, lato-ovata acuminata integra haud pli- 
cata, concava, margine revoluto, nervo supra medium 
evanido; perich. lanceolata longissime acuminata, apicem 
versus vix plicato-undulata, nervo plerumque excurrente 
cuspidata, lineari-laxiusculo -reticulata pellucida; theca 
immersa cylindraceo - oblonga basi impresso- plicata, late 
annulata, operc. conico recto brevi, calyptra parva, basi 
laciniata, «pice scabra, omnino obtecto; perist. duplicis 
d. ext. lanceolato -acuminati valde rugulosi albidi, remote 
articulati, subpertusi, cilia dimidio breviora maxime ru- 
gulosa filiformia. 
Cryphaea protensa Br. et Sch. in Musc. Abyss. et C. Müll, in 
Linn. XVII. p. 679. 
Patria. Abyssinia: W. Schimper. 
A P. patente notis laudatis facile distinguitur. 
B. Folia dentata, 
39. P. sphaerocarpum C. Müll.; monoicum? caulis 
pendulus vage et pinnatim ramosus, ramis apice attenua- 
tis brevibus; folia caulina laxe imbricata, superne cauli 
appressa apice exstante, ovato-lanceolata longe acumi- 
nata, apice tenuissime serrulata, concava, nervo ad me- 
dium evanido, lutescenti-viridia; perich. erecto - patula, 
intima majora concava suberecta, exteriora longe minora 
plana integerrima , omnia pallide luteo - viridia; theca im- 
mersa lateralis globosa fusco- lutescens, late annulata, 
ore incrassato rubro, operc. conico acuto concolori; perist. 
albieantis duplicis d. int. filiformes, externis {latioribus 
breviores. 4. 
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