450 



MUSCI. 



3. Portion of peristome. 



4. Operculum. 



5. Calyptra. 



6. Leaves. It. Ass. 583. 



4. Pterogonium neckeroides, Griff. PI. XCVIII. Fig. III. 



Cuale repente pinnatim ramoso, ramis ascendentibus, foliis as- 

 cendenti-patulis lanceolato-acuminatis planiusculis tenuissime 

 semi-veniis subintegris, capsula obliqua cylindracea inclinata 

 annulata, operculo conico-subulato brevi. 



Hab. Super Buddleae speciem arboreara Mumbree. 



Rami depressi, siccatione filiformes. Folia sub-4 fariam irnbri- 

 cata, siccitate adpressa, humore patentia, marginibus medium 

 infra leviter revolutis, areolis angustis, marginalibus baseos 

 majusculis quadratis. 



F. Perischaetialia avenia, acuminibus patulis. 



Seta axillaris, solitaria, vel aggregate, sed ad inflorescentias di- 

 versas semper pertinentes, pallida, sicca tortilis ; vaginula me- 

 diocris, cylindracea ; paraphyses pistillaque paucissima. 



Capsula cylindracea inaequilateralis, utrinque paullo attenuata. 

 brunneo-rufescens 



Peristomii dentes 16, subulati, simplices, breviusculi, coriacei, 

 solidi, lutescentes, marginibus valde opacis, utrinque margi- 

 nati. 



Sporula majuscula, vix uniformia, globosa, lsevia viridescentia, 

 immersa opaca. 



Columella filiformis, inclusa, apiculata ; operculum obliquiuscu- 

 lum. 



Calyptra non visa. 

 Variat statura. 



1. Capsule and operculum. 



2. Capsule. 



3. Portion of capsule, annulus and peristome viewed 

 internally. 



4. Operculum. 



5. Leaf. It, Ass. 589. 



