Grimmia.] 2. GRIMMIES. 101 
Habitu G. orbiculari Bruch. et Schimp. Europe similis, foliis autem 
latioribus magis ovatis apice sensim in pilum transeuntibus, et statura 
minore recedens. 
Sect. 3. Guembelia, Hampe in Bot. Zeit. 1846, 124, ex parte. 
17. G. ovata (Web. et Mohr. Bryol. Europ. t. 17 et 18). Monoica, 
compacte pulvinate czespitosa. Caulis superne divisus. Folia erecto- 
patentia, inferiora apice latiuscula obtusa, superiora subulato-angustata 
cano-pilifera margine uno latere recurva, nervo percurrente carinata, cel- 
lulis basilaribus oblongis, lateralibus paucis rectangulis, superioribus 
parvis rotundis limitibus pellucidis ; perichetialia erecta, majora, longius 
incana. Pedunculus brevis, vix vel parum ultra apices foliorum peri- 
chetialium productus. Theca oblongo-ovalis, olivaceo-fusca, basi subcal- 
losa, operculo conico rostrato, peristomii dentibus fissis perforatisve, ca- 
lyptra lobata. 
Guembelia bogotensis, Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iii. 375. 
Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Fuego, Godman et Salvin. Andes Bo- 
gotenses, Boqueron prope Bogotá ad saxa vulgaris (8500 ped.), Weir, 
n. 297, et Lindig. Andes Quitenses, Pichincha, Jameson ; Carguairazo, 
Chimborazo, Titaicun, Pichincha, etiam in valle Pangor (10,000-11,000 
ped.), Spruce, n. 133. 
Caules 3-1 unciam alti. Folia juniora viridia, seniora nigricantia, 
sicca appressa. 
Species ut videtur orbis totius regionum temperatarum incola. 
18. G. Loncrrostris (Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 62). Monoica, pulvi- 
nata. Folia lanceolata, obtusiuscula, superiora pilo hyalino denticulato 
terminata, nervo percursa, marginibus inferne late recurvis, cellulis 
basi paucis elongatis, superioribus abbreviatis subrotundis obscuris pa- 
rietibus lateralibus subpellucidis crenulatis; perichztialia majora, in- 
ferne late ovalia, sensim subulata, apicibus hyalinis thecam oblongam 
superantibus. Operculum subulatum, peristomii dentibus subulatis fissis 
inferne subadherentibus, apicibus seepe cum operculo diffractis. 
G. peruviana, Sulliv. U. St. Expl. Exp. 1859, 8, t. 5. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Chimborazo, Humboldt, Jameson. Andes Pe- 
ruviane (15,000 ped.), ex Sullivant. 
Caulis i-l-uncialis. Folia inferiora i-2 lineam longa, pericheetialia 
2-linearia, omnia flavo-viridia, fuscescentia. Theca 2-linearis. Pedun- 
culus lineam longas. 
The figure given in the U. S. Expl. Exped. by Sullivant ap- 
pears sufficiently near to this moss, notwithstanding that he 
states the inflorescence to be dicecious. 
19. G. REFLEXIDENS (C. Müll. Syn. i. 795). Pusilla; ramis apice 
longe crinitis attenuatis. Folia caulina arcte appressa, madefacta minus 
patentia, inferiora curvula brevipilia, superiora superne margine plicata, 
