HYPNOIDEAE. HYPNUM. 345 
laxe quadratis. pellucidis, intus granulosis; perich. an- 
guste vaginantia, reflexe acuminata; theca in ped. me- 
diocri rutilante laevi nutans minute obovata , operc. co- 
nico recle rostrato, annulo nullo; perist. d. ext. angusti 
breves lutei, int. aequilongi solidi pallidi, ciliis vix bre- 
vioribus albidis singulis. 
H. Breutelii W. P. Sch. in litt, ad Breutel! — H. flavo - ni- 
tens C. Müll. Bot. Zeit. 1844. p. 749! — H, subflavum Hook. et 
Wils. Lond. Journ. of bot. 1844, in Musc. Gardner. No, 121! 
Leskea leucostega Brid. IL. p. 3331 
Patria. In Antillis: Porto Rico: Bertero; Cuba, 
inter Polypodium incanum: Hb. Meissner.; St. Jan: 
Breutel ad cort. arborum. Brasilia, Serra de Araripe, 
ad arbores: G. Gardner. 
Notis cursive impressis species distincta. ` 
231. M. saxatile Hook. et Wils. (Lond. Journ. of 
bot. 1844. p. 164.); monoicum; H: leucostego simillimum, 
sed theca Aorizontalis subcernuo - ovalis latior, operc. co- 
nico oblique rostrato. € 
H. Gardnerianum C. Müll. Bot. Zeit. 1844, p. 742. 
Patria. Brasilia, ad lapides sylvarum, Natividade, 
Jan. 1840: G. Gardner No. 123. 
235. W. microstegum C. Müll; monoicum? H. leu- 
eostego simillimum, sed theca brevissime pedunculata, mi- 
nutissime ovalis inclinata, operculo: minutissimo conico 
papillato. 
Hookeria prostrata Harv. in Hook. Ic. PI. Rar. t. 20. f. 5. — 
Cum descr, in Lond, Journ. of bot, 1840. p. 15. ; 
Patria. India orientalis, Sylhet: Wallich. 
Fructus nobis non visus. 
b. Folia subsecunda. 
€, Pedunculus laevis. 
226, H. confertum Dicks. (Fasc. Crypt. IV. 1802! 
P. 17. t. 11. f. 14.) ; monoicum; cespites conferti prostrati 
viridissimi v. sordide lutei subnitentes; caulis repens, ra- 
mis subeompressis confertis brevibus vage ramosus, arcte 
