36 l. DICRANE. [ Dieranella, 
minoribus plus minus incrassatis reticulata, canaliculata, acuta, nervo flavo 
crassiusculo subulam superam totam occupante, integerrima, basi longiore 
subvaginante. Theca in pedunculo tenui longiusculo flexuoso brunnescente, 
erecta, suburceolato-ovalis, parum gibbosa, brunuea, striata, annulata, 
operculo conico-subulato obliquo cum calyptra deciduo; peristomii dentes 
breves, ad medium fissi, pallide ferruginei, cruribus hyalinis laevibus. 
Hab. Columbia, Tovar (5500 ped.), Moritz, n. 21 b. 
D. dense proxima.— C. Müll. 1. c. 
23. D. AULACOCARPA (Mont. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3.iv. 113, Dicranum). 
Caulis elongatus. Folia integerrima, nervo subulam fere totam occupante 
concavo, cellulis angustis elongatis sensim magis in basi dilatata ampliatis ; 
pericheetialia a basi abbreviata, arcte convoluta, subito longe subulata. 
'Theca in pedunculo brevi, oblongo-cylindracea, plicata, basi subcallosa, 
opereulo oblique subulato, peristomii dentibus dicranis. 
Hab. Chile, C. Gay; ins. Chiloe, Lobb. 
Caulis i-unciam altus. Folia luteo-viridia. Pedunculus longitudine 
2-linearis. 
24. D. pensa (Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 140, Dicranum). Caulis elon- 
gatus. Folia integerrima, nervo crassiusculo percurrente carinata, cellulis 
omnibus parvis elongatis angustis; perichzetialia inferne elliptica convo- 
luta, superne subulata, apicibus angustis obtusiusculis subdenticulatis. 
Theca in pedunculo gracili, ovalis, inclinata, operculo subulato, peristomii 
dentibus brevibus dicranis. 
Hab. Andes Nove Granatz, in monte Quindiu reg. temp., Humboldt et 
Bonpland. Andes Quitenses ad cataractam Agoyan, Spruce, n. 42. Andes 
Peruvianz in monte Guayrapurina (3000 ped.), Spruce, n. 38. 
The nerve in this species, as in most of its allies, is not ex- 
current, but ends just below the rounded apex of the leaf. 
25. D. sTRuMULOSA (Hampe in Linn. xxxii. 133, Angstroemia). Caulis 
elongatus. Folia nervo crasso basi tertiam partem, superne totum folii la- 
titudinis occupante, cellulis basilaribus parvis oblongis rectangulis; peri- 
chetialia a basi oblonga convoluta, nervo longe excurrente angusto, se- 
cunda. Theca in pedunculo elongato pallido, ovalis, erecta, basi oreque 
subinzequalis, operculo longirostro, peristomii dentibus dicranis. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, in sylvis Manzanos in convallibus “ Bar- 
rancas dictis (2700 metr.), Lindig. 
Caulis i-l-uncialis. Folia lineam longa, viridia, sparsa. Pedunculus 
l-linearis. Theca nigrescens, subplicata, vix strumulosa. 
26. D. caLLosa (Hampe in Linnea, xxxii. 134, Angstroemia).  Dioica, 
dense cæspitosa, rufo-fusca ; caulis erectus, gracilis, elongatus, subsim- 
plex. apice paree innovationibus auctus, basi fuscus, superne rufescens. 
Folia undique laxe disposita, inferiora basi amplectente patula, integer- 
rima, subula canaliculata, cellulis basilaribus anguste elongato-quadratis 
