Suhsectio V. E c p t o i l o n Brid. II. p. 197. — Cauli.s compres-
t u s , rami s plus minus involut is v. in cu r v i s , fol ii s ro t u n d a to -o b tu
s i s , rotimduto-a.reola.tis. Perieli, exserta.
1 3 4 . Bi. S i u i t h i i C. Müll.; dioica; caulis primarius
repeiis, secundarius procumbens compressus eìatiis basi
longiuscHÌa indivisa, sursitin breviicr bipinnatus plurnae-
fo rm is , rami densissime approximati breves apice convoluti,
viridissimi rigidissimi duri ; folia cauliua dense imbricata
ovato-ligulata obtusa integerrima implana caviuscula,
margine inferne revoluto, nervo ad medium
producto viridi, cellulis rotundatis mollibus chloropbyllo-
sis; perichaetia longiuscule exserta pallida, paraphysibus
multis ccllulosis longis, foliis late vaginaiitibus lanceolato-
acuminatis, acumine subloriformi longiusculo obtuso, cellulis
tenuioribus pallidioribus, nervo in acumen evanescente;
theca in ped. perbrevi emerso flavido curvulo elliptica
fusca leptodermis, exannulata, calyptra dimidiata brevis
longe pilosa, opere, breviter conico recto; perist. simplicis
d. ext. elongate lanceolato-acuminati albidi rugulosi,
remote articulati, linea media fissiles, perist. internum:
membrana brevissima. »
Hooker ia convo luta Spr. S y st. Veg. IV. II. p. 324. — L e p to don
Smi thi i Molli-. Obs. p. 27. — Brid. II. p. 197. — L a s ia Smi -
th i i Brid. Mant. Muse. p. 133. — Ptei-i(j.vnandrum Smi thi i Brid.
Sp. Muse. p. 140. — Pte ro gonium Smi thi i Sw . in Sebrad. Jouru.
II, p. 173. — Schw. Suppl. II. I. p. 31. t. 109. — Or thotr ichum
Smi thi i Brid. Muse. Ree. II. 11. p. 33. — Pilotr ichum Smi thi i P.
B. Prodr. p. 83. — Poty tr ichum Smi thi i Hull. 249. — Ne cke ra
hipinnata Sebi. Crypt. Helv. Ceiit. IV. n. 22. — Hypnum Smi thi i
Dicks. F ase. II. Crypt. p. 10. t. 5. f. 4. — H. cincinnatum Santi
Viagg. p. 209. t. 6. ex Savi Fl. Pis. 2. p. 441.
Patria. Ad arbores ct rupes Europae meridionalis;
in Bavaria circa Ilassellobe, in Tiroli meridionali atque
Helvetia et inde per totam Italiam ; ex oris Istriae per
Dalmatian! usque ad Macedoniam, Graeciam, Asiam mi-
norem et ab oris Africae borealis ad Prom. b. spei ; ex
Helvetia porro per Galliam meridionalem ad Hispaiiiam
et in Aiiglia australi, ubi in Devonshire vulgatissima. —
Fere.
Pulcherrima species et ramis convolutis lleìicophyl-
lum in memoriam redigentibus primo visu ab omnibus
muscis discernenda.
135. N. lo n g ip e d u n c u la f a C. Müll.; dioica; caulis
sccundanus humilis, basi brevi indivisa, sursum breviter
simpliciter pinnatus viridissimus, ramis erecto - patentibus
haud invoìutis; folia cauliua N . Sm ith ii, nervo crasso
pallido flexuoso, apice saepe fuscato; theca in ped. longiuscule
exserto erecto; perist. internum: membrana bre-
A issima.
Leptodon longisetus Mout. Hist. d. II. Caiiar. p. 20.
Patria. Teneriffa.
A N . Sm ith ii simillima caracteribus designatis certe
distare videtur. Operculum et calyptram baud vidimus.
136. BT. P lu v i i i i Brid. (in Steudcl. Nomencl. Crypt.
p. 295.); caulis primarius longe repens, secundarius brevis
tener mollis, ramis erecto-patentibus haud vel v ix
involutis subslmplicissimis simpliciter pinnatus compressus;
folia caulina sordide viridia, mollia, cellulis rotuu-
dis diaphanis.
Pilo tr ichum P lu v in i Brid. II. p. 260.
Patria. India Orientalis: De P l u v i n 1784.
A ÌY. Sm ith ii proxima vestigiis explicatis certe differt
et species pulchella, adhuc sterilis tantum nota.
137 BÍ. f lex u o sa Harvey (Hook. le. PI. Rar. t. 21.
f 3 ) ; caulis pendulus eìongatus gracilis flaccidus, ramis
remotis brevibus simplicibus vel elongatis pinnatis sub-
curvutis flaccidis, apicibus involutis 1 - 2 pinnatus, luteo-
viridis, subcompressus; folia caulina e basi angushore
ligulato - obtusa , obtusissime et brevissime acuminata,
margine ubique maxime revoluto, cellulis ellipticis rhomboidalibus
subincrassaiis; perichaetia emersa, foliis lanceolato
acuminatis ; theca immersa oblonga.
C. diagnosi in Lond. Jonrn. of bot. 1840. p. 14. - Leptodon
filiformis Scliimp. in scliedulis.
Patria. India Orientalis, Calcutta: Hb. Schimp.
Nepal; W a l l i c h .