Holomitrium.] l. DICRANE X, 59 
occupantibus ; perichectialia in cylindrum longe exsertum convoluta, api- 
cibus fere ad apicem pedunculi straminei productis. Theca longe cylin- 
dracea, opereulo tenui subulato, peristomii dentibus angustis brevibus 
integris. 
Hab. Andes Peruvianz, in monte Campana (4000 ped.) ad ramos, Spruce, 
n.22. Andes Quitenses ad fl. Bombonasa et in sylva Canelos (2000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 22 b. 
Caulis uncialis. Folia 2-linearia. Pedunculus B-linearis. Theea 2- 
linearis. Species ab H. tortuoso foliis brevioribus apicem versus latioribus 
ct siccitate arctius crispatis diversa. 
7. H. SeLLOowI (Schwegr. t. 309). Caules inferne radiculosi intertexti, 
humiles. Folia a basi erecta sensim longe angustata, patentia, apicibus 
decurvis, nervo apice dorso dentato carinata, marginibus superioribus 
serratis, cellulis basi elongatis angustis, alanbus distinetis, superioribus 
parvis rotundis ; perichetialia elongata, convoluta, apicibus thecam cylin- 
draceam attingentibus superantibusve. Operculum subulatum, peri- 
stomii dentibus brevioribus. 
H. crispulum, Mart. Ic. Sel. Pl. Bras. t. 18. f£. 9 ; Hornsch. in Mart. FI. 
Bras. Musc. 35. 
H. tortuosum, Hornsch. MS. 
Hab. Brasilia, Sierra dos Orgaos, Gardner, n. 17, Martius; in prov. 
Parana (2000 ped.) ad truncos Araucarie frequens, Weir, n. 29, ad viam 
inter Corritiba et oram (2200 ped.) in arborum truncis, Weir, n. 101. 
Andes Quitenses, Cuenca, Jameson. 
8. H. uxDULATUM (Miit.). Caulis decumbens, elongatus, flexuosus. 
Folia densa, patentia, dimidio inferiore latissime ovalia, superiore anguste 
subulata subcomplicata undulata, neryo pereurrente apicem versus dorso 
remote spinoso-dentato, marginibus denticulatis, cellulis omnibus angustis 
elongatis, alaribus pluribus per totum fere folii latitudinis protractis fuscis ; 
periehztialia longissime convoluta, apicibus angustis, ad thecz basin at- 
tingentibus. Theca in pedunculo gracili pallide rubro, cylindracea, ore 
parvo, opereulo subulato, peristomii dentibus breviusculis angustis rubris 
integris minutissime granulosis; calyptra thecam ad 2 obtegens. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in monte Abitagua (7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 24. 
Caulis 2-4-uncialis. Folia 4—5 lineas longa. Pedunculus uncia paulo 
brevior. Theca 2-linearis. 
In size, habit, and foliage somewhat resembling the European 
and North-American Dicranum spurium, but in the perichetium, 
theca, and peristome agreeing with Holomitrium. 
9. H. ANTENNATUM (Mitt.). Caulis decumbens. Folia apicibus an- 
gustis patentia, nervo percurrente carinata, dorso apice serrato, marginibus 
a medio ad apicem serratis, cellulis basi elongatis angustis, superioribus 
omnibus parvis rotundatis, alaribus externis fuscis, internis pluribus hya- 
