MUSCI PR^TERITI. 291 



angustissime lineares prosenchymaticae subflexuosae pellucidae, 

 alares (perpaucae) subquadratae obscuriores. (Folia eaulina haud 

 raro striata, prope basin latissima ; ramea autem versus J alti- 

 tudinis latitudinem suain majorem inonstraut). Flores $ e caule 

 et ramis orti. Bracteae inferne erectae convolutivae superne recurvo- 

 squarrosulae (in fi. sterili saepe omnino erectae) ovato-lanceolatae 

 sensiin capillari-acuminatae, acuruine obsolete serrulato ad basin 

 interdum incisulo. Pistillidia sub 10; parapbyses longiorcs— in 

 flore sterili srepe pauci, in fertili numerosi— alii pro more plus 

 minus foliiformes : ad Paraphjsanthi, Neckem subgenus, instar. 

 i.e. inferne cellulas 2-4 lati, nee omnino capillacei. Pedicellus 

 f pollicis longus stramineus, solum basin versus rufescens, apice 

 subincurvus, in sicco dextrorsum, sub apice sinistrorsum, laxe 

 tortus. Capsula e pedicelli incurvatione inclinata, vel fere hon- 

 zontalis— in sicco plus minus inclinata (nuuquam pendula)— 

 breviuscula ovalis symmetrica, nee cernua, brevicolla leptodermis, 

 recens flavo-viridis, sicca fiava turgida (neque sub ore constricta). 

 Calyptra albida apice purpurascens. Operculum exacte comcum, 

 brevissime mammillatum vel non, in sicco subconforme. Annulus 

 perangustus, cellulis biseriatis confiatus. Penstomium majus- 

 culum pallidum ; dentes externi subulati, a medio acuminata, alte 

 trabeculati minute scaberuli ; internum ultra medium fissum, pro- 

 cessus acuminati alte carinati, in carina mtegri vel Inc lllic 

 pertusi, parum scaberuli, ciliola bina, superne capillacea, appeii- 

 diculata. Sporae minute l*ves. Folia 16 X -6, 1-4 x -5 ,1-25 X -4 ; 

 edl. medial ad^WX^; bractea ? 1-6 X -5 ; pedicellus 15-0 ; cap*** 



T " u T5 A I5i 



l'8x-8; operculum -55 x -5mm. t rtnlo . n m iw 



Hypnum Borr daman, Spruce in schedis (1846) ; U. Mrma 

 Syn. Muse, ii., 279 (1851); Sulliv. Muse, et Hep. Un. btat. (edit. 



Hypnwn eleqans, Spruce in Ann. & Mag. g^^L^i^S' 



pro parte (nee Hook.) ; Wils. Bryol. Brit. (1855) ; Schimp. Biyol. 



"Eur. et Syn. Muse. Europ. MAilft . £1 clo,;«>*i 



Plajthecium Schimpen, Jur. et Milde (1862), «** Sdiimp. 

 Var. l<»»,inerve, foliis pro more ^agis decur^-secundis co3 fcls 



longioribus validioribus, altera saltern medium fol ^ a * tm ^ m 

 Hab. per omnem Europam in sylvis umbrosis ad te am, 



truncos putrescentes et saxa, arenaeea P'^P^^^^^ras 

 tamen baud ascendens ; etiam in America «^J^SS£i 

 Rarissime fertile, primum cum capsulis a el. dom ma H nte nn 

 prope Bantru ffiberuiiu inventum est ; nupenus **£gty*S* 



prope Bantry Hiber 



Sussexiae (W. Mitten) ; in s 



(White 



head et Ashton, 1876); et in valle fl. E* prope </ «y - - - 



Stabler, 1879). Var. Umgmerve in s f^ is ^T'lZTbov^nL 

 Howard, et in pinetis turfosis ad Stockton Forest prope Eboiacum 



w^ «-i • d • „«,„ » PI elenante distat nikare insigni ; 



folus constants tenui-acuminatis, cellule aiaiious u i / 



semper pnesantibus ; bracteis capillari-acuminatis nit mis m ^ 

 Physes transeuntibus ; pedicello strammeo ; caps uL bipi paUuto 

 leptodermi, in sicco turgida inclinata -neque (ad / I. #&**»* 



