224 Drs Hooker and Greville on the Genus Calymperes 



serratis, siccitate crispatis; seta breviuscula; calyptra laevis- 

 sima. 



Syrrhopodon Gardneri, Schwaegr. Suppl. II. 2. p. 110. t. 121. 



Calymperes Gardneri, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 146. 



Hab. Upon trees in Nepal. Honourable D. Gardner, communicated by 

 Br Wallich. 



We have little to observe with regard to this highly beautiful species, 

 more than what has been said in the Musci Exotici above quoted ; except, 

 that we find the teeth in some instances seem less distinctly united by a 

 membrane, and that, in the dry state, they become nearly erect, especially 

 in old capsules. 



Schwaegrichen's figure by no means does justice to this plant, nor do 

 we understand his meaning when he says, " Calymperis Gardneri Hook- 

 eriana icon et descriptio difficultatem mihi exhibet. Folia enim sistit 

 serrata, marginata et peristomium breve, ut in Syrrhopodonte Gardneri, 

 caulem vero et calyptram Syrrhopodontis Taylori. Forte ambas habuit 

 species commixtas." We have again verified the correctness of that figure. 

 The stems vary from half an inch to an inch, and the leaves are more or 

 less involute, and more or less distinctly serrated. The leaf at Fig. 3, of 

 Schwaegrichen's representation, and the calyptra at Fig. 11, do not seem 

 at all to belong to the true Syrrhopodon Gardneri. Among numerous 

 specimens, we have never been able to find the conferva-like bodies which 

 Schwaegrichen has drawn at Figs. 6 and 7 of his plate. 



2. S. albovaginatus, "caule subramoso, foliis lingulatis secun- 

 die, rigidulis ; basi alba vaginantibus ; calyptra breviuscula.' 1 

 Schwaegr. 



Syrrhopodon albovaginatus, Schwaegr. Suppl. II. 2. p. 112. t. 131. 



Hab- In Rauwack, one of the Molucca islands, Gaudichaud. 



The calyptra of this being described as shorter than the capsule, and 

 cleft and spreading at the base, it does not consequently correspond with 

 our generic character, as taken from the calyptra. Should this be the case, 

 we scarcely know upon what characters, as taken from the fructification, 

 the genus can rest. Here is a dimidiate calyptra like that of a Weissia, 

 and we have shown that, in one instance at least, the peristome is erect, 

 like that of a Weissia : yet we can truly say, that all the species we have 

 included in the present genus, are so closely allied in habit, that they 

 cannot be separated without doing violence to nature. 



3. S. Hobsoni, foliis linearibus acutiusculis, marginatis, 

 serratis, planiusculis, erecto-patentibus, siccitate crispatulis ; 

 seta foliis duplo longior, calyptra lsevis. 



Calymperes Hobsoni, Grev. in Annals of Lye New York, v. 1. 

 Hab. Guiana ; from whence it was received and communicated to us 

 by Mr Hobson of Manchester. 



This difFers from S. rigidvs in having the leaves shorter, broader, and 



