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l. E. AsPERIFOLIA (ut) Monoiea, laxe cespitosa, ramosa. Folia 
patentia, oblongo-ligulata, obtusa mucroneve obtuso terminata, margini- 
bus flexuosis incurvis subcomplicatis, nervo latiusculo sub summo apice 
evanido, dorso denticulis pluribus aspero, cellulis inferne ad margiues 
elongatis, in seriebus circiter sex dispositis, limbum luteum superne minute 
ciliatum efformantibus, interioribus (basilaribus) pallidioribus quadratis 
parallelogrammicisque limitibus fuscis tertiam partem foli longitudinis 
occupantibus, superioribus oblongis sensim in quadratas rotundasque 
opacas papillosas transeuntibus; pericheetialia conformia. Theca in pe- 
dunculo brevi, cylindracea, sicca evacua pluries plicata, operculo subulato, 
peristomio nullo; calyptra basi zequalis, apice scabra. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in saxis prope oppidum Guano (9000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 1505. Andes Peruvianz, Cerro Pasco, Mathews. 
2. E. Mexicana (C. Müll. Syn. i.p. 516).  Monoica, habitu E. vul- 
garis, sed robustior. Folia caulina nervo excurrente apiculata; periche- 
tialia similia. Theca in pedunculo longiore flavido dein rubente erecta, 
cylindrica, angusta, simpliciter annulata, operculo longe subulato recto ; 
peristomium simplex, e dentibus lanceolatis brevibus rubentibus rugulosis 
superne albidis obsolete articulatis compositum ; calyptra basi perfecte et 
longe fimbriata, superne glabra.— C. Mil. l c. 
Hab. Mexico, Ehrenberg. 
Flores masculi crassi, foliis perigonialibus late ovatis acutis, nervo evanido 
v. excurrente, apice denticulatis et opace areolatis scaberrime papillosis. 
3. E. coaRcTATA (Mitt.) Monoica, cxspitosa. Folia erecto-patentia, 
oblongo-elliptica, planiuscula, marginibus medio anguste reflexis, superne 
ob papillarum prominentiam minute crenulatis, nervo pallide fusco in mu- 
cronem brevem excurrente, cellulis basi pro spatio brevi oblongis hyalinis 
limitibus ferrugineis, marginalibus angustioribus viridibus, superne subito 
in virides obscuras fere opacas mutatis. Theca in pedunculo brevi pallide 
fusco, cylindracca, levis, ore coarctato, operculo subulato, peristomii denti- 
bus parvis brevibus pallide flavis teneris; calyptra magna, pallide fusca, 
infra thecze basin descendens, basi fusca, fimbriata. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in summo monte Pichincha (10,000 ped.), 
Jameson. 
Caulis 4—6-linearis. Folia fere 2-linearia latitudine linez } metientia, 
superiora intense viridia, seniora fusca, firma, sicca appressa incurva. Pe- 
dunculus 3-linearis. Calyptra 23-linearis. 
4. E. AUSTRALIS (Mitt. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1359). Caulis humilis. 
Folia comalia subelliptico-spathulata, obtusiuscula, nervo dorso apice parce 
denticulato scabrove percursa, margine ob papillarum prominentiam erosa. 
Theca cylindracea, levis, gymnostoma, operculo subulato subzquilongo ; 
calyptra apice lzevis. 
Hab. Ins. Chiloe, Lobb. Herb. Hooker. 
Caulis 2-3 lineas altus. Folia lineam longa. 
