126 — STEGOCARPIL ACROCARPI. AMBLYODON. 
129. E. Bergianus Br. et Sch. (Bryol. Europ. l. c. 
p. 4. tab. 1.); humilis subacaulis vel elatior dense cespi- 
tosus; folia superiora rosulata conferta oblongo- ovalia 
longe acuminata evanidinervia, inferiora ovalia nervo ex- 
currente mucronata omnia integerrima; theca pyriformis 
brevicolla parva operculo subconvexo;  peristomii dentes 
lineali lanceolati obfusi breves linea longitudinali palli- 
diore exarati fissiles trabeculato- nodulosi; calyptra (ex 
ice. Hornsch.) basi truncata. 
Physcomitrium Entosthodon Bergianum C. Müll. Linn. XVIIL 
p. 696. —  Desmostomum Hornsch. Linn. 1841. p, 116. — Bergia 
Fürnrohr in Hegensb. bot. Zeit. 1829. Ergünzungsblatt p.26. — 
Weisia Bergiana Hsch. in Hor, phys. Berolinens. p. 59. tab. 12. 
Patria. Prom. bonae spei ubi ad montem leonis C. 
fructibus maturis primus legit B erg pharmacopola 15. Sept. 
1816..— In terra argillosa ochracea locis humidis mon- 
tis diaboli, nec non in muris hortorum circa urbem Ca- 
pitis bonae spei: Ecklon. Drege. ©. 
Ex humilitate partium omnium ac foliis longe acumi- 
natis late ovalibus arctius areolatis ab JEntosthodontibus 
ceteris peristomatis facile distinguitur. — Dentium forma 
variare videtur. In nostris speciminibus (e prom. b. sp. 
in terra prope van Campsbai lectis) subirregulares linea 
longitudinali carentes invenimus. 
Gen. V. Amblyodon Pal. Beauv. emend. 
Amblyodum P. B. Prodr. p. 44. ex parte. — Bryol Europ. Fasc. X. 
Meesiaceae. Amblyodon. — Meesia auct, al. — Bryum auct, antiq. 
Nomen graecae compositionis ab dufgA/c obtusus, et 
odovc dens ob dentes externos breves obtusos impo- 
situm. 
Calyptra cucullata angusta fugacissima lon- 
giuscula tenerrima apice e cellulis incrassatis mini- 
mis quadratis composita. Theca asymmetrica pyri- 
formis recta peristomata annulata, —Peristomium du- 
plex; externum: dentes 16 breves lanceolati obiusi 
erecti trabeculati linea longitudinali tenera praediti 
