Bryum.| 10. BRYESX. 287 
Acidodontium Kunthii, Schwegr. t. 196. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, ad viam inter Tipaquira et Pacho (8000 ped.), 
in arborum humiliorum ramis, Weir, n. 186. Andes Quitenses, inter 
Toleam et Quito, Humboldt et Bonpland. 
Caulis uncialis. Folia lineam longa, mollia, intense viridia, sicca ap- 
pressa subtorta, comalia li-linearia. Pedunculus uncialis, ruber. Theca 
fusca, 23 lineas longa. 
2]. B. RHAMPHOSTEGIUM (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iv. 339, 
Cladodium). Humile, diviso-ramosum, dense cespitosum, olivaceum ; 
caulis fructifer brevis, ramis subfastigiatis 2-3-linearibus circumdatus. 
Folia ramorum laxe imbricata, accumbenti-torta, humida explanata ca- 
viuseula, basi decurrentia, elliptico-ovata, acuminata, margine limbo crasso 
lutescente circumdata, supra medium remote dentato-serrata, nervo crasso 
lutescente percursa et brevicuspidata, cellulis basilaribus pentagono- 
oblongis, versus apicem dense aggregatis minoribus, tota folia rufescenti- 
diaphana. Seta gracilis, semiuncialis vel paulo longior, erecta. Theca 
pyriformis, horizontalis, operculo umbonato-conico, brevirostro; dentibus 
peristomii externi lanceolato-subulatis aurantiacis, apice pallidis et in- 
curvis, linea media deficiente modice trabeculatis, interni membrana fla- 
vida plicata, producta, in crura carinata brevia secedente, ciliis .... 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Fusagasuga (1900 metr.), Lindig. 
Acidodontio subrotundo H. & W. proximum.—Hampe, l. c. 
22. B. suBRoTUNDUM (Tayl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. v. 56 ; Hook. et 
Wils. l. c. t. 16 H). Caules inferne radiculis in cæspitem densum inter- 
texti. Folia densiuscula, erecto-patentia, ovali-lanceolata, acuminata, ca- 
viuscula, nervo in pilum flexuosum denticulatum producto, marginibus 
ubique planis apicem versus serrulatis, limbo e cellularum seriebus tribus 
angustis circumductis, cellulis ovali-hexagonis, utriculo contracto repletis, 
basi pluribus quadratis pellucidioribus; comalia majora oblonga, interna 
subulata. Theca in pedunculo elongato inclinata, sporangio globoso, 
collo pyriformi dimidio breviore, operculo hemisphærico nitido, peristomii 
interni membrana erosa, ad medium usque dentium externi longitudinis 
producta. 
Bryum Taylori, C. Müll. Syn. i. 264. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Quito, Jameson; Guayrapata ad fruticum ra- 
mulos (9000 ped.), Spruce, n. 357; Pichincha (10,000-11,000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 358; Pangor Cordilleræ occidentalis (10,000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 359; in ascensu Tiu-púllu, secus Quito ad arbores (10,000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 360. 
Caulis 3-6 lineas altus. Folia lineam longa, viridia fuscescentia, 
nervis excurrentibus nitidis. Pedunculus ruber, l-li-uncialis. Theca 
sicca, infra os contracta, cum collo lineam longa, fuscescens. 
