268  STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPL  nyPNUM. 
hastato - lanceolata brevia, caviuscula, margine erecto ad 
basin infimam introrsum impressam, cellulis alaribus pau- 
cissimis minutissime quadratis praeditam, paulisper re- 
flexo ubique denticulato, nervis brevibus pallidis , cellulis 
brevibus subconflatis ubique pallidis, papillis sparsis te- 
nerrimis praeditis; perich. squarrosa, late vaginantia, 
longe latiuscule subreflexe acuminata, vix denticulata, 
basi laxius reticulata inferne subflavida; theca in ped. 
elongato rigidissimo laevi purpurascente subinclinata, 
sicca magis pendula, oblongo - cylindracea subarcuata, 
ore parum constricta, fuscidula, anguste annulata, operc. 
conico oblique rostellato brevi aurantiaco; perist. longis- 
simi d. ext. angusti subulati flavidi, int. aequilongi in 
subulam tenerrimam albidam longam producti lutescentes 
vix perforati, ciliis binis capillaribus longis hyalinis; ca- 
lyptra pilis erectis hirta. 
Brid. IL. p. 411, — H, filidens C. Müll. Bot. Zeit. 1844. p. 742. 
— H. erythrodontium C. Müll. 1, c. theca robustiore breviore tur- 
gida. — H, trichomitrium Hmp. in litt. 
Patria. Tn valle di Aragua Venezuelae terrestre primi 
legerunt Humboldt et Bonpland; Mexico: Leiboldt; 
Brasilia, monte Corcovado et Serra dos Orgaós: Gard- 
ner No. 115; in sylvis flum. Amazonum: Sellow; in 
sylvis insulae St. Catharinae ad coloniam Germanicam 
prope flumen Itajahi, Oct. Novbr. 1846: Pabst. 
In speciminibus Itajahiensibus calyptram lamelloso- 
scabram, pilis igitur obsoletis praeditam et thecam glo- 
boso - ovalem observavimus. Speciem propriam ob notas 
hasce leves non putamus. 
94. HM. reptans Sw. (Fl. Ind. Occ. III. p. 18197); 
monoicum; late cespitosum maxime vage ramosum, ramis 
subfasciculatis plumulose foliosis parum compressis pal- 
lide luteis v. viridibus brevibus et longiusculis curvulis 
remotiusculis rigidis; folia caulina laxe imbricata, e basi 
maxime impresso - coarctata, cellulis alaribus paucissimis 
minutis quadratis praedità latiuscule lanceolata strictius- 
cula, subcarinate concava, margine erecto, ad infimam 
basin solam impressam parum reflexo, denticulato, nervis 
