HYPNOIDEAE. HYPNUM. 381 
Ex habitu Dicrano scopario haud dissimile. 
B. Cellulae alares vesiculaeformes. 
a. Folia acuminata. 
301. H. pungens Hdw. (Sp. Musc. p. 237. t. 60.); 
hermaphroditum; cespites laxe cohaerentes; repens, ra- 
mis erectis longiusculis patentifoliis, apice subeuspidatis, 
flexuosis crassiusculis stramineo - viridibus subsecundis ni- 
tidulis irregulariter breviuscule subpinnatis; folia caulina 
subhorizontalia laxe imbricata, e basi coarctata brevis- 
sima reflexa, cellulis alaribus introrsum. impressis sub- 
ventricosis maximis hyalinis v. flavidis praedita subau- 
riculatà dilatate lanceolato - acuminata , acutiuscula , mar- 
gine plus minus involutaceo integerrimo, summo apice in- 
voluto parum denticulato v. integra, nervis obsoletis, cel- 
lulis pallidis basi flavidis; perich. paucissima late vagi- 
nantia breviter acuminata, sub apice solo involutacea, 
superne denticulata, basi laxius reticulata flavida; thecae 
in pedunculis inter cespitem occultis brevibus, tenuibus 
purpureis superne subpapillosis erectae minute urceolato - 
ovales, badiae, exannulatae, ore truncatulo aequali v. con- 
stricto, operc. conico longe aciculari flexuoso aurantiaco; 
perist. d. ext. breves angusti, linea media latiuseule dia- 
phana valde exarati subrufi, int. aequilongi angustissimi 
vix perforati flaviusculi, ciliis singulis rudimentariis v. 
nullis interpositis. , 
Leskea pungens Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ, HI. p. 1806. — Brid. II. p. 
291. — Leskea patens Hsch. Fl. Bras. 1. p. 72! forma minor, haud 
rare occurrens. 
Patria. Ad radices arborum in sylvis humidis mon- 
tosis Jamaicae primus legit Swartz; Surinam, ad trun- 
cos fruticum planitierum arenosarum prope Joden- Sa- 
vanna, rarius: Kegel, Nov. 1845; insula Antillarum Tri- 
nidad, monte 'Tocuche: Crüger mensibus Januarii, Mar- 
tii, Jul. et Dec. 1847, in societate Syrrhopodontis lyco- 
podioidis , Mniadelphi aurati et al. muscorum ; Venezuela, 
prov. Carabobo, Cumbre de Valence, alt. 5000/, 1846 Ja- 
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