212 6. ORTHOTRICHE.E. [.Maeromitrium. 
Schlotheimia brachyrrhyncha, Schwegr. t. 168. 
Hab. Nova Granata, Domina Blagborne in Herb. Hooker; Columbia, 
Moritz, n. 60. Andes Quitenses, in Cordilleree occidentalis monte Chim- 
borazo, in sylvis Cinchonarum (4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 83, ad fl. Pastasa 
superius (4000 ped.). Andes Peruvian, in monte Campana (4000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 108; Casapi, Mathews. Brasilia, Raddi. 
Rami 1-1$2-unciales. Folia 13 lineam longa, viridia, fuscescentia, sicca 
crispato-contorta. Pedunculus 4-linearis. 
56. M. ATTENUATUM (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iv. 329). Dioi- 
cum, laxe cespitosum, elongatum, attenuatum, rufo-fusco-viride ; caulis 
gracilis laxe diviso-ramosus, basi fusco-tomentosus, superne rufescenti- 
viridis, subzequalis. Folia imbricata, humida patula, suprema stellato- 
reflexa, sicca uncinato-crispata, laxe accumbentia, e basi sulcato-carinata 
flexuosa, canaliculata, margine superne interdum undulata, basi integer- 
rima, nervo rufescente percursa ante apicem evanido, cellulis basilaribus 
luteis seriatis linearibus levibus, intermediis ellipticis brevioribus papil- 
losis diaphanis, in superiore opaciore parte folii dense aggregatis papilloso- 
granulosis, in acumine diaphano dentato-serrata cellulis ellipticis; peri- 
cheetialia intima basin setze involventia, erecta, breviora, apice vix muricu- 
lata, nervo paulo breviore. Seta pseudo-lateralis, ramos paulo superans, 
gracilis, superne torquescenti-tortilis, glabra, erecta. "Theca ovato-ellip- 
tica, pyriformis, operculo conico-subulato erecto brevi; peristomium du- 
plex, breviter tubulosum, dentibus exterioribus lato-lanceolatis flavicanti- 
bus reflexis, interioris membrana albida, laciniis latis conniventibus, erectis ; 
calyptra rufescenti-aurea, longa, profunde laciniata.— Hampe, l. c. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Pacho (2200 metr.) ad arbores, Lindig. 
57. M. mAcROTHELE (C. Müll. Syn. i. 742). Rami humiles. Folia 
patenti-incurva, carinata, cellulis superioribus rotundis parvis obscuris, in- 
ferioribus oblongis pellucidioribus papilliferis ; perich:etialia interna bre- 
viora, lanceolata, acuta. Theca in pedunculo breviusculo, pyriformis, pli- 
cata, ore magno, operculo subulato, peristomio duplici, externi dentibus 
brevioribus adhzrentibus truncatis, interni membrana albida truncata. 
Hab. Venezuela, Caracas (4000 ped.), Funck et Schlim. n. 364. Andes 
Peruvianze, in monte Campana et Cerro Pelado (2500—4000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 100. 
Rami 3-6 lineas alti, in cæspites densos congesti. Folia $ lineam 
longa, sicca crispata contorta, fulva fuscescentia. Pedunculus 2-linearis. 
58. M. LoNcinosTRE (Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 25, Orthotrichum). Rami 
simpliees ramosive. Folia erecto-patentia, nervo crassiusculo carinata, 
margine integerrima, cellulis superioribus minutis obscuris, parietibus 
latiusculis pellucidioribus, inferioribus oblongis; perichetialia latiora, 
erecta. Theca in pedunculo brevi crassiusculo, oblongo-cylindracea, sub- 
obliqua, ore inzequali, operculo subulato, peristomii dentibus lanceolatis. 
