159 BRAZILIAN MOSSES. 
On the Corcovado, near Rio de Janeiro, n. 18, 41). 
Stem two inches long. Seta 14 inch, and more. Capsule 
contracted at the mouth, more or less inclined. Operculum 
nearly the length of the capsule. Peristome with thirty-two 
very short whitish teeth. Calyptra slightly hairy at the apex. 
A taller moss than the rest, and the leaves more quickly ex- 
panding in water. 
11. Polytrichum Riedelianum, Montagne, Ann. Sc. Nat., vol. 
14. 2 Cent. No. 93. Province of Rio Janeiro. 
12. P. Magellanicum, Hedw. Sp. M. t. 20. Common on clayey 
banks. Feb. 1837, n. 14, (2). 
13. P. Antillarum, Rich. Brid. n. 29, (1). 
P. appressum, Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 152. Corcovado. 
14. P. juniperinum, Hedw. Sp. M. t. 18. Moist banks, Pa- 
rahybuna. 
14. b. Variety of the last, with leaves wide spreading and re- 
- eurved. Serra de Piedades. , 
15. P. Pennsylvanicum, Hedw. Sp. M. t. 21. Clay bank. Te- 
juca. Nov. 1836. : 
15. b. The same. Moist banks. Parahybuna. Oct. 1840, 
n. 33, (1). 
16. Barbula cespitosa, Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 31. : 
B. cirrhosa, Bruch and Schimper, Bryol. Europ. fasc. 13 
>ii: 
On rocks. Jurajuba Bay, 1837. 5. ascent to the Pedra 
Bonita, Nov. 1836. c. on an exposed rock, n. 3, (3), n. 34 (1) 
and n. 10, (2). 
17. Octoblepharum albidum, Hedw. St. Crypt. vol. 3, t. 6. 
On the stems of Palms, near Pernambuco, 1837. 5. on a 
decayed tree at the Ganea, 1836 (taller specimens), and Cor- 
covado, more dwarfish, z. 9, (3), n. 9, (1). : 
18. Fissidens Hornschuchii, Montagne, in Annales, Sc. Nat. 
vol. 14, 2 Cent. No. 76. 
© F. serrulatus, Hornseh. in Flora Brasil. (Fl. Brasiliensis. 
Hornsch. MSS.!). Province of Goyaz. - 
19. Dicranum parvulum, Hornsch. in Fl. Brasil. 
Weissia exigua, Schwaegr; Suppl. t. 179. 
