202 6. ORTHOTRICHEZX. [.Maeromitrium. 
Rami 3-4-lineares. Pedunculus 2-linearis. Species parva, habitu 
M. prorepenti similis, sed structura foliorum et thece forma M. Wagne- 
riano et ejus affinibus omnino conveniens. Folia triente breviora quam 
illa M. Wagneriani. 
18. M. WaaxEnt1ANUM (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 642). Rami humiles. Folia 
patentia, nervo percurrente carinata, integerrima, cellulis superioribus 
rotundis parvis, basilaribus ad margines angustis, exinde fere ad folii lon- 
gitudinis medium limbum indistinctum formantibus; perichztialia bre- 
viora, latiora, acutiora. Theca in pedunculo brevi, urceolata, operculo subu- 
lato, peristomio nullo. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Heward; Venezuela, Galipan, ad arbores (4000 
ped.), Wagner. Guiana, Schomburgk. 
Rami 2-lineares. Folia 2 lineam longa, sicca crispato-contorta, viri- 
dia fuscescentia. Pedunculus 13-linearis. 
19. M. Brevipes (C. Müll. Syn. i. 728). Rami breves. Folia densa, 
patentia, nervo percurrente subcarinata, integerrima, cellulis rotundatis ob- 
seuris, ad basis margines paucissimis elongatis pellucidioribus; periehz- 
tialia conformia, interna breviora. Theca in pedunculo brevi, ovalis, ** gym- 
nostoma, operculo breviter aciculari recto.” 
Hab. Ins. Guadelupe, Bertero, ex Herb. C. Müller ; Martinique, Herb. 
Fée; Trinidad, Crüger. 
Rami 3-6-Jineares. Folia lineam longa, sicca spiraliter contorta, juniora 
luteo-viridia, seniora fulva fuscescentia. Pedunculus 2-linearis. 
iov to M. mucronifolium, but with leaves more plane and 
smooth. 
20. M. MvucRoNiFOLIUM (Hook. et Grev. in Brewst. Edin. Journ. i. 
116, t. 4). Rami breves. Folia patula, apice recurva, nervo carinata, 
alis convexis superne longitudinaliter rugulosis, integerrima, cellulis mi- 
nutis rotundis obscuris, inferioribus ad margines paucis elongatis; peri- 
cheetialia latiora, parum acutiora. Theca in pedunculo brevi, urceolata. 
Hab. lus. Cuba, Wright, n. 50 ; Trinidad, Crüger ; Martinique, Sieber ; 
Jamaica, Purdie; Sti. Vincentis, Guilding ; Barbadoes, Parker ; Guiana, ez 
Herb. Montagne ; Surinam, ez Herb. Dozy. Fl. Amazon, Caripi, Spruce, 
n. 99. 
Rami 2-linearis, densifolii. Folia viridia rufescentia. Pedunculus 3- 
linearis. 
Leaves twice as wide as those of M. Wagnerianum. 
21. M. microcarpum (C. Mill. Syn. i. 727). Rami breves, graciles, 
ramosi. Folia patentia, dense inserta, nervo sub apice in carina sepulto, 
subcueullata, integerrima, cellulis superioribus rotundis obscuris, infe- 
rioribus oblongis pellucidioribus ; pericbztialia conformia. Theca in pe- 
dunculo brevi, ovalis. 
