Muvusci ExorTici.—Gardneriani. 
PTEROGONIUM AUREUM. 
Pterogonium caule repente, ramis erectis, foliis undique 
imbricatis erecto-patentibus ovato-acuminatis conca- 
vis, margine recurvis, enervibus, seta longa, capsula 
oblonga erecta, operculum conico-rostratum. (Tas. 
CXLVI.) 
Has. In Nepal, arboribus legit Hon. D. Gardner. 
Caules repentes, elongati, filiformes, radicantes, ramosi, ramis 
erectis, brevibus. Folia undique inserta, aurea, nitida, erecto- 
patentia, ovata, acuminata, concava, margine recurvo, omnino — 
enervia. Seta unciam longa, flava. Capsula rufo-fusca, erecta, 
oblonga. Operculum fuscum, conico-acuminatum vel rostra- 
tum, subobliquum. Peristomium e dentibus 16, longiusculis 
rufo-flavis, marginatis, transversim striatis. 
This has much affinity in the structure of its parts with Pt, in- 
tricatum ; but the first aspect of the two plants is strikingly dif- 
ferent. The present species is much the larger, and remarkable 
for its almost orange-coloured glossy hue; the leaves too are 
somewhat different in shape, and always have the margins re- 
curved, which is never the case with Pt. intricatum. 
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of a plant. Fig. 3,3, 
leaves, Fig. 4, capsule and operculum. Fig. 5, teeth of the pe- 
ristome,——-magn. 
