172 5. TORTULER. | Tortula. 
attenuato in aristam parce dentibus hyalinis adauctam producto; peri- 
chetialia subconformia, evidenter pilifera. Seta caule brevior, flava, fere 
uncialis, erecta. Theca e basi parum obliqua elliptico-cylindrica, brun- 
nescens, nitida; operculo subulato, fere dimidiam thecam metiente ; 
peristomii flavidi dentibus gracilibus nodulosis, usque ad basim partitis, 
parce contortis; calyptra intense rufescens, apice fuscata levis. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Guadelupe (2900 metr.), in nemoribus, Lindig. 
** Barbule pilifere Hook. (Musc. Exot. t. 12) affinis et, cum B. crinata 
Schimp. et B. tasmanica nob., confertim fragilitate B. fragili Tayl. et 
B. Triane C. Müll. proxima." —Hampe, l. c. 
87. T. TRIAN.x (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iii. 350, Barbula). 
Tomentosa, elata, mollis; caulis parce ramosus. Folia laxe imbricata, 
maxime fragilia, rufescentia, nervo purpureo crasso in aristam brevem 
rufescentem patulam denticulatum producto, folia margine supra basin 
paulisper revoluta, flexuosa, profunde canaliculato-concava, basi cel- 
lulis angustioribus quasi marginata, cellulis omnibus minoribus vel an- 
gustioribus, multo levioribus quam in Barbula andicola. Theca in 
pedunculo torso erecta, cylindracea, elongata, subcurvata, longe subulato- 
operculata. 
Hab. Nova Granada, Triana. 
Ab Barbula andicola Mont. proxima diversa.—Hampe, l.c. - 
S8. T. BREvISETA (Mont. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. iv. 107 ; C. Müll. 
Syn. i. 644, Barbula).  Dioica; humilis, subramosa. Folia sicca haud 
tortilia, non acuminata, canaliculata, margine incurvo recurvove, basi 
pellucida parallelogramme reticulata, a medio ad apicem patenti-reeurva, 
obscure punctiformi-areolata, nervo crasso in pilum apice canum abeunte 
percursa. Theca lineari-cylindrica, longiuscula, cum operculo conico brevi 
peduneulum squante; peristomii sat longioris et torti membrana basilaris 
angustissima, annulo nullo.— C. Müll. l c. 
Hab. Chili, in terra, circa S. Jago, C. Gay. 
This species, as supposed by Müller, may belong to this group. 
89. T. PRosrRATA (Mont. Syll. 40). Folia margine recurva, nervoque 
excurrente ad apicem denticulato, siccitate plicata, torta, tubo peristomii 
longissimo carneo j caps. æquante, dentibus brevissimis semel tortis.— 
Mont. l.c. 
Hab. Chili australis. 
Montagne suspects C. Müller to be in error in referring this to 
Streptopogon mnioides. 
90. T. FRAGILIS (Tayl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 333). Folia patenti- 
recurva, nervo in mucronem brevem excurrente carinata perszpe post 
laminz destructionem persistente, marginibus superne papilloso-erosis, 
infra medium anguste recurvis, cellulis basi oblongis limitibus teneris 
hyalinis, superioribus minute papilloso-obscuris. Theea in pedunculo 
elongato pallido, cylindracea, erecta, arcuata, operculo subulato; peristo- 
