3 86 STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPI. h y pn um .
Isothecium chryseum Spruce iu Muse. Pyr. No. 90. Ann. and
Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1849. — Isothecium rufescens fi. chryseon Hul).
Muse. Germ. p. 601. — Leskea rufescens fi. chrysea Brid. II. p.
286. — Leskea chrysea Hoppe et Hscli. ; Brid. 1. c.
V u t r i a . In alpe Pasterze Carinthiae superioris in rupibus
nivalibus; H o r n s c h u c h ; iu Austria inferiore fide
S c h w a g r i c h e n i ; in Pyrenaeis occid. et central, ad rupes
húmidas,” in fissuris: S p r u c e , e zona subalpina usque
ad medialpinam ascendit; Rocky Mountains, ad rupes húmidas:
D r ummo n d No. 221.
Notis laudatis ab H. ritfescenie distinctum.
j3. Nervi callosi.
300. II. a u r eum Lam. (Eiicycl. Metli. Bot. III. p. 172.) ;
dioicum; robustum fastigiatim ramosum, dicrauoidcum luteo
fuscum nitidum, ramis apice cuspidatis ascendentibus
brcA'iusculis erecto-patentibus; folia caulina erecto
imbricata, humore maxime patentia, elongata, subsecunda,
longissime late lanceolata acuminata, parum falcata, pluries
distincte longitudinaiiter plicata, margine erecto vel
parum reflexo planiusculo, ubique denticulato, nervis longissimis
parallelis tenuibus flavidulis distincte conspicuis,
dorso calloso-prominentibus, superne dentatis, apice spinae
forma abruptis, cellulis angustissimis incrassatis ser-
pentinis elongatis fuscidulis, basi infima fuscis, alaribus
paucis brunneis veluti obsoletis; perichaetia turgida, foliis
late vaginantibus longissime acuminatis flexuosis, basi
laxissime reticulatis aureis v. brunnescentibus, vix plicatis
enervibus; theca in ped. elongato purpureo erecta breviter
cylindracea fusca; perist. d. ext. linea media diaphana
latiuscula exarati, late lanceolati subulati, interni
in membrana lutescente ciliaeformes.
Dic ran um N o v a e Hollandiae Hscli. in Sieber. Muse. Exs. No.
7 ; in patria certe false indicata. — Leskea conges ta Brid. II.
323. excl. Syn. Sw a r tz . — L. s t r ia ta Scbw. Snppl. I. H. p. 180. t.
86. — Brid. II. p. 334. — H. phryxophyllum Arn. — Mnium a u reum
P. B. Prodr. p. 74.
P a t r i a . Insulae Antillarum, ubi in monte sulphuri-
fero insulae Guadeloupe primus legit Ri c h a r d .
HYPNOIDEAE. h y p n um . 387
Ex habitu Dic ran o scoparlo liaud dissimile.
B. Celiulae alares vesiculaeformes.
a. Fo l ia acuminata.
301. H. iiuiigens Hdw. (Sp. Muse. p. 237. t. 60.);
he rma phro d itum; cespites laxe cobaerentes; repens, ramis
erectis longiusculis p a ten t i fo l i i s , apice subcuspidatis,
flexuosis crassiusculis s t r am in e o - v i r id ib u s subsecundis n i -
t id id i s irregulariter breviuscule subpinnatis; folia caulina
subhor izontalia la x e im b r i c a ta , e basi coarctata brevissima
r e f l e x a , cellulis a lar ibus in t ro r sum imp r e s s is subventr
icosis m a x im i s h y a lin is v. fla v id i s p ra e d i ta subaur
iculatà dilatate la n c e o la to -a cumin a ta , acutiuscula, m a r gine
plus minus involutaceo integ e r r imo , summo apice in voluto
p a rum denticulato v. in t e g r a , uervis obsoletis, cellulis
pallidis basi flavidis; perich. paucissima late vaginantia
breviter acuminata, sub apice solo involutacea,
superne denticulata, basi laxius reticulata flavida ; thecae
in pedunculis in te r cespitem occultis b r e v ibu s , tenuibus
purpureis superne subpapillosis erectae minute u rc eolato-
ovales , badiae, exannulatae, ore frMMcaiw/o acquali v. constricto,
opere, conico longe aciculari flexuoso aurantiaco;
perist. d. ext. breves angusti, linea media laiiuscule d ia phana
valde e x a r a t i subrufi, int. aequilongi angustissimi
vix perforati flaviusculi, ciliis s ingulis ru d imen ta r i i s v.
nullis interpositis.
Le skea pungens Sw . Fl. Ind. Occ. III. p. 1806. - Brid. II. p.
291. - Le sk ea patens Hscb. F l. Bras. I. p. 72! forma minor, baud
rare occurrens.
P a t r ia . Ad radices arborum in sylvis humidis montosis
Jamaicae primus legit S w a r t z ; Surinam, ad truncos
fruticum planitierum arenosarum prope J o d e n -S a vanna,
rarius: K e g e l , Nov. 1845; insula Antillarum Trinidad,
monte Tocuche; Cr i i ge r mensibus Januarii, Martii,
Jul. et Dec. 1847, in societate Sy r rh o p o d on tis lyco-
p o dioidis , Mn ia d e lph i a u ra t i et al. muscorum; Venezuela,
prov Carabobo, Cumbre de Valence, alt. 5000', 1846 J a -
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