54 1. DICRANE. [ Oreoweisia. 
paululum contracta, operculo eonieo acuminato, peristomii dentibus teneris 
brevibus. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, in montibus prope Bogota (8700 ped.), Weir, 
. 221; Bogota, La Penna, ad latera umbrosa convallium “ Barrancas ” 
dictarum, Lindig. 
Caulis i-l unciam altus. Folia 1i lineam longa, flavescentia. Pedun- 
culus 3-linearis. Theca fulva. 
15. Ruanpowzrisra, Bruch et Schimp. Bryol. Europ. 
Musei parvi, caulibus dichotome divisis. Folia latiuscula, 
papillosa, obscura ; perichetialia inconspicua. Thecæ in pedun- 
culo gracili breviusculo, interdum arcuato, breves, peristomii denti- 
bus parvis. Habitatio ad terram in fissuris rupium. 
Theca gymnostoma, «(secos tein d. des cyadilicarpe. 
Theca peristomata. 
Folia lineari-lanceolata, elongata, basi pellucida, apice acuta. 
2. R. Lindigiana. 
Folia lineari-lanceolata, basi haud pellucida, apice acutissima. 
3. R. vulcanica. 
1. R. CYATHICARPA (Mont.). Monoica; pulvinatim cæspitosa, fasci- 
culatim ramosa. Folia inferiora lineari-lanceolata, dimidio inferiore erecto, 
superiore patente, sicca crispata, comalia longiora, nervo percurrente cari- 
nata, margine denticulis remotis serrulata integerrimave, erecta vel uno 
latere inferne recurva, cellulis superioribus minutis rotundis, basilaribus 
inferioribus elongatis pellucidis ; perichzetialia seu comalia interiora inferne 
paululo latiora, cellulis elongatis altius in folium adscendentibus. Theca 
in peduneulo brevi eurvato, parva, tenera, ovali-cyathiformis, operculo 
planiusculo mamillato. Flos masculus ad perichztii basin gemmaceus. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Boqueron, prope Bogota ad rupes, Weir, n. 199. 
Andes Quitenses, Pichincha et Chimborazo, infra rupes, Jameson; Pichincha, 
Carguairazo et Chimborazo (10,000—12,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 32. 
Caulis j-1 unciam altus, ramulis pluribus fasciculatis: Folia inferiora 
lineam longa, comalia 14-linearia, viridia, obscuriuscula. Pedunculus linea 
brevior, pallidus. Theca fuscescens, striata. 
The specimens from the Quitenian Andes are a little more 
slender, and with their leaves less distinctly serrulate than those 
from the Bogotean Andes. 
Forms of this or closely allied species exist in Tasmania, in 
the island of Madeira, and in Abyssinia (in monte Silke, Schimper); 
they all correspond closély in habit and foliage, but the operculum 
has a beak equal in length to the diameter of the mouth of the 
capsule. 
2. R. Linpic1ana (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iii. 352, Weisia). 
