cu li ex derinitlone fint breulfiimi, ad bpe v ltim um g enus, cuius habitum re-
feiTe v id e tu r , reducendum, effe exiitimaui.
? 0 . eompoftumSaraùo ramisque p in natis , pln n ls approximatis, fubfim. *oS
p lic ib u s , tè r e t i- compreifis; fó liis fexfariani imbr icatis, ouatis con-
e au is , mucrona tis, perichaetio in fig n i, capfula erecta. T a b .l.fig . I-
Bijpnum compofitum furculis ramisque p in n a to - fp a r fis , ramulis con-,
fe ir is , pedunculis breiiilfimis, capfulis ere c tis, ca lyptris pilosis.
Swarz. prodr. p. 14 1 , Gmel. Syft, Hat. v. II. p. 1343.
Germ. Zufammengefezter Steiffchopf.- Gali. Orthotrie compofè.
^ In lamaica habitat. E x dono cel. de luffteu, qui illu d a Thunber-
g ìo a c c e p it , poffideo; fed in meis ' fpeciminibus pedunculus quidem pr'ae.
fe n s , capfula vero deeft. Tempus llorescendae ign o tum, Dura tio perennis.
. Surculus a scendens, ramofus , ramis erectis, p in n a tis , pinn ls
irregulariter ex v troque latere prodeun tibus, fimpllcibus , vna alterave
tamen e tcom p o fita , pa tentibus, te reti-compres fis, apicem verfus leuisfime
a tten u a tis , e luteo obfcure acrescentibus. Truncus in furculo ramisque
elegantisfime rutilât. Eolia imbr icata . cauli fexfariam circum p o fu a , aliis
p a ten tiu scu lis, a liis cauli fumrnopere appresfis, vnd e facies leretiiiscula
c r i t u r , ouata, cdncaua, neruo d up lic i purpureo ad apicem v squ e perdn-
gente percurfa, mucronata, mucrone breui leuiter retrorfum fie x o , marr ine
integerrima. Perichaetialia im br icadm con ferta , caulinis gran diora , ou°to-
lanceolata, neruo d up lic i ad medium euanescente inftructa. Pedunculus
h i- t r ilin e a r is , maxima pro parte perichaetio im m e r fu s , in ramis primariis
rarius in p innis la te ra lis , erectus, apicem ver fus incraffatus, e luteo pur!
pureus. C a lyp tra , auctore Sw a r z io , p ilo fa , capfirlaque erecta. Caetera
iron obferuata.
Ob calyptram pilofam pedunculosque breuisfimos apice Incraffa-
to s 'e t probabUitev in capfulam d ilata to s, in ter Orthotricha referendum effe
eenfui.
: ? 0 . Smithii [arcalo procumbente irregulariter b ip in n a to ; pinn u lis linea- 209
ribus apice in cu ru is ; .foliis imbricato - p a tu lis , fub o rb icu la r ib u s;
capfulae erectae ouatae operculo roftellato.
Hypnum Smithii furculis pinnatis vndique ramofis, fo liis fubor-
b icu la r ib us , fubconc.auis, capfulis ouato - c y lin d ra c e is , calyptrà furfum
pilofà. Dicks, fase. II. pl.-Cnjpt. p. 10. t. V. f . 4. Eiu.rd. Collect,
o f dried plants n. ig . Gmel. Syfl. Nat. v. II. p. 1347. Laich. pl. Europ.
V- 4 9 5 -
Germ. Smiths Steifschopf. Gall. Orthotrie de Smith,
In An g lia habitat ad arborum truncos in Cantío prope Bartham
downs a Smithio detectum, Praeterea in m on d s A tlan d s fy lu is a Clar. Des
■Fontaines repertum eft,' cuius benignitate exemplaria mea poffideo. Plores-
ccntiae tempus ignotum. Vita longa.
Surculus procumbens, v.arie diuifus ramosque proferens fron d i-
formes b l - t r ip in n a to s , nunc in m ed io , nunc ver fus apices incuruatus,
lign eus durus. Pinnulae complanatae , lineares, ramorum extremitatem
v e r fu s , x t in H y p n o , criftâ caflrenfi regulariter decrescentes, v ltin ds m in im
is , ad apicem inciiruato - crispatae, elafdcae e t fi deprimantur in flatum
pr ifiinum illico fefe reftitucnles. F olia d iliich a , im br icato -p a tu la , fubor-
bicularia , bail appreffa, concaua, integerrima, exfasciculata. Perichaetialia
in cylindrum co n u o lu la , ouato ,- lanceolata , apice p ilifo rm i. Ped u ncu li
fo lita r ii, breu isfim i, numerofi. Calyptra o b liq u a , furfum pilofa. Capfula
erecta, ouato - c y lin d ra c ea , ru fa , nitens. Periftoma obfolete dentatum.
Operculum e bafi fubrotundà oblique roftellatiim,
In fpeciminibus A tlan tic is rami lon g e elegandus , regularius
denfiusque p in n a ti, quam in A n g lic ls . V ix humiditate remotà fumrnopere
crispantur et incuruantur.
ILabitus e t perichaetlum Hypni v e l Neckerae, at calyptra pilofa,
quae in nu lla horum generum fpecie rite obferuatà deprchenfa fu it ad Ortho-
trichuui reierre [aadent, quanniis nec fad e s eadcm, nec pedunculi terminales.
Icon D ick son i octo tantum dentes in periliomate fild t, feditane partem
non fatis fedulo delineauit atquc defcripfit. Ilaec^omnia ig itu r p e rillomad s
Tom, II, Pars II, .E ñCCU