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-viridis^ sesqniuncialiS} ramis parum fnrvalis^ apice attennaUs. 

 Folia niidiquc deoso tmlirieata, erecta, Birea magis appressa^ 

 e basi cSriuscnlaj latere rcflcxa, pticata, lauceolato-^stibnlata, 

 snperne ad medium remote denticiiloto-serrafa, cellulie ad 

 basin folii subqiiadratis^ discrHis, siibhjalinis^ snperne deu* 

 sioribns, inconspicuisi papillosisj nerro ad basin prominente rcr- 

 sns apicem deplanato desinente, riridi. Seta brevis, pariim 

 torla, erecta. Thera erecta, snbp)^riforn]i*ellipticay estriata, 

 tandem sicritale reticulato ^ plicala ^ opercnlo brevi coiiico ob- 

 tnso (peristomio 0); caljptra glabra^ pallide Tiridis, apife 

 fflscescens. 



In moiit* Siorrae Nevadae Califoruiae, alt. 3—5000' ad 



(crram. 



Aduot, Ab omnibus Glyphocarpis cognitis, theca eiliplica 

 erecfa pnmo risn memorabilis. Ex habitn Glyphocarpae in- 

 UrteMue et Menziesii? affiiiis, sed theca elliptica, erecta 

 propria. Species haec transitum ad Bm'tramidulam Sckim^ 

 peri demonstrat. 



6. #rthotrlchiuii papiUofiiuii n. sp. 



Laxc ccspitosiim, adscendens, fnsco-viride* Ganlis c»r- 

 vatns, ramnlosusy infenic nndus, superne dense foliosns. Fo- 

 lia siibsocnnda, flexuosa, clon^ata, carinata, supra basin mar- 

 ginV parnm revohito-plrcala, superue plauiuscnja, oblongo- 

 lanjseolata, cellnlis alaribus snbquadrato-aiigiilatis, bjalinis^ 

 Snperne dense serialis, elliptico-rotundis, inconspicnis, pagina 

 folii papillis promineniibns scabra, nervo carinato apice de- 

 sinehtn, Theca sessilis, elliptira, leviter striata; pcristomio 

 :,simplic]. 



In moni, Sierrae Nevadae Californiae ad saxa? 

 Adnot» Specimina manca, tamen species memorabilis fo- 

 'liis socuudis. 0. Tf.ra«o- Snlliv. af£ne? 



