330 11. HYPOPTERYGIES. | Hypopterygium. 
longis carinatis, ciliis brevioribus interpositis, in membrana usque ad 
medium dentium exserta insidentibus. 
Hab. Venezuela, Funck et Schlim. n. 356 ; Caracas, Birschel. Andes 
Peruviane, in monte Guayrapurina ad corticem (3000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 1490. Brasilia, S. Catharina, Macrae; Sierra dos Orgaos, Gardner, 
n. 90; Parana et S. Paulo, in sylvis passim ad arbores et lapides (1500— 
2200), Weir, u. 55. 
Stipes vix unciam altitudine attingens, inferne radicellis appressis ves- 
titus, superne in frondem latitudine circiter unciam metiente divisus. Rami 
latitudine cum folis 1i-lineares. Folia viridia, in aqua colorem luteo- 
viridem induentia. Pedunculus 8-linearis. 
4. H. ramarisci (Sw., Hypnum; Hedw. Musc. Frond. t. 51, Leskea). 
Stipes foliis latis cordato-ovatis acuminatis in frondem subtriangularem 
obliquam superne divisus. Folia ramea (e rami primarii medio) late 
ovata, acuta, nervo supra medium evanido, limbo anguste superne serru- 
lato, cellulis parvis ut plurimum utriculo repletis ; stipuliformia orbiculari- 
ovata, apiculata, nervo ultra medium obsoleto; ramulina subacuminata ; 
perichztialia erecta, subulata, acuminata. Theca in pedunculo elongato, 
ovalis, horizontalis, opereulo subulato obliquo. 
H. brasiliense, Sulliv. Amer. Expl. Exp. 26, t. 26. 
Hypnum scutellatum, Tayl. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Swartz, Wilson; Cuba, Wright, n. 130. Andes 
Bogotenses, in sylvis inter Bucamaranga et Pacho (6000-7000 ped.) 
frequens, Weir, n. 348. Andes Quitenses, Jameson ; in monte Guayra- 
pata (8000-9000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1488; in saxis umbrosis montis Tun- 
guragua (7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1489; etiam in Andibus absque loco 
speciali, Humboldt. 
Stipes l-2-uncialis, inferne tomentosus, superne in frondem diametro 
circiter li-uncialem flaccidam divisus, ramis latitudine cum foliis 13- 
linearibus. 
5. H. pipicryon (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 9). Stipes brevis, radiculoso- 
tomentosus, foliis appressis orbiculari-ovatis apiculatis integerrimis nervo 
obsoleto evanido, superne in frondem parvam triangularem horizontalem 
divisus. Folia e ramo primario orbiculari-ovata, apiculata, nervo sub 
apice evanido, margine limbo subintegerrimo, stipuliformia suborbiculata, 
nervo in apiculo excurrente, subintegerrima ; ramulina ovata, acuta, mar- 
ginibus superne denticulatis, cellulis parvis rotundatis ; perichetialia ovata 
acuminata. 
Hab. Chili, Valparaiso, ex Herb. De Notaris; prope Morro Gonzales, 
ad truncos, Lechler, n. 595. Fuegia, Hermite Island, J. D. Hooker. 
Stipes uncialis, inferne tomento denso obtectus, superne in frondem 
diametro 4-uncialem divisus, rami cum foliis latitudine 14-lineares. Folia 
viridia flavescentia. 
H. Thouini minus, foliis minus rigidis. 
