Lj 
Habitat: in sylvis humidis Surinamensibus Fockz in hb. MiqvEL 
n^. 1196; hb. D. et M».; in sylvis humidis opacis prope 
Joden-Savanna ad ramos, KzcrEn n?. 991. — Variat: 
- f evanescens (y) Mürr. Syn. Musc. Il. p. 179.  Callicosla eva- 
nesceus Mürr. Linn. 1848. p. 189. 
Habitat: ad truncos putrescentes in plantationibus Tourtonne et 
Quarta prope Paramaribo, Kxcxr n^. 742. 
METEORIUM D. et Ms. 
34. METEORIUM PATULUM D. et Ms. iotrichun patulum Bip. 
Bryol univ. IL p. 771. Mürr. Syn. Musc. 1l. p. 155. 
Hypnum  patulum Hxepw. Sp. Musc. p. 279. tab. 73. Bnip. 
Bryol. uuiv. Il. p. 514. Sw. Prodr. fl. ind. occid. p. 140. 
Hypnum. cirrhiferum SeRENG. in Brid. Dryol. univ. II. p. 410. 
Jsothecium patulum MGE in litt. ad Splitgerber. 
Planta epidendra corticem arborum et ramorum investiens, primo 
prorepens, dein vero caulium filiformium incremento longe subinde ab 
isdem dependens, tenera, flaccida, laete viridis, dein lutescens, parce 
fructifera. Caulis filiformis, flexuosus, radicans, elongatus, laxe foliosus. 
varie divisus, saepe attenuatus et effilescens, ubi supra corticem arbo- 
rum prorepit densius, ubi ab eodem dependet remote ramulosus, Ra- 
muli breves, plerumque simplices, patentes vel divaricati, curvuli, fle- 
xuosi, subaequales, quasi truncati, in caulium apice filiformi valde re- 
moti brevissimi, 
Folia caulina et ramea laxe disposita, squarrosa, e basi subcordata 
semiamplexicauli subito reflexa, late lanceolata, piliformi-acuminata, ma- 
gis minusve complicata, apice flexuosa, margine undato plicato subtili- 
ter serrulata, costata, costa debili viridi infra acumen evanescente, ni- 
tentia, tenuia; areolatione densa e cellulis lineari-oblongis, elongatis, in 
baseos serie infima subquadrato-oblongis parum amplioribus. [In caulis 
apice filiformi dispositio et forma foliorum recedit: illa enim haud 
