Purdieane. N. O. Musci. 
TAB. DCCXLVI. 
(A). 
Hooxeria FisstpENToIDES. Hook. et Wiis. 
Caule pinnatim ram ti rigidiusculis , foliis subdistichis 
Sasclctotigokse eaitie binervibus apice subserratis, seta levi, cap- 
sula ovato-cernua, operculo rostrato, calyptra glabra. 
Has. Woods, interior of Manchester, Jamaica, Dec. 1843. W. Purdie. 
Caulis 1-2 uncialis, depressus, | pinnatim ramosus, ramis 
mulis brevibus pinnzeformibus, siccitate rigidis. Folia conferta rigidula, 
nitentia, lzte viridia siccitate stricta, lateral erecto-patentia, cetera 
appressa, basi ovata concava superne lig ta plana acuta vel brevissime 
ial 
rufo-brunnea. Opercudum capsulam subzequans, longirostrum. Calyptra 
albida, basi multifida. 
Allied perhaps to H. nitens, Hornsch. in F). Bras; but that has the 
leaves recurved at the e apex, and stir i serrate. It exhibits a striking 
resemblance to some species of Fissid 
Tas. pecxtvi. (A). Plants; nat. size. Fig. 1. Leaves. f. 2, 
oo and leaves. ‘e 4, Capsule, with aa Se 5 Joo 
operculum :—magnified. 
Cumingiane. N. O. Musci. 
(B). 
a BRACHIATUM. Hook. et Wils. 
treformi pilo osissima. 
Has. Philippine Islands, on the bark of trees. Cuming, n 
aulis 3-4 uncialis. Rami steriles 13 lin. longi; fertiles ale erecti, 
apice innovando ramulosi. Folia ramorum sterilium multifaria, confertis- 
sima, ligulata, — integerrima, obtusa, nervo valido r Jo m 
mucronem 
pa atone 
brevissimam subsessilis, badia. Operculum capsule tertiam partem me: 
conicum, rostello recto. Cualyptra operculo duplo longior, bett 
suboctofida, pilis numerosis flexuosis flavis obtecta. 
very remarkable Moss, to which we have seen nothing analogous 
except Schilotheimia tecta (Hook. and ae) found in Brazil by Mr. 
i ich has also an immersed caps 
(B). nat. size. Fig. 1. Leaf. 2, Small portion of the 
ars ‘with Sen f.3. Sm cae er leaf. f. f Capsule, dpercull m and 
oo Pericheetial leaves ; —magnified. 
