48 l. DICRANEA. [ Ceratodon. 
(8500 ped.), Weir, n. 230. Venezuela, Caracas (5000 ped.) Funck 
et Schlim. n. 473. Fuegia, Magellan ad Sandy Point, Lechler, inter 
n. 1015. 
12. SYMBLEPHARIS, Mont. in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 2. viii. 252. 
Musci exspitosi, caulibus plus minus elongatis parum divisis. 
Folia a basi latiore amplexicauli subulata, cellulis levibus vix 
nitidis, siccitate crispata ; perichetialia convoluta, longiora. Thees 
cylindracez, peristomii dentibus brevibus. Habitatio ad arbores. 
Pars folii subulata apice serrulata................ l. S. helicophylla. 
Pars folii subulata apice integerrima.............. 2. S. Lindigii. 
Folia angustiora, breviora ........... eee 3. S. Chrismari. 
Folia superne subulata integerrima, spe diffracta .. 4. S. fragilis. 
l. S. HELICOPHYLLA (Mont. Lei Czspitosa. Caulis simplex di- 
visusve. Folia e basi erecta superne dilatata caulem amplexante, cellulis 
angustis elongatis, subito recurva, divergentia, apicibus incurvis, marginibus 
inferne flexuosis superne erectis subintegerrimis, canaliculata, nervo 
percurrente dorso apice parce serrulato, cellulis minutis quadrato-rotun- 
dis; perichztialia basi longe convoluta. Theca in pedunculo gracillimo 
breviusculo, cylindracea, elongata, peristomii dentibus angustis rubris 
minute erosis. 
S. CErstediana, C. Müll. Syn. ii. 613. 
Hab. Mexico ad Oaxaca, Andrieux; Costa Rica, @Œrsted. Andes 
Quitenses, Pallatanga (6000 ped.), Spruce, n. 26 b. 
Caulis j-l-uncialis. Folia luteo-viridia, sicca crispata. 
2. S. Linprei (Hampe in Linnea, xxxii. 136). Laxe cæspitosa, fere 
biuncialis, fusco-crocea, apice micans. Caulis medioeris vel elongatus, 
irregulariter fastigiatus, subsimplex, basi fusco-tomentosus, parce ramis 
brevibus auctus, undique foliatus, apice croceus. Folia undique imbricata, 
e basi latiore vaginante appressa, refracto-patula, lanceolato-subulata, 
canaliculata, cirrhata, integerrima, nervo mediocri lutescente apice desi- 
nente, cellulis basilaribus elongato-quadratis, interstitiis parce nodulosis 
aureo-splendentibus, apicem versus cellulis minoribus rotundatis parce 
incrassatis; tota lutescentia, transparentia. Seta brevis, erecta, apicalis 
vel pseudo-lateralis, interdum gemine aggregate lutescentes basi foliis 
perichetialibus conformibus involute. Theca cylindrica, opaca, erecta, 
ore rubra; operculo subulato recto, tertiam v. fere dimidiam thece 
partem metiente, calyptra longa fere basin thecæ attingente, peristomii 
dentibus lanceolatis cuspidatis per paria approximatis integris vel parum 
fissis, columella szpe exstante persistente. 
Hab. Andes Nove Granate, Paramo Choachi (3600 met.) ad ramos 
fruticeti, Lindig. 
