398  STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPI. uvPwuw. 
321. M. intortum P. B. (Prodr. p. 65.); dioicum? 
laxe cespitosum tenerrimum filiforme longe repens, ramis 
brevibus subregularibus fenuissimis viridibus apice tenuis- 
simo curvulis pinnatum; folia caulina laxe imbricata pa- 
tentissima, minutissima vix conspicua , angustissime longe 
lanceolato - acuminata strictiuscula, basi subrotundata, mar- 
gine erecto superne vix denticulato, nervis brevissimis 
pallidis saepe inconspicuis obsoletis, cellulis elongate an- 
gustissime linearibus viridiusculis, alaribus vix ullis mi- 
nutissimis quadratis; perich. caulinis similia parum latiora 
et longiora denticulata; theca in ped. elongato laevi pur- 
purascente horizontalis v. nutans parvula, pro plantulae 
eriguitate majuscula, breviter urceolata, ore constricta, 
exannulata, badia, opere. eupulato-conico acuto brevi; 
perist. d. ext. flavidi, int. lutei perforati aeguilongi, ciliis 
1—2 tenerrimis. 
Schw. Suppl. 1. H. p. 270. t. 92. — Isothecium intortum Brid. 
H. p. 383. 
Patria. Yn sylvis insularum Bourbonis et Franciae 
cespitibus valde intorto-implexis ad terram vivit: Bory 
St. Vincent. 
322. M. acanthophyllum Mont. (Ann. sc. nat. 1845. 
4. p. 90.); monoicum; caulis intricate repens vage ramo- 
sus tenerrimus, ramis capillaribus erectis simplicibus vel 
compositis sordide viridibus pinnatus; folia caulina plu- 
mose imbricata remotiuscula, patentissima, undique in- 
serta, minuta, strictiuscula, anguste lanceolata acuminata, 
carinata, margine basi leviter reflexo, ubique denticulato, 
nervo dimidiato viridi tenui, cellulis angustissime lineari- 
bus virentibus, alaribus vix ullis; perichaetia angustis- 
sima, foliis pallidissimis tenerrimis, latiuscule vaginanti- 
bus breviter acuminatis rectis, enervibus, integris, basi 
laxe reticulatis; theca in ped. /ongiusculo tenero rubro 
laevi Aorizontalis, minute oblongo-urceolata , sicca ore 
constricta, operc. conico oblique longe aciculari. 
Patria. Ad corticem arborum reipublicae Chilensis: 
C. Gay. 
