Merc il m nt — 
HYPNOIDEAE. HYPNUM. 403 
lum pulchellum; folia caulina remota patentissima et ere- 
cto- patentia , pro exiguitate rami longiuscula, angustis- 
sime lanceolato-subulata strictissima , ob marginem valde 
involutum | convolutaceo - concava , subintegerrima obsoleti- 
nervia, cellulis pallidis angustissime linearibus brevibus 
basi subflavidis, alaribus majusculis hyalinis tenerrime 
membranaceis basin folii breviter reflexam dilatantibus ; 
perich. strictissima, late vaginantia, acuminata, ubique 
denticulata, basi laxe et flavide reticulata; theca in ped. 
laevi purpureo fenerrimo brevi assurgens minutissima vix 
conspicua angustissime obovata brevicolla, sicca urceolata 
ore constricta, badia leptodermis exannulata, operc. cu- 
pulato- conico longe oblique aciculari aurantiaco; perist. 
minuti d. ext. flavidi, int. subaequilongi, ciliis singulis 
rudimentariis. 
Dicranum diminutum Javense Brid, I. p. 814 huc forsan vel 
ad affinem speciem pertinet. 
Patria. Manila: Meyen. 
Pl. mascula floribus pluribus turgescentibus. H. in- 
torlo habitu simile, sed vestigiis laudatis toto eoelo di- 
versum et H. pungentis vel strepsiphylli veluti diminutiva 
forma. 
330. H. Beyrichii Hsch. (Fl. Bras. 1. p. 81. t. 4. f. 
1); mönoicum; rami pusilli graciles compressi breves cur- 
vati v. recti e viridi lutescentes splendentes; folia cau- 
lina erecto- patula, parum secunda, e basi angustä angu- 
stius lanceolata longe acuminata strictiuscula integerrima 
cava, pallidissima, margine vix reflexo, nervis brevibus 
distinctioribus, areolatione H. cespitosi; perich. angustis- 
sime lanceolata longissime filiformi - acuminata subdentl- 
culata, subnervosa, basi infima laxius et flavide reticu- 
lata; theca in ped. brevi fenuissimo purpurascente laevi 
erecta, curvatura pedunculi leni tantum subnutans minu- 
tissime obovata tenera exannulata fuscidula, sicca ore pa- 
rum coarctata, operc. cupulato aurantiaco longe oblique 
aciculari; perist. minutum. 
Patria. Brasilia, ad truncos arborum putridos prope 
Rio Janeiro, m. Octobris: Beyrich. 2 
