J I"
fasliqiaie ramosum subdecumbcns intense viride; folia cati-
lina longiuscula erecto - appres.sa, madefacta subrecurvo-
patula, late ovato-lanceolata acuminata, pluries plicata,
complicate carinata, usque fere ad apicem margine revoluta,
evanidinervia, e cellulis grosse rotundatis obscuris
tenuiter papillosis basi teneris angustis longiusculis, parietibus
parum interruptis praeditis, diaphanis areolata;
perieli, majora basi teneriora; tbeca disiincie emersa subcylindrico
obionga obsolete striata pallescens, opere, breviter
apiculato, calyptra campanulata pilosissima;
perist. ext. d. 8 bigeminati late lanceolati ubique rugulosi
pallidi, cilia 8 aequantia e cellularum pcllucidarnm seriebus
duabus composita flaccida.
I5r. Europ. 2—3. p. 19. t. 9. — Brid. I. p. 280. — 0. elegans
Schw. RicJiards. iu FraulUiu’s Append, p. 766. et Hook, iu Urumui.
Mii.sc. Am. No. 15.5. — 0. Bru ch i i Hiib. pedúnculo suhcurvato.
Patria. Ad trunc. campestres atque sylvaticos, rarius
ad saxa totius fere Europae et Americae septentrionalis.
— Junio, Julio.
Flores masc. sub femineum complures axillarcs; caetera
0 . striati.
34. O. leptocari»oii Br. et Sch. (Musc. Abyss. No.
429. b.) ; dense pulvinatum erectum parce dichotomum lutescens
; folia 0 . speciosi, sed minute rotundate areolata;
tbeca immersa oblongo-ovalis angusta distincte octies anguste
striata pallescens, calyptra miuus pilosa; perist.
dentes infcrnc rugulosi, superne laeviores magis diaphan
i, cilia subsimplicia hyalina flexuosa fragilia.
Patria. Abyssinia: W. S c h imp e r legit in monte
Silke, ad truncos Ericae acrophyae Fres., in reg. sup.
ericarum, 16. E'ebr. 1840.
Flores masc. 0 . speciosi, a quo notis laudatis facile
distinguitur.
35. ©. e longatum Tayl. (Lond. Jonrn. of bot. 1846.
p. 45.); monoicum; late pulvinatum biunciale elongatum
adscendens, apice caulis proliferum, apice incrassato; folia
imbricata recurvato - patentia lanceolata acuminata.
margine reflexa, substriata, tbcca breviter pedunculata
elongate ovalis laevis, calyptra pilosa; perist. ext. d. 8 bigeminati
siccitate reflexi, int. cilia octo diiplicia, per paria
dentibus geminatis opposita. f.
Patria. Ad truncos arborum prope Quito: Prof. W.
J ame s o n 1815.
Ab 0. striato affini habitu robustiorc, calyptra magis
pilosa, pedunculis longioribus et ciliis hand fimbriato-erosis
dilferre Icgitur.
36. ©. Ta smanicum Hook, el IVils. (Lond. Journ.
of bot. 1848. p. 27.); monoicum; laxe pulvinatum fusco-
brunneum elatiusculum; folia caulina suberccta, madefacla
patula subrecurva lanceolato-subnlata, margine reflexa,
flavide viridia; pedunculus tbecam superans longiusculus;
thcca elliptico-oblonga, sicca striata cjdindrica, operculo
conico apiculato rubente dimidio breviori, calyptra pilosiuscula
pallida nitida, vaginula pilosa, ciliis 8 latissimis
carinatis integris conniventibus. f.
Patria, Ad ramos júniores Ilymenanthcrae angusti-
foliae Tasmaniae, ad N. Esk, Laiincestor: R. Gunn,
Sept. 1841.
E ciliis latis 0. elongato Tayl. affine, scd foliis et calyptra
distans dicitur.
37. ®. ru p e s t r e Schleieb. (Crypt. Helv. Exs. Cent.
III. n. 24.); monoicum; laxe et late pulvinatum elongatum
pluries dicbotomum snbdecnmbens viridescens; folia
caulina erecto - appressa, madefacta recurvo-patula, late
lanceolata, robusta, profundo complicate carinata, margine
nsque fere ad apicem revoluta, evanidinervia, e cellulis
minute rotundatis tenuissime papillosis obscuris, inferne
magis rectangularibus, densis, infima basi fuscis areolata;
perieli, latiora conformia; theca immersa crassiuscule pyriformis
8 striata, opere, brevi apiculato; calyptra omnino
fere obtegente pilosa fusca; perist. dentes 8 bigeminati
pallidi rugulosi late lanceolati patentes, cilia octo diapbana
diiplicia.