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PatrUi, Mexico, montft Orii.{UM^ 



rara: C> Mbkr kug. 1857. 



Ab /f. pungenie fitatnra humiliore stricta, foliifl an^slis \^ 

 Teluti fietoso-imbricatis slrictis erccto-patulis nee nitidis neci 

 convolntia et tbeca majore valde constricia primo risu lon^v. 

 rcfiigif. Ex liabitu ad H, sienocarpum Hpe. proxime acce- 

 dens ct dim eodnm triljum prapriam constitaens, inter Hypna 

 cespiiosa <*t pungeniia medium qtiasi tenens. — Flores 

 masculi in caiile fertili crebriores miuntissimi ; foliis orato-* 

 aeuminatisi. 



4?» Hypnuu (TrlimegUUa) Hotartanam C. MulK 

 D. sp,; mouoicam; latissime cespitosum pallide luteflcensrigi' 

 diusoulum; cauUs rage ramosus, dirisionibns procumbentibus 

 breTiusculis Gompressis ob ramulos breves inaequales strictiu* 

 Bcnios pungentcs dense aggregalos irregularlter piiniatis In cu* 

 ^pidem brevem subpangentem curvulam protraetis; folia caa- 

 lina deaae imbricata madore patula, e bfisi coarctata latiuscnle 

 oblonga, asymmelrica, plus minns cymbiformi-concara vel 

 planiora, in acumen breve latinsculDm vix concaTum grosse 

 serratnmcarTatumconstrieta^ obsolete brevissirae binervia, m^r- 

 gine basilar! pauUspeirevohita plus minus plicata, e celhiHs 

 liuearibus deusis iiicrassatis palleseeiUibus areolata^ cellolis 

 alaribas 8 — 10 m rentrem majusculnm reticulatum congestis 

 Tesicnloso-turgescentibns aareis et byalinis; perich. permulta 

 erccta^ externa minora latissime ovata semlyaginanlia breTts* 

 sime aenminata, interiora e basl magis vaginata laxissime 

 reticulata, collulis alarlbus plus minus distluctismnltisamplis 

 praedit^ late lauceolata^ breriter et atricte acuminata, apiee 

 denticulftta rel serrulata^ margine infero latius revoluta, sul- 

 calO'plieatnla; tbeca in ped. elongato atrictiuscnlo sed spira- 



