HYPNOIDEAE. HYPNUM, ` 507 
multis subeompressis attenuatis valde fasciculatim pinna- 
tis flexuosis /utescentibus splendentibus in comam pul- 
cherrimam dilatatam laxam congestis, rigidis; folia cau- 
lina remota, e basi rotundatà ovato-lanceolata, carinata, 
margine erecto, dentibus fuscis simplicibus vel duplicatis 
ubique grosse serrato, nervo fusco excurrente, dentibus 
fuscis remotis superne grosse serrato, cellulis anguste 
linearibus brevibus conflatis lutescenti-pallidis, firmis 
scariosis, alaribus vix ullis intense fuscis minute quadra- 
tis; perich. pauca appressa, e basi late vaginante subito 
longissime flexuose acuminata, elongate laxe sed firme 
reticulata, intense fusca, nervo tenui, in cuspidem den- 
ticulatam excurrente; theca in ped. mediocri valido atro- 
rufo laevi apice arcuato pendula longe cylindraceo- ob- 
longa subcernua brunnea, sicca striata, operc. turgide 
conico longe oblique subulato; perist. robusti d. ext. la~ 
tissime lanceolati lutei, longe subulati pallidi, int. in 
membr. alta pallida lati, maxime hiantes, ciliis 3 — 4 lon- 
gis albis tenerrimis nodosis. 
Patria. Sumatra, in cacumine montis "m Radja 
terrae nationis Batta dictae, elev. 9850 pedum: Jung- 
huhn 1842. 
Hypnorum omnium gigas et decus! Ab H. spininer- 
vio simillimo notis cursive impressis differt. 
500. Hi. spininervium Hook. (Musc. Exot. t. 29.); 
H. Junghuhnii simillimum, sed Aumilius et tenerius, ra- 
mis pallide viridibus in comam minorem congestis; folia 
caulina squamaeformia late ovato- acuminata tenera sub- 
integerrima; ramulina pallida mollia, dentibus simplici- 
bus pallidis brevius serrata, cellulis angustissime linea- 
ribus, haud conflatis; perich. pallidius fusca; caetera H. 
Reinwardti. 
Brid. II, p. 396. — Schw. Suppl. UI. I. 1. t. 258. 
Patria. Dusky-Bay Novae Seelandiae: Menzies 
1790. E Nova Hollandia habuit Palisot de Beauvois, 
cujus specimina examinavimus. 
