170 5. TORTULE X. ( Tortula. 
81. T. avrroeNsis (Tayl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 332). Dioica; 
humilis. Folia patentia, superiora infra medium constricta, acuta, mar- 
cescentia, fragillima, nervo fusco infra apicem evanido, marginibus inte- 
gerrimis vel cellulis prominentibus subcrenulatis, cellulis fere ubique pel- 
lucidis, inferne oblongis, superne quadrato-rotundis levibus. Theca in 
pedunculo elongato rubro cylindracea, recta, operculo subulato; peri- 
stomii dentes basi in tubum coaliti. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Jameson; in monte Chimborazo, ad saxa ter- 
ramque, sterilis, Spruce. 
Caulis 3-2 unciam altus. Folia 23 lineas longa, juniora viridia, seniora 
ferrugineo-fusca, flaccida, facillime diffracta. Pedunculus uncialis. Theca 
13 lineam longa. 
Sect. 10. Syntrichia, Brid. i. p. 578. 
Musci caulibus in ezspites pulvinatos congestis, sepius altiori- 
bus. Folia obscura, sspe hyalino-pilifera, etate fusca vel ferru- 
ginea, perichetialia inconspicua. Thece elongate, strict» vel 
arcuate. Habitatio ad saxa arboresque, interdum in terram. 
82. T. euiNcEPs (De Not.). Caulis elongatus, ramosus. Folia pa- 
tentia, oblongo-ligulata, obtusa acutave, nervo rufo in aristam denticu- 
latam diaphanam excurrente, marginibus integerrimis inferne anguste 
reflexis, cellulis inferioribus hyalinis tertiam folii longitudinis occupan- 
tibus, superioribus rotundatis obscuris. Theca in pedunculo elongato, 
cylindracea, erecta, subarcuata, operculo subulato; peristomium thecam 
dimidiam longitudine zquans, inferne usque ad medium in tubum coali- 
tum. Antheridia uno latere floris segregata. 
Barbula Muelleri, Bruch et Schimp. Bryol. Europ. Barbula, t. 28. 
Hab. Chili, Lobb. 
Caulis i-2 uncias altus. Folia fere 2-linearia, inferne fulva rubiginosa, 
superne viridia, siccitate appressa subtorta. Pedunculus 6-8-linearis. 
Theca 13-2 lineas longa. 
83. T. ANDICOLA (Mont. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2.ix. 53; C. Müll. Syn. 
i. 643, Barbula). Dense cæspitosa, compacta, tomentosa, elongata, inno- 
vationibus terminalibus elongatis binis divisa, inferne maxime ferruginea, 
apice pallide virescens. Folia caulina inferiora sicca, laxe appressa, 
superiora flexuoso-subtorta, e basi laxe hexagona maxime pellucida en- 
calyptacea, superne concava, nervo crasso intense purpureo in pilum 
hyalinum rufescentem dentatum producto, margine ubique revoluto apice 
dentato, grosse hexagone areolata, papillis grossis in utraque pagina 
creberrimis opaca scaberrima ; perichzetialia minora, longe pilifera. Theca 
in pedunculo brevi inter innovationes posito atro-rubente subarcuato 
erecta, elongate cylindrica, angusta, falcato-arcuata, brevicolla, pallida, 
dein fuscescens, operculo longe subulato recto, annulo simplici persistente ; 
