2. Did. vaj[;;iiiatus Hook. (1. c. p. 5. c. ic. 1. c.) ;
ercctus elatus valde rauiosus robustus; folia subulata falcato
- secunda, siccitate crispata involuta vaginata, vagina
latissima oblonga; thcca breviter pedunculata crccta cylindracea,
operculo rostrato obliquo ; perist. dentes per
paria approximati elongati basi connati, f.
Patria. Nepal : W a l l i c h .
Symhiephari cx ic. similis.
3. D. eiri'liifolius Harv. (1. c. c. ic. 1. c.); crcclns
elatus ramosus robustus; folia longissima subulata flexuosa
patentia, siccitate crispaia, basi ovata vaginante; theca
breviuscule ])cduuculata crccta oblonga, operculo couico-
acuminato ; perist. dentes tcimissiiui tortilcs. f.
Patria. Nepal; Wa l l i c h .
Didgmod. capillaceo (scnsu anliquorum!) proximus,
soil diifert foliis siccitate magis crispatis: Auclor.
4. Did. c a ly p tra tu s Tayl. (Lond. Journ. of bot.
1848. p. 188.); uucialis, cespitosus erectas subsimplex,
partd)us jnuioribus glauco - viridibus ; folia laxe imbricata
erecto-patcntia incurva linearla acuta, siccitate torta integerrima,
basi maTgino iuflexa; thcca tenella ovato-cy-
liudrica basi subplicata, siccitate rugosa, operculo longi-
rostro; perist. dentes flliformes linea media opaca exarati
angusti; calyptra linearis thecam duplo superans torta, f.
Pairia. In Andium Quitcnsium monte alpino Pi-
cbincha: W. J ame s o n , Dec. 1846.
Ex babitu Weisiae ienuirostri Hook, et Tayl. #),
quae Didgmodon videtur, afflnis, sed calyptra memorabiliter
longa dilfert. — E descriptione Leptotrichum vi-
dclur.
5. Did. polycophaliis Mont. (Ann. d. sc. nat. 1813.
p. 108.); dioicus; cespitosus erectus flllforjuis innovando
ramosus, folia undique imbricata, c basi ovata laucco-
lato-subulata s trida, nervo lato continuo, summo apice
* ) Ouo loco (le s c r ip t.a e ? n o b is ignotae.
aculo caucsccntia integerrima, pericbaetialia acuminato-
cuspidata convoluta; tbeca cybudracca tandem falciforuii-
attcnuata. Caetera desiderantur.
Patria. Chile australis ad terram arenosam ; C. Gay.
Pilopogo gracili simile, sed diflcrt foliis brevissime
piliferis ct pericbaetialibus duplo longioribus : Auclor.
Spccics valde obscura.
6. Did. tenellus Hdw. Fil. (iu hb. Candoll. ct Brid.
I. p. 821.); caule simplicissimo, foliis ovato-subulatis appressis
inflexiusculis, theca urceolata brevi, j .
Pairia ignota. Hb. Candoll.
Species suspcctissiina.
II. F o l i a p a p i l i o sa.
Trib. XVIII. BAR TRAMIOID EAE .
Cespitosae plus minus elatae, pusillae ct elatae,
gráciles v. robustae, polymorpho-ramosae, acrocarpicae.
Folia lanceolata, ovata, subulata, cariuata v.
planiuscula, stricta v. reflexa, iicrvis teretibus per-
ciirsa. Retis ccllulae p a r e n c h ym a i ic a e , in pagina
saepe utraque ad parieies t ra n s v e r sa le s , noumillis
sjteciebiis cxclusis, jiapt/Zis solitariis in s tru c ta e , ple rumque
quadratae s. plus min u s hexagonae, laxac,
laxiiisciilac ct dcnsac raro clilorojtliyllosae vcl utriculo
primordiali instructae, raro incrassatae. Theca
longicollis funarioidea pyriformis vcl spliaerica regularis
ct asymmetrica, recta et jiolymorjiho-inclinata,
laevis ct silicata, operculo plcrnmqne hemisphaerico
sen conico, rarissime rostellato. Archegonia ct antheridia
normalia, paraphyscs, nt iu Funarioideis,
clavato-articulatae vcl acutae.
Funarioideis partim affincs, partim habitum maxime
proprium tenentes.
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