150 BRAZILIAN MOSSES. 
traveller been less select in his choice of specimens, or if he 
had gathered them with a view to ascertain the relative geo- 
graphic distribution of species, there is no doubt that a much 
greater number would have been included. Nine species 
were found near Pernambuco, seven in the province of Ceará, 
five in Piauhy, and, with the exception of a few others gath- 
ered in Minas Geraes, the rest were obtained in the neigh- 
bourhood of Rio Janeiro, chiefly on the Corcovado, and on 
the Organ Mountains (attaining the altitude of 7,000 feet) 
and a few were found in the wet valleys. Limited as is this 
number, many species are included which are not named in 
the * Flora Brasiliensis" of Endlicher and Martius, where 193 
species are described. 
(After the number of the specimen in the dullectionis;] is given 
another number in a parenthesis (1, 2, or 3) which indicates 
the three different arrivals in which the specimens were dis- 
tributed). 
1, Andrea rupestris, Linn. var. acutifolia. Summit of the Or- 
gan Mountains. : 
Barren. Perhaps a distinct species, with lanceolate acute 
leaves, spreading on all sides of the stem, incurved at the 
summit, texture closer than in A. rupestris; but after the 
examination of many specimens of A. rupestris, it does not 
appear that falcate leaves are a constant character; hence 
A. alpina, var. gracilis of Swartz may rather be referred 
hither. 
2. Anictangium ? coronatum, nov. sp. 
Repens; ramis simplicibus confertis brevibus erectis, fo- 
liis patulis confertis concavis rotundo-ovatis brevissime acu- 
minatis enervibus integerrimis siccitate appressis, perichæ- 
tialibus elongatis erectis, capsula perichzetio immersa oblonga 
annulo magno persistente (peristomium simulante) coronata, 
calyptra mitriformi plicata, operculo ... On stems of trees 
near Cachoeira, Province of Ceará. July, 1839. 
Except as to the calyptra, this very curious moss differs | 
much from Orthotrichum. The fructification is cladocar- 
pous, terminating short ramuli. Leaves subsecund, pale 
green, with roundish rather large areole. It very much 
