Pilopogon.] l. DICRANEX. 71 
percurrente partem superiorem fere totam occupante, canaliculato, apice 
parce denticulato, dorso subseabro, cellulis basi angustis in rotundatas 
sensim transeuntibus, alaribus in aurieulo satis magno dispositis fuscis ; 
pericheetialia interiora caulinis duplo longiora, late convoluta, nervo longe 
excurrente. Theca in pedunculo gracili pallido, ovalis, inclinata, operculo 
recto subulato quam theca longiore, peristomii dentibus thece longitudinis 
filiformibus dense granulosis; calyptra thecam fere ad basin tegens 
fimbriata. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in valle Pastasa, ad pedem montis Tunguragua 
(7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 47. 
Caulis 2-uncialis. 
5. P. PiLIFERUS (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iii. 362). Humilis, 
1-1}-uncialis, fusco-lutescens, nitidus ; caulis subeompressus, erectus, basi 
attenuatus fusco-nigricans, superne diviso-ramosus lutescens, ramis attenua- 
tis vel comosis. Folia undique imbricata, arcte appressa, erecta vel erecto- 
patentia, inferiora oblongo-lanceolato-acuminata, apice canaliculata, in- 
tegerrima, superiora comalia, apice canaliculato hyalina, pilifera, pilo serrato 
dentato, nervo dilatato striato rufescente basi tertiam partem folii occupante, 
subulam fere totam obtegente, cellulis alaribus anguste pentagonis ellipticis 
rufescenti-diaphanis, lateralibus tenuioribus brevioribus subhyalinis nodu- 
loso-clausis, ceteris ad marginem superiorem anguste ellipticis rufescenti- 
diaphanis, in subula condensatis opacis; perichetialia convoluta, e basi 
latiore subito longe subulata, apice pilo hyalino striato-dentato instructa. 
Seta gracilis, exserta, erecta. Theca subeylindriea, erecta, operculo subu- 
lato thecam dimidiam superaute.— Hampe, l. c. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Bogota, Boqueron (2800 metr.), in siccioribus, 
Lindig. 
Var. prolifero-comosus. Bogota, Tequendama (2800 metr.), Lindig. 
21. ATRACTYLOCARPUS, gen. nov. 
A. MEXICANUS (Mitt.  Monoicus, late cspitosus; caulis brevis, 
ramosus. Folia secunda, faleata, angusta, subulata, sensim elongato- 
attenuata, nervo basi Z folii latitudinis occupante, supra folii medium 
canaliculato, a lamina haud distincto, apice subdenticulato, cellulis basi latis 
oblongis pellucidis sensim superne in elongatas angustas transeuntibus, 
alaribus pluribus pallide fuscis fragilibus; perichetialia elongata, inferne 
longe ovalia, convoluta, subulata, longe attenuata, erectiuscula. Theca in 
peduneulo elongato pallido, angusta, elongata, cylindracea, erecta, sub- 
zqualis, operculo subulato recto, peristomii dentibus ad basin in crura 
elongata filiformia rubra rugulosa punctulata divisis; calyptra elongata. 
Hab. Mexico boreali-occidentalis, Sierra Madre, Seemann, n. 1924. 
Caulis 3-linearis. Folia pallide straminea, nitida. — Pedunculus 4- 
linearis. Theca linearis. 
