306 10. BRYEX. | Bryum. 
eataractam Agoyan fl. Pastasa (5000 ped.), Spruce, n. 287; ad fl. Pastasa 
in terra micacea (5000 ped.), Spruce, n. 290, 291; Quito (9500 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 289 ; ad. fl. Napo, Osculati. 
B. julaceo simile, sed foliis acutis, nervo excurrente et cellulis minus in- 
duratis diversum. 
(8. B. sULACEUM (Sm. Fl. Brit.; Bryol. Europ. t. 40). Caulis elon- 
gatus. Folia erecta, tereti-imbricata, late ovalia, concava, obtusiuscule 
acuta, marginibus superioribus crenulatis, nervo infra apicem evanido, 
cellulis superioribus elongatis angustis, inferioribus laxis latioribus oblongis; 
comalia lanceolata obtusiuseula. Pedunculus elongatus. Theca horizontalis 
nutansve, sporangio oval, peristomii dentibus lineari-acuminatis, interni 
processibus ciliisque zquilongis, in membrana ultra medium dentium ex- 
serta insidentibus. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, in declivibus Boqueron prope Bogota (8600 
ped.), JFeir, n. 229; prope Tipaquira in declivibus humidis (8500 ped.), 
Weir, n. 302; ad cataractam Tequendama (7500 ped.), Weir, n. 344. Andes 
Quitenses, in monte Guayrapata (8000-9000 ped.), Spruce, n. 292 ; in sylva 
Canelos ad fl. Verde (4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 293; Jalupana prope Quito 
(9000 ped.), Spruce, n. 294; Pichincha (10,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 295, et 
Jameson. Brasilia, Montevideo, Gibert, n. 677. 
Caulis 4-1 unciam altus. Folia 4 lineam longa, argenteo-viridia, nitida. 
Pedunculus 6-9 lineas longus.  Theca 1}-linearis. 
79. B. PRosTnaATUM (C. Müll. Syn.i.317). Caulis elongatus, erectus. 
Folia arcte teretique imbricata, latissime ovata obovatave, obtusiuscule 
acuta, concava, nervo sub apice evanido, marginibus subintegerrimis, cellulis 
superioribus angustis elongatis, parietibus crassiusculis, inferioribus ad 
angulos laxis oblongis rhombeisque pellucidis; comalia ovato-lanceolata, 
acuta, nervo excurrente, cellulis omnibus angustis, basilaribus laxioribus. 
Theca in pedunculo elongato horizontalis pendulave, sporangio oblongo 
ovali, collo breviore attenuato, operculo magno hemispherico acuto, peri- 
stomii interni ciliis tribus appendiculatis, in membrana alte exserta im- 
positis. 
Hab. Venezuela, prov. de Merida (9000 ped.), Funck et Schlim, n. 1081. 
Andes Bogotenses, in montibus prope Bogota in declivibus rupestribus 
humidis (8500 ped.), Weir, n. 352. Andes Quitenses, in monte Pichincha 
inter Hypnum plumosum (11,000 ped.), Spruce. 
Caulis 2-3-uncialis, Folia $ lineam longa, luteo-viridia flavescentia, 
nitida. Peduneulus li-uncialis. Theca cum collo 13-linearis. 
80. B. onBicULATUM (Mitt.). Caulis elongatus, ramosus. Folia 
tereti-imbrieata, julacea, orbiculata, concava, apice angulo obtuso terminata, 
minute serrulata subintegerrimave, nervo flavo infra apicem evanido, 
eellulis basilaribus oblongis brevibus, superioribus longioribus ellipticis, 
ad margines angustis haud incrassatis pellucidis. 
