Bryum.| 10. BRYER. 285 
Sect. 3. Aeidodontium, Schwegr. ii. pars 2. 152. 
Musci caulibus inferne tomento intertextis, ad margines cæspi- 
tum procumbentibus subrepentibus. Folia lata, sepius margi- 
nata. Thece magne, clavate, operculis brevibus. Flores dioici. 
Habitatio ad arbores. 
16. B. SEMINERVE (Hook. et Wils. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vii. 451, 
t. 16J). Laxe caspitosum, inferne radiculosum. Folia patentia, ovalia, 
in acumen elongatum subulatum flexuosum producta, concava, nervo infra 
acumen evanido, marginibus planis integerrimis basi reflexis, limbo nullo, 
cellulis parvis ellipticis, basilaribus paucis quadratis; comalia duplo lon- 
giora, oblongo-lanceolata, subulato-acuminata, marginibus recurvis. Pe- 
dunculus elongatus. Theca inclinata horizontalisve, sporangio oblongo, 
collo dimidio breviore, opereulo convexo conico, peristomii dentibus supra 
medium subulato-angustatis, interni membrana ad medium usque dentium 
longitudinis, processibus brevibus fissis, segmentis divaricatis. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Quito, Jameson. Ins. Jamaica, Herb. Brown. 
Caulis j-]l unciam altus, ruber. Folia caulina lineam longa, lutea, 
nitida, sicca appressa ` comalia duplo longiora. Pedunculus 1-13 unciam 
longus, ruber. Theca fusca, cum collo 3 lineas longa. 
17. B. EXALTATUM (Spruce). Cæspites densi; caules valde innovando- 
ramosi, ramuli breviusculi, densifolii, inferne radiculosi. Folia patentia, 
siccando appressa, apice solo subtorta, ovali-Janceolata, apice subacu- 
minata, nervo tenui filiformi producto, concava, margine late recur- 
viuscula, secus apicem subdenticulata, cellulis majusculis, basilaribus rufis 
subquadratis, czeteris elongatis hexagonis subchlorophyllosis, marginalibus 
angustioribus biseriatis; perichetialia longiora, sensim acuminata. Theca 
in pedunculo rubro horizontalis, pyriformi-clavata, rufa, sporangio elon- 
gato ovali, collo zquilongo siccando constricto, operculo paraboloideo 
concolori apice deplanato mamillato, peristomio B. ramicole sed breviore, 
externo dentibus subito cuspidatis trabeculatis, interno vix ad medium 
fisso, ciliis obsoletis, annulo composito. Plantz mascule cum foemineis 
mixte. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in monte Tunguragua in arborum ramulis su- 
premis (8000 ped.), Spruce, n. 366; Gusunag in valle Alausi (8000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 367. 
Caulis 6-9-lineares. Folia :065x:02.  Pedunculus sesquiuncialis. 
Theca "A. 
18. B. Spruce: (Mitt.). Dioicum, ezspitosum; caulis rigidus, radi- 
eulosus. Folia patentia, sicca parum mutata, elliptico-lanceolata, pla- 
niuscula, apicem versus subulato-acuminata, nervo ultra medium evanido, 
margine tenui cartilagineo apice serrulato, cellulis basi paucis rectangu- 
latis, superioribus ellipticis; perichztialia longiora, apicibus attenuatis. 
Theca in pedunculo elongato erecta horizontalisve, sporangio oblongo; 
