HYPNOIDEAE. - PILOTRICHUM: 171 
Cryphaea sphaerocarpa Brid. H. p. 251. — Neckera sphaero- 
carpa Hook. Trans. of Linn, Soc. 1X. p. 312, t. 27. f. 1. 
Patria. Nepal: Buchanan, arboreum. 
40. P. patens C. Müll.; monoicum; caulis longiuscu- 
lus crassus rigidus, ramis paucis patentissimis rigidis 
brevibus crassiusculis obtusis divisus, parce fructificans ; 
folia caulina. squarruloso - erecta, humore horizontalia, e 
basi cordata latissime rotundato - ovata, breviter acumi- 
nata, acumine dentata, grossius areolata, concava, nervo 
ante apicem evanido, margine usque ad acumen revoluto; 
perich. ubique latissime convoluta, marginibus valde in- 
volutis, breviter acuminata enervia v. subito longiuscule 
cuspidata, nervo e cuspide ad medium folii descendente, 
tenera, pellucida; theca immersa minute ovata microstoma 
badia, operc. conico brevi recto, annulo lato; perist. d. 
ext. angustissimi ubique rugulosi albidi, int. vix brevio- 
res filiformes similes; calyptra laevis. 
Cryphaea patens Hsch. in Muse. Mexic. Deppean, excl, Syn, 
Hypn. patens Hook. 
Patria. Mexico: Deppe. 
A P. decurrente proximo caracteribus cursive im- 
pressis primo momento differt. > 
41. P. intermedium C. Müll; monoicum; caulis 
parce ramosus crassiusculus, ramis brevibus rigidis re- 
curvis; folia caulina Awmore erecto - patula, lato-ovata 
breviter acuminata integerrima cochleariformia, margine 
usque ad acumen revoluto, basi decurrente, glabra, nervo 
tenui supra medium evanido; perich. late et maxime con- 
voluta, in acumen longum glabrum producta, enervia v. 
apice solo nervosa, infima basi laxe superne conflate et 
badio- reticulata; theca immersa oblonga aequalis late 
annulata, majuscula, breviter conico = operculata, calyptra 
laevi; perist. d. ext. latiuscule lanceolato - subulati , basi 
glabri rufescenti -albidi integri, apicem versus rugulosi, 
int. filiformes glabri albi, dimidio breviores. 
Cryphaea intermedia €. Müll. Linn. XIX. p. 212. 
Patria. Mexico: Leibold. Dr. Gottsche comm. 
