Musctr Exortct:.—Richardiani. 
DREPANOPHYLLUM FULVUM. 
(Tas. CXLYV.) 
Dicranum ? falcifolium. JZook. Musc. Evot. t. uxxxu. 
Has. In sylvis Guyanne Gallice. D. Prof. Richard. 
Hujus pulchelli musci sunt individua dimorpha, in iisdem quidem ar 
orum truncis habitantia, diversis vero sedibus: alia (ad nutum 
Hedwigii) foemellina, alia masculina. 
1. Fameuina. vid. Tas. LXXXII. et adde 
em interior ap go nonnullas , operculo 
Suppositi et ab eo decidente rupti, aliquandiu retinet laciniolas ; 
sed certe desunt et dentes et mem ASCULINA per 
nonnullorum summorum foliorum nervus desideratur. 
Absque manifesto caulis summi tumore, hujus apex numerosa protru- 
dit corpuscula filamentiformia, densissime capitata s. fasciculata, 
supra ambientia folia promisse exerta ; quorum congeries, penicil- 
Jum «moene purpureum emulans, oculos Bryophili mox allicit re- 
creatque. ITllorum unumquodque est filamentum tenuiter subcla- 
vato-fusiforme, rectum, crebro articulatum ; articulis 12—16, ey- 
lindricis ; summo minimo, subrotundo-convexo ; infimo ceteris 
multo longiore. Post elapsa illa, omnium persistunt bases, solito 
in solo articulo infimo consistentes; et tenaciter perennant den- 
sate in capitulum subconvexum, stipantibus foliis demissius. 
Intersita supradictis filamentis (filis succulentis, et paraphysibus 
edwigii) corpuscula, ab eodem pro antheris habita, etiam in 
vivis plantis, frustra inquisivi. Richard in litt. : 
Fig. 1,1, planta tasculina, mat. magn. et auct. Fig. 2, ejusdem 
capitulum, filamentorum ; quorum dimidia pars censetur exempta, 
ut, quales persistunt, conspiciantur bases elapsorum. Fig. 3, vagi- 
nula; stipantibus nonnullis adductoribus capillisque. Fig. 4, capsula 
matura, operculo adhuc clausa, Fig.5, capsule apertee summa pars. 
Fig. 6, operculum. 
o this accurate description, which, as well as the drawing, were 
made by Professor Richard from fresh specimens of the plant in its 
native country, 1 shall only add an observation made by the learned 
Professor in his letter 3—* la marche actuelle de la Muscologie vous 
conduira peutétre 4 la réunion de cette plante aux espéces de Gym- 
nostomum. Mais je pense qu’elle retiendra le nom générique que je 
lui ai donné, si on arrive un jour A une meilleure combinaison des 
signes propres A caractériser les genres de cette famille.” 
Vou, Il. 
