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7- Polylrlchum laevlpllnni jk 8p. (P. californicum 

 ill srlicd*). Dioinim, siibsimplex, laxe ccspitosimi ^ adsccn- 

 dens y iftferne fiisro - nigrescpiis , sii penie viridr y siibnitODs. 

 Caiilis has! nudinscnlus, (*analic!iiAlo-aiije;iilosus, supornf! dense 

 foliosiis. Folia imbricata, rrccta, c bnsi obovata latiorc va- 

 ginanfe siibito -* lanceolala , iii piiiim longtim hyalimrm 6ub- 

 gtabrnm prodncta^ celtnlis vaginarum ad rostnni parallplo- 

 pipcdis nini pentagonis, circiimdatiB interslitiis pdlucidis, flavo- 

 hyalinis* 



In montibns Sierrae Ncrftdae. 



Ad not, Polytricho pilifero^T\iv^h, valdfi aemulans^ sed 



r 



difFerens habifa aliqnid robnstiore, pilis fere glabris (nee den- 

 tato - serratis) ^ ocllnlis ragmarnm laxioribns , byalinis ( nee 

 punctnlis inspersis opacis). 



Theca deest tamen speciem boitam existiiuavi. 



8. Alsla Californi«a Siilllr, Syn, NecJrera Californica 

 Hook, ei Arn. Gtyphaea Culifwnica Hpo. ex errorc in 

 scbednlis. 



Ad arbores Califorjiiae, propc S. Francfsco PJ. 



9. Iieptoliymeninm crijstatam n, sp/ p]. 



Decnmbens, pnlvinalum expansiim^ buinile, fusuo-anreo- 

 nifcns, surculis procnmbentibuSj ramosissiinis. Rami adsccjH 

 denies, curvati, jnlacei^^ dense foliosi, basi rnsco-nigrtcantes, 

 supernc aureo^virides, nitentes. FoHa nndique imbiicata, 

 appressa, humtda parutn laxiora^ coucava, oblougo-orala, 

 basi Qtroque latere reflexa, contracto-plicafa, supernc pla- 

 ninscHla^ snrsnm ad apieem eroso-cristata, uervo snpra jdc- 

 dium protracto; cellulis mediae basis folii angiistc elliptieis, 

 snperoe rbomboideis, cbloropbyllosis^ alarum griseo-piincta- 

 tifiy obBcnriSf Intescenlibns ineonspicuis, floralia longe-acumi- 



