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canaliculata, nervo infra apicem evanido, cellulis inferioribus oblongis pel- 
lucidis, superioribus rotundatis obscuris papillosis; perichztialia dimidio 
inferiore erecta oblonga, superiore angustiora acutiora recurva. Theca in 
pedunculo gracili luteo, ovalis, pallida, pellucida, ore rubro. 
Hab. Andes Chilenses, Antuco, Peppig, n. 47. 
Caulis 3-linearis. Folia } lineam longa, viridia, fuscescentia. Pedun- 
eulus lineas 2 longus. 
Sect. 5. Scopelophila. 
Musei humiles, ceespitosi, caulibus parum divisis. Folia squa- 
lia, lata,spathulata, cellulis densiusculis levibus. Thece in pedun- 
culo gracillimo, oblonge, hucusque gymnostome tantum vise. 
Habitatio in rupium fissuris. 
13. W. AGovANENSIS (Mitt.). Folia patentia, planiuscula, nervo sub 
apice evanido, marginibus inferne reflexis integerrimis, cellulis inferioribus 
oblongis pellucidis, superioribus rotundatis, ad margines seriebus circiter 
sex pallidioribus limbum latum formantibus; perichetialia conformia. 
Theca in pedunculo gracili pallido luteo-viridi, ovalis, erecta, operculo 
oblique subulato. à 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in scopulis humidis supra cataractam Agoyan 
fluy. Pastasze (5000 ped.), Spruce, n. 45 a et b. 
Caulis i-li-uncialis, inferne foliis semidesfructis fuscis obtecta. Folia 
luteo-viridia, sicca subcrispata, levia. Theca pallida, lutea, leptoderma. 
14. W. caTARAcCTAE (Milt.. Folia patentia, integerrima, nervo cras- 
siusculo sub summo apice evanido carinata, marginibus flexuosis, cellulis 
superioribus minutis rotundatis, ad margines distinctioribus, basi infima 
paucis oblongis pellucidis; perichztialia similia. Theca in pedunculo 
gracili luteo, ovalis, pallide lutea, leptoderma, operculo oblique subulato. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad rupes humidas secus cataractam Agoyan 
fluvii Pastasze (5000 ped.), Spruce, n. 45 c. 
Caulis uncialis. Folia inferiora fusca, superiora pallida. 
The other species referable to this group are the Encalypta 
ligulata, Spruce, Muse. Pyren. n. 331, and a few others from 
India and Java; all agree in their rather firm smooth foliage 
and slender pale fruit-stalk. 
Sect. 6. Hyophila, Brid. i. 760. 
Musci pusilli, humiles. Folia lata, involuta vel ligulata. Ha- 
bitatio in arboribus, etiam ad terram humidam. 
15. W. ToRTULA (Schwegr. t. 175, Gymnostomum). Caulis brevis- 
simus. Folia patentia, nervo brevissime excurrente, marginibus apicem 
versus subcrenulatis integerrimisve, cellulis basilaribus ad nervum paucis 
