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interruptis praeditis pallide rufis; perich. brcviora; theca
in ped. elongato intense purpureo majuscule ovalis nitide
fusca laevis, gymnostoma (?), opérenlo ìonge subaiato recto,
calyptra glabra longa angusta fusca parum angulata.
Patria. Iu truncis arborum montium insulae St. Kitts;
Hb. Sebi m p e r.
Syrrhopod, longisetaceo habitu valde simile, sed, calyptra
matura licet nondum visa, ad genus bocce pertinere
videtur. K 31. Leprieurii, specie affini unica, notis cursive
impressis longe differt.
11. l i . l i c p r i e u r i i Mont. (Ann, d. sc. nat. Ser. I.
XIV. p. 347. t. 20.); caulis repens, ramis magis approximatis
rigidis; folia dense imbricata appressa, minus flexuosa,
multo breviora, haud longe cuspidata, sed anguste
ianceoìata acuta, superne longiuscule clliptice areolata,
theca operculo cupulato - conico brevissimo tecta gymnostoma,
calyptra breviore.
Patria. Guiana Gallica, ad truncos arbornm circa
Cayennam ; Le p r i e u r .
31. dubio maxime affine et, operculum si longe subu-
latum esset, varietatem putaremus.
jS. F o l i a m a d o r e r e i ì e x a .
13. 1!. t ru n c a tum C. Miill. (Linn. XVII. p. 383.);
dioicum? longe repens, ramis remotiusculis simplicibus
fuscis robustiusculis densifoliis ; folia erecto - appressa,
multifaria, madore divergenti-divaricata, longiuscule an-
gnstata, ultra medium plicata, semitorta, plus minus regulariter
truncata, nervo excedente breviter apiculata,
canaliculata, margine convexo, cellulis basis longae elongatis
incra.ssatis angustis, superne longiuscule quadratis
dein elliptico - incrassatis ; perich. longissime acuminata,
lamina inacquali attenuata, nervo longe excedente flexuoso,
ubique elongate reticulata; theca in ped. elongato
flexuoso cylindraceo-oblonga sulcata, ore coarctata, operculo
aciculari recto, perist. simplici, dentibus geminatis
carnosulis obtusatis pallidis rugulosis.
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Patria. Insula St. Vincent: Hb. Kun z e an.
Notis illustratis species ab omnibus congeneribus distinctissima.
Calyptra ignota.
B. Folia in spiram contorta,
a. C a lyp t ra pilosa.
13. M. p ro r ep en s Sclnv. (Suppl. II. II. 1. p. 62. f.
171.); dioicum? longe repens, sed ramis brevibus ercctis
subsimplicibus rigidis crassis sordide fuscis dense approximatis
subcompactiim; folia leviter in spiram contorta,
madore dense erecto-conferta, oblongo-lanceolata, dilatate
valde canaliculata, obtusiuscula, nervo valido in cuspidem
brevissimam exeunte, inferne lutea teneriora, superno
sordide viridia firma, cellulis minutissime rotundatis
opacis, basi minute quadratis pallidioribus; perich. latiora;
tbeca in peci, brevi ovalis parvula laevis badia, apice
fusca, opere, rostrato recto (? ), calyptra anguste conica
pilosa badia, apice fusca, perist. dentibus externis brevibus
pallidis geminatis. f.
Leiotheca prorepens Brid. I. p. 305 , 727 , 795. — Orthotrich.
prorepens Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 120,
Patria, In sinu Dusky - Bay Novae Seelandiae :
Me n z i e s 1791.
Notis cursive impressis primo adspectu cognoscitur.
14. M. Bicpalense Scbw. (Suppl. II. IL 2. p. 134.
t. 192.); dioicum; repens, ramis brevissimis dense approximatis
densifoliis luteo-fuscis subsimplicibus; folia
caulina spiraliter imbricata, madore erecto-patentia, apicibus
erecto - curvatis, breviter lanceolatis, alis convexis,
basi firmis minute quadrate areolatis luteis, superne opacis
carnosulis breviter scd densissime papillosis viridissimis,
nervo subexcurrente, canaliculata, perieli, majora
exserta late lanceolata longe recte cuspidata pluries plicata
incrassate irregulariter anguste quadrale areolata lutea;
theca in ped. breviter exserto cylindraceo-oblonga
laevis, orificio aurantiaco, opere, rccte conico subulato,
perist. simplici, dentibus geminatis breviusculis albidis,
calyptra longe anguste conica pilosissima tbecam superante.
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