ofSwartz and Syrrhopodon of Se/iToaegrichen. 225 



crisped, when dry : in this species also, the reticulated portion at the base 

 is of a white instead of a reddish colour. The seta is shorter than in 5. 

 rigidus. The capsule ovate-oblong and shining. We have not seen the 

 peristome, but have observed the remains of a membranaceous circle simi- 

 lar to the membrane which occurs at the base of the teeth in S. Gardneri, 

 but which may be the remains of that kind of membrane which is cha- 

 racteristic of the genus Calymperes. The lid is subulate, and equal in 

 length to the capsule. 



4. S. involutus, " caule subramoso, fastigiato, foliis erectis, 

 linearibus, margine involutis pellucidis, serrulatis, tortilibus, 

 capsula ovata, calyptra mediocri. 1 ' Schwaegr. 



Syrrhopodon involutus, Schwaegr. Suppl. II. 2. p. 117. t. 132. 

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



5. S. Taylori, " caule subsimplici, foliis linearibus, sub- 

 dentatis, subsecundis, tortilibus, capsula cylindrica, calyptra 

 magna, basi contracta." Schzoaegr. 



Syrrhopodon Taylori, Schwaegr- Suppl. II. 2. p. 115. t. 132. 



Hab. In Nepal, on the trunks of decaying trees. 



We are quite unable to understand what the author intends by this 

 plant, which was communicated to him by our valued friend Dr Taylor, 

 and of which he says, that the stem and calyptra resemble the figures of 

 these parts as represented in the plate of Dr Hooker's Calymperes Gard- 

 neri, in Musci Exotici. There may indeed be but a slight difference in 

 the appearance of the stems, but his calyptra, Fig. 13. we must assert, is 

 totally unlike any thing figured by Dr Hooker in his Calymperes Gard- 

 neri. Our own collection of Nepal mosses is so similar to that of Dr Tay- 

 lor, that there cannot be a question that we must also possess this plant, 

 and, most assuredly, as far as regards the figures of the entire plants in 

 Schwaegrichen's plate (Figs. 1 and 2,) of the leaves, (Figs. 3, 3,) and the 

 base * and extremity of the leaves (Figs. 4 and 5,) of Syrrhopodon Tay- 

 lori, they correspond in every particular with a Nepalese Dicranum which 

 we possess. But then again, the figures of the teeth and entire peristome, 

 (Figs. 11 and 12,) if correctly drawn, can never belong to our plant. We 

 hope to be able to speak of this subject with more certainty on another oc- 

 casion. 



6. S jasciculatus, caule elongato, fastigiato-ramoso, foliis 



lato-lanceolatis, undulatis, lato-marginatis, serrulatis, siccitate 



crispis ; seta longa. 



Hab. Island of Ternate, Mr Dickson. Sincapore, Dr Wallich. 

 By far the longest and most robust species we know of the genus, the 

 stems measuring full three inches in length. The leaves are remarkable 



" We may here observe, that, both according to Schwaegrichen's figure and de- 

 scription of this base, it altogether wants that peculiar reticulated and pellucid op- 

 pcarancc which forms so striking a character in the other species of the genus. 



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