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inter se adherentibus pertusisque æquilongis, calyptra latere fissa sparse 
pilosa. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos (3000 ped.); in monte Tun- 
guragua (7000 ped.), ad Pallatanga (6000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1485 ; in monte 
Chimborazo (3000-4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1486; in valle Pallatanga (6000 
ped.), Spruce, n. 1487. In Peruvia, ad Casapi, Mathews. 
2. R. INTERMEDIUM (Hampe in Linnea, xxxii. 164). Caulis arcte 
repens, nitidulus, demum elongatus, ramosus, laxe foliatus, ramis sub- 
simplicibus curvatis vel elongatis attenuatis. Folia distiche imbricata, e 
basi obliqua oblongo-ovata, nervo lutescente percursa, cuspidata, superne 
muriculato-serrata, cellulis basilaribus subquadratis laxioribus pellucidis, 
ceteris angulato-rotundatis diaphanis; perichstialia filiformi-cuspidata, 
subintegerrima ; stipularia triangularia, minora, nervo duplo longiore, cus- 
pidata. Seta erecta, uncialis, apice incrassata. Theca elongate cylindrica, 
adscendens, parum curvata, parce striata, glabriuscula, evacuata levis, 
operculo prominente conico-subulato dimidium thecz metiente, peristomio 
longo albicante; calyptra conico-subulata, basi latere fissa, lutescens, parce 
pilosa. 
Hab. Nova Granata, in sylva S. Antonio ad ramorum arborum corticem 
arcte adnatum, demum prorepens, elongatum, pendulum. 
Ex habitu R. spectabilis, sed folia muriculato-serrata nec argute grosse 
serrata; ab R. prelongo Schimp. differt cellulis foliorum laxioribus dia- 
phanis, nec cellulis minoribus densissimis opacis. Pulcherrima species.— 
Hampe, l. c. 
3. R. TOMENTOSUM (Hedw. Musc. Frond. 4, t. 19, Hypnum). Monoi- 
cum. Folia patentia, oblonga, acuta, nervo concolori in mucronem brevem 
excurrente, marginibus serrulatis, cellulis rotundatis obscuriusculis, in 
caulis latere superiore subulata ; perichætialia e basi late ovata erecta, 
subulata, integerrima, nervo percurrente. Theca in pedunculo superne 
trigono, cylindracea, horizontalis, plicata, ore hasique inæqualis, substru- 
mosa, operculo brevirostro, peristomio brevi, ir erno processibus pertusis 
ciliis binis trinisve appendiculatis interpositis b-evioribus, calyptra latere 
fissa. . 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Swartz; Cuba, Wright, n. 74; Nova Granata, 
Funck et Schlim. Andes Bogotenses, in descensu a planitie Bogotensi 
ad Fusagasugam (6500 ped.), in sylvis, Weir, n. 342, 403. Andes Qui- 
tenses, in monte Chimborazo (4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1479 ; in sylvis Llalla 
(8000 ped.) et Canelos (3000 ped.), Pallatanga (6000 ped.), &c., Spruce, 
n. 1483. Andes Peruviang, in monte Guayrapurina (3000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 1478, ad Luemas (5000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1480; prope Baños (6000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 1481 ; in monte Campana ad terram (3000 ped.), etiam ad rivu- 
lum Aguashiyacu (2000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1484. Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, 
Gardner, n. 91 et 91 b, Milne, ad flumen Tiete prope Jahu (1800 ped.), 
