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operculum ; f. 6. old capsule; f. 7. teeth of peristome; 
f- 8. calyptra :—-all more or less magnified. 
4. Dicranum. speciosum, (Hook. et Wils.); caule longissimo 
subramoso, foliis erecto-patentibus e basi ovato-lanceolata 
longissime lineari-attenuatis apice subserrulatis siccitate 
spiraliter convolutis, nervo latiusculo, theca oblonga erecta, 
operculo longirostro. (Tas. XI.) 
Has. New Granada. (Purdie.) 
Stems above 12 inches high (loosely tufted ?); leaves 6-7 
lines long, rather crowded, lower ones subsecund, at times 
deflexed, the uppermost erect, channelled, the nerve 
rather broad and distinct only near the base, yellowish ; 
those of the perichetium convolute and larger. Seta 2 
inches long, yellowish. Capsule subcylindrical, erect. Pe- 
- ristome dark red, the teeth small, cloven half-way, but the 
Segments united at the apex. Operculum as long as the 
capsule. Spores rather large and greenish. 
Allied to D. speirophyllum, (Montagne,) which differs, ac- 
cording to the description, in the leaves: “ remote, spreading 
and divaricate, lanceolate, toothed at the apex, nerve very 
narrow," | ; : 
Dicr. speciosum. Fig. 1. Plant: nat. size; f. 2. leaf; f.3. 
transverse section of ditto; f. 4.5. capsules with and 
Without operculum ; f. 6. tooth of peristome and spores. | 
5. D. sclerocarpum, (Hook. et Wils.); caule ramoso, foliis 
. Setaceis solidinerviis integerrimis basi dilatatis, theca sub- 
.  ,,9**t»obliqueapophysata. (Tam. XL) |. - 
.. Has. New Granada, (Purdie); Guadeloupe, (C. S. Parker, 
Cm an inch long, branched. Leaves erect, subsecund,  — 
 Miherrigid, the nerve thick, and occupying all the upper — — 
_ Part of the leaf, those of the perichetium larger. Seta - 
Pale, it thickens at the apex and forms an oblique apo- 
Physis below the capsule, which is without striæ 
 .TOWn, and of thick texture. Operculum witb 
beak, Annulus present. Dioicous. _ 
