FUNARIOIDEAE. PynAwrIDIUM. 113 
Gen, I. Pyramidium Brid. 
Bryol univ, I. p. 107. — Pyramidula Brid. Mant. Musc. p.20. — 
Bryol. Germ, I. p. 85, — — Physcomitrium Fürnrohr. Hampe. — 
Bryol. Europ. Funariaceae. Fasc. XI, — Physcomitrium Pyrami- 
dula €. Müll. in Linn. XVIIL. p. 694. — Gymnostomum Schwügr. 
et mult. al. auct. prior. 
Nomen Bridelianum, e forma calyptrae pyramidali de- 
sumptum. 
Calyptra tetragona pyramidata apiculata, basi 
integra, thecam longe superans totam obtegens 
inflata persistens, medio latere rumpens magna. 
Theca symmeirica erecta pyriformis eperistomata. 
Operculum regulariter areolatum. 
Ex omnibus partibus Fwnariacearum habitum refe- 
rens, e calyptrae forma autem inflato- persistente medio 
latere rumpente Calymperium congeneres in memoriam 
redigens et nota hacce excellentissima a Physcomitriis at- 
que Entosthodontibus distinctissimum, 
1. P. tetragonum Brid. (l. c. p. 108); gregarium 
humillimum Subacaule; folia densissime! imbricata e basi 
latissima concava lato - cuspidata, nervo crasso longe 
Subexcurrente praedita, integra arctius areolata; theca 
brevissime pedunculata, operculo conoideo obtuso. 
Pyramidula tetragona Brid. Mant. Musc. p. 20. — Bryol. Germ. 
l c. p. 86, tab. 8. fig. 1. —  Gymnostomum tetragonum Schwügr. 
Suppl. L P. I. p. 22, tab. 8, — Gymn. pyriforme juvenile Voit. Musc. 
Herbipol. p. 17, — Physcomitrium tetragonum Fürnr. Hmp. Bryol. 
Europ. l. c, Physcomitrium p. 9. tab. 1. 
Patria. |n "Thuringiae agris suburbicis circa Gotham 
*t Erofurtum: Bridel primus detexit, Ad pedem Mon- 
tis Piniferi Franconiae prope Berneck: Funk. Pr. Ra- 
lisbonam: Emmerich; pr. Neovidam tract. Rhen.: Breu- 
tel. Prope Blankenburgum Hercyniae ad ped. loci Re- 
Benstein: Hampe. — in Smolandia (Gothiae) et prope 
Upsalam Sueciae: Ángstróm. — In agro Taurinensi: 
De Notaris. — Species in iisdem locis per plures (sic- 
Ciores) annos interdum non occurrens. — Primo vere. (2. 
€. Müller; Synops. musc, frond, 8 
