FUNARIOIDEAE. | sPLACHNUM. 551 
Splachnum purpurascens Hook. et Wils. Syn. L p. 142, — EL 
Antarct. I. p. 123. t. 57. 
10. D. plagiopus C. Müll; dioicus; folia ad aristam 
elongatam saepius subdenticulata, late obovata, firmius- 
cula, cellulis laxis reticulata; theca in ped. perbrevi.car- 
noso rubente superne in collum elongatum plus minus ob- 
liguum incrassato ovalis v. cylindracea, parva, subelavata. 
Splachnum  octoblepharon var. B. Hook. et Wils. in schedis 
muse. Antarct. — Forma humilior densius cespitosa , foliis angu- 
stioribus, magis undulatis, pedunculo in collum longius intense ru- 
brum obliquum magis incrassato, theca plus minus ovalis v. cylin- 
drica. — Spl. plagiopus Mont. C. Müll. Syn. 1. p. 143! 
Patria. Insula Campbelli: J. D. Hooker. 
Perist. nobis haud visum. Notis illustratis a D. cuspi- 
dato longe differt. 
11. D. Magellanicus Hmp. (in litteris!); caulis dense 
cespitosus, fusco-tomentosus, elatus subsimplex robu- 
sliusculus; folia lutescentia firmiuscula laxe imbricata, 
siccitate suberispula, late lanceolata acuminata, carinata, 
apicem versus cellulis. magnis | prominentibus | serrata, 
nervo elongato tenuiusculo flavido ante apicem evanido 
percursa , e cellulis elongatis inanibus magnis firmiusculis 
laxissime reticulata; perich. longiora, latiora, laxius reti- 
culata; thecae in ped. saepius geminatis breviusculis ru- 
bentibus erectae, oblongo-ovatae, obconico-apophysatae, 
convexo - operculatae; calyptra conica inflata, glabra, trun- 
cata, apiculo brevissimo terminata, basi laciniis pluribus 
inflexis; peristomium in Syn. L p. 148. descriptum. 
Eremodon Magellanicus Brid: I. p. 226. — C. Müll. Syn. I. p. 
148. —  Splachnum Magellanicum Schw. Suppl. 1. 1. p. 47. t. 14. 
Patria. "In freto Magellanico: Commerson; ad 
Cap. Horn: J. D. Hooker, cujus specimina examina- 
vimus. 
Caracteribus laudatis a congeneribus facile differt. 
Gen. X. &plachnum L. I. p. 143. 
Calyptra conica parvula, Perist. simplicis den- 
tes 16: lanceolati , per paria approximati, sieci- 
