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METEORIUM Bntip. 
|. Meteorium tumidum (Dicks.) Mirr. Journ. Proceed. Linn. Soc. Suppl. I pag. 86. Pilotrichum 
iumidum Bu. Bryol. univ. II. pag. 265. C. Mütt. Synops. musc. frond. Il. pag. 153. Neckera 
tumida Dicks. in Hook, Muse. exot. annot. ad Neckeram filamentosam tab. 158. — Dioicum; cau- 
lis secundarius longe pendulus remote vage pinnatus, ramulis brevibus obtusis; folia 
squarroso-divergentia laxe compressa rugulosa, e basi auriculari-undulata inflexa 
oblongo-ovata breviter acuminata vel ex ovato subliguliformia mucronata, margine 
denticulata, eosta variabili ultra medium evanescente; cellulae laxae elongatae apice 
h boid perichaetialia l 1 apice ; capsula immersa ovata vel 
ovalis; operculum conico-rostratum. 
d jest 
Habitat insulam Javae, ZmPELIUs, DE Vsiksk; in montibus Gedé et Salak, TExswaxw; in m. Salak, Bw. Sumatra occidentaiis, 
TevswawN. Ceram, Saparoca, Celebes, mg VmiEsk, 
Caulis primarius repens squamulis pallidis remotis appressis vestitus; secundarii robusti prostrati dein longe 
penduli !2—11/? pedales simplices aut paree divisi vage remote pinnati, ramulis brevibus obtusis, Corpuseula 
algoidea grisea elliptico-linearia dense articulata in caule saepe obvia. Folia pallide viridia nitentia scariosa 
rugulosa parumper flexuosa squarroso-divergentia, antica et postica laxe compressa patula, e basi cordata auriculari- 
undulata inflexa caulem prorsus occultante oblongo-ovata breviter acuminata vel in speeiminibus tenuioribus 
oblongo-lanceolata subliguliformia mucronata, margine minute denticulata apice serrulata, costa concolore tenui 
longitudine admodum variabili, plerumque vero ultra medium evanescente; arcolatio foliorum e cellulis pallide 
viridibus laxis oblongo-linearibus laevibus apice rhomboideis. Florescentia dioica. Planta masceula.,..! 
Flores feminei versus extremitatem caulis secundarii et in pinnis laterales sessiles minuti gemmiformes. Folia 
perigynii externa ovata, interna majora e basi late ovata vaginante lanceolata patentia integra ecostata, 
Archegonia dodhh E Beds í— mixta. Fructus non visus. Folia perichaetii (teste clar. 
MürrER) an; costa latissima obsoleta subexcurrente pereursa, apice den- 
tieulata. Capsula immersa majuscule ovata fusca. Opereulum eonieum longe acuminatum reetum. Peristomii 
dentes externi late laneeolati laeviter trabeculati, linea longitudinali fere divisi eartilaginei amocne aurantiaci , 
interni aequilongi ciliiformes concolores, basi liberi. Calyptra (e clar. MirrEN) parva, opereulo brevior. 
Tab. CXCIX. fig. l. caules secundarii feminei florentes , naf. magn.; 2. pars caulis secundarii, decíes aucta; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 et 
8. folia caulina, ejcies aucta; 9. folii basis, 10. pars media lateralis, Fl. apex, 12. corpuscula algoidea, centies aucta; 13. flos 
femineus, decies auctus; 14. folium perigynii externum, 15, 16 et l7. interna, vicies aucta; l8. pars baseos lateralis fol. peri- 
Zyniü intimi, 19. apex, centies aucta; 20, archegonia et paraphyses, quinquagies aucta. 
2. Meteorium squarrosum (Hoo) Mirr. Journ. Proceed. Linn. Soc. Suppl. L p.87. Pilotrichum 
squarrosum C. Münr, Synops. musc. frond. Il. pag. 194. Neckera squarrosa Hook. Hanvex in Hoox. 
