Eriopus. | 13. HOOKERIEX. 393 
latere dentata, superne spinoso-dentata, cellulis rhomboideis, inferioribus 
laxioribus versus apicem minoribus, interstitiis crassis flavescentibus hya- 
lina; perichztialia brevissima tenuiora, late ovata acuminata, immargi- 
nata. Seta brevis, gracillima, basi parce noduloso-trabeculata, apice 
curvata, fimbriato-cristata. Theca parva, longicolli-pyriformis, nutans, 
ore rubro, operculo conico subulato recto; calyptra brevis, mitriformis, 
pallida, basi multifida, peristomii dentes exteriores lanceolato-subulati 
crocei, interiores cruribus carinatis zequilongis pallidis. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Tequendama, Canoa, ad arborum radices (2500 
metr.), Lindig. 
Chetophore cristate Brid. proximus, gracilior, complanatus, minus ra- 
mosus, seta tantum apice fimbriato-cristata calyptraque basi multifida satis 
diversus.—Hampe, l. c. 
4. E. APICULATUS (Hook. et Wils. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 549 ; 
Crypt. Antarct.t. 155. f. 6). Humilis. Folia lateralia rotundo-obovata, 
intermedia mediaque rotunda, omnia apiculo brevi terminata, limbo latius- 
culo e cellularum seriebus 3-4 composito, superne minute denticulato, 
nervo brevissimo fere obsoleto, cellulis pellucidis, inferioribus ovalibus, 
superioribus rotundo-hexagonis ; perichetialia parva, rotunda, apiculata. 
Pedunculus pallidus, crassus, papuloso-rugosus.  Theca ovalis, inclinata. 
Hab. Fuegia, Hermite Island, J. D. Hooker, et fertilis in Tasmania, 
Gunn. 
Caulis 1-2 unciam longus, cum foliis 1-13 lineam latus. Folia viridia. 
Pedunculus 2-linearis. 
Although the seta is without the bristles so conspicuous in the 
other species, this moss appears to belong to the same genus. 
69. DısTICHOPHYLLUM, Dozy et Molk. Musei Archip. Ind. 99. 
Musci ut plurimum parvi, caulibus erectis adscendentibusve, 
interdum procumbentibus, simplicibus vel ramosis. Folia lata, 
acuta vel obtusa, ssepius cartilagineo-marginata, cellulis abbre- 
viatis hexagono-rotundis pellucidis. Thecæ longiuscule pedun- 
culate, peristomii dentibus lamina externa solida vel per medium 
divisa, interni processibus carinatis, calyptris basifimbriatis. Ha- 
bitatio ad ligna putrida et in saxis. 
Sect. 1. MNiADELPHUs. Caulis erectis adscendensve, subsimplex. Theca 
erecta vel inclinata. 
Peristomium internum brevius. ............ se. .... 1. D. palmarum. 
Peristomium internum externo zquilongum. 
Flores monoici. 
Folia lateralia oblongo-spathulata, omnia in acumen angustum sub- 
piliforme producta..........0...ee een 2. D. pungens. 
