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State of B. (orquescens. With regard to this MS. name of Bruch's, 



'Bryologia Europsea' is silent. 



5. Bryum Gardneri, sp* nov. ; synoicum, caule bumili, foliis patentibus 

 lanceolatis planiusculis nervo excurreiite nmcronatis margine re- 

 flexis apice serrulatis, perichastialibus conform ibus, theca ovali-pyri- 

 formi, operculo magno conico apicululato, peristomio B. sanguineL 

 Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil, on a clay bank, Gardner, No. 37. 

 Closely resembling B. sanguineum in size and general appearance, 



but in proportion its leaves are longer and the margin reflexed. 



Decades op Pungi; by tU Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



Decades LIX.-LX. 

 ■ (With Plates v., VI., IX., X.) 



Rio Negro TwigL 



{Continued from ^, 200.) 



581. P. (Inodermei) chrysites^ n. s. ; pileo tenui coriaceo flexili to- 

 nicnto denso rbabarbarino vestito sulcato-zonato i hymcnio concolori ; 

 poris minutis angulatis; dissepimentis tenuibus. 



Kab. On dead trunks in woods. San Carlos. August, 1853. 



Pileus 2^ inches across, dimidiate, convex, thin, flexible, coriaceous, 

 clothed with dense rhubarb-yellow, spongy down, zonato-sulcate. Hy- 

 menium concave, of the same colour as the pileus ; pores minute, y^ 

 of an inch across, angular ; dissepiments thin ; substance yellow, like 

 the pil 



A beautiful species, resembling in colour P. Splitgerheri, Mont. The 

 whole substance of the pileus resembles the external coat, with the 

 exception of a very thin, hard, dark plate or two, a 'little beyond the 

 hymenium. 



582. P. (Inodermei) cupreo-roseus ; pileo tenui subconvexo coriaceo 

 cupreo sericeo-nitente radiato-rugoso lineatoque crebrizonato ; margine 

 acuto ; hymenio vinoso ; poris mediis flexuosis. Spruce, n. 184. 



Hab. On dead trunks. Panure, February, 1853. San Carlos, 

 August, 1853. 



Pileus 9 inches or more across, 4^ long, thin, somewhat convex, 



eus. 



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