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gracilis, Folia a basi truncata sensim angustata, subhastata, erecto- 
patentia, appressa, in ramis junioribus plus minus perfecte seriata, nervo 
dorso minute denticulato excurrente carinata, marginibus inferne recurvis 
serrulatis, cellulis basi subquadratis, superioribus suboblongis, omnibus 
pellucidis breviter papillatis ; perichzetialia erecta, a basi concava ovata, 
subulata, tenera. Theca in pedunculo elongato, globosa, inclinata, oper- 
culo depresse conico, peristomio normali.. Flos masculus gemmeeformis, 
clausus, foliis basi orbiculatis, subula angusta tenera, nervo angusto per- 
currente vel omnino deficiente. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Jameson; Banos in scaturiginosis (7000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 416; Antombos (5000 ped.), Spruce, n.417; ad cataractam 
Agoyan (5000 ped.), Spruce, n.418; Tunguragua (7000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 419. 
Caulis 1-3-uncialis. Folia vix 4 lineam longa, pallide viridia, lutes- 
centia. Pedunculus uncialis, ruber. Theca lineam longa. 
8. B. TENELLA (C. Müll. Syn. i. 481). Humilis, czspitosa. Folia 
erecto-patentia, marginibus recurvis serrulatis, cellulis superioribus elon- 
gate oblongis, inferioribus ovalibus papilliferis ; pericheetialia deltoideo- 
ovata, tenera, longe subulata, flexuosa.  Theca in pedunculo elon- 
gato inclinata, subhorizontalis, ovali-globosa, inzequalis, operculo conico 
acuto, peristomio normali. Flores masculi gemmeformes, clausi, foliis 
acutis. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Wilds, Wilson, Purdie; Sti. Christopheri, Wal- 
wyn; Cuba, Wright, n. 56; Trinidad, Purdie, Crüger ; Hispaniola et 
Porto Rico, Bertero. Andes Bogotenses, in montibus prope Bucama- 
ranga et Bogota (8500 ped.), Weir, n. 146; in descensu a planitie Bogo- 
tense ad Fusagasuga in declivibus saxosis udis (7000 ped.), Weir, n. 239 ; 
prope cataractam Tequendama (7000 ped.), Weir, n. 318. F]. Amazon 
Tauaü prope Pará, Spruce, n. 426; ad fl. Aripecurá, Spruce, n. 438; 
fl. Negro ad muros casteli S. Gabriel, Spruce, n. 437. Andes Qui- 
tenses, Rio Verde et in sylva Canelos (4500 ped.), Spruce, n. 490; 
Llalla (9000 ped.), Spruce, n. 421; Guayrapata (9000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 422; Tunguragua (8000 ped.), Spruce, n. 423; Banos (6000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 424; Tunguragua (7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 425; Pichincha 
ad rivulos (11,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 426, 427; Antombos (5000 ped.), 
Spruce,n.428. Andes Peruviane ad cataractam fl. Huallaga (1300 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 431, 432; ad saxa fl. Huallaga inundatis, Spruce, n. 433; Tara- 
poto in lignis putridis (1800 ped.), Spruce, n. 434 (B. lignicola Spr. MS.) ; 
Tarapoto in viis cavis (1500 ped.), Spruce, n. 435 (B. umbratilis Spr. 
MS.); Brasilia ad viam in collibus inter Antonina et Corritiba (1800 ped.), 
Weir, n. 49. 
Species, ni discrimina vera preetervisa, valde variabilis. 
9. B. RuFIFLORA (Hornsch. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Musc. 40; C. Müll. 
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