Distichophyllum.) 18. HOOKERIEZX. 395 
Hab. Nova Granata, inter Lophocoleam connatam ad radicem Gleis 
cujusdam, Funck et Schlim. 
Caulis 2-linearis, cum foliis linea parum latior. Pedunculus 2-linearis. 
4. D. ANDICOLA (Spruce, MS.). Folia compressa, lateralia patenti- 
divergentia, intermedia erectiora, media oblonga, nervo infra apicem 
evanido, margine flexuosa, limbo angustissimo, cellulis parvis rotundis 
diametro circiter 555 uncie metientibus, basilaribus paucis oblongis; 
pericheetialia erecta, ovata, acuminata. Theca in pedunculo brevi gracili, 
parva, ovalis, inclinata, operculo subulato, peristomii dentibus processi- 
busque zquilongis punctulatis obscuris; calyptra ramentis paucis albidis, 
superne erectis, basin versus pendulis. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, ad arbores, Wright, n. 87 ex parte. Andes Quitenses, 
fl. Bombonasa (1000-1500 ped.), Spruce, n. 572; in sylva Canelos (3000 
ped.), Spruce, n. 5/4. Andes Peruvianz, in monte Campana juxta rivu- 
lum Sinchen (3000 ped.), Spruce, n. 573. 
Caules i-l unciam longi, cum foliis 13 lineam lati. Folia lete viridia. 
Pedunculus 2-linearis. 
D. adnato Hook. f. et Wils., Floree Nove Zelandiz, simile, cellulis folio- 
rum autem longe minoribus et pedunculo thecaque diversum. 
5. D. cuBENsE (Mitt.). Folia compressa, lateralia patentia, inter- 
media oblonga, media ovalia, nervis medio evanidis, marginibus parum 
flexuosis, limbo angusto, cellulis parvis rotundis diametro circiter sy 
uncie metientibus; perichztialia erecta, ovata, acuminata. Theca in 
pedunculo brevi, ovalis, inclinata, operculo subulato ; calyptra apice sca- 
bra, basi filis albidis fimbriata. 
Hookeria adnata, var., Sulliv. in Proceed. Amer. Acad. 1861. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, ad arborum corticem, Wright, n. 87. 
Rami breves, 2-3 lineas longi, cum folis lineam lati. Folia pallide 
lete viridia, planiuscula. Pedunculus lineam longus. 
6. D. ELonGatuM (Mitt.) Rami elongati. Folia compressa, la- 
teralia patenti-divergentia, intermedia ovalia, media breviora rotundo- 
ovalia, nervis angustis infra apicem evanidis, marginibus flexuoso-sinuatis, 
limbo angusto composito circumdatis, cellulis in folii medio diametro cir- 
citer yyy uncie metientibus, versus margines dimidio minoribus, basi 
nonnullis quadrato-oblongis. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Boqueron prope Bogota (8600 ped.), ad rupes 
roridas, Weir, n. 368. 
Rami 2-unciales altioresque, flaccidi, graciles, cum foliis 2 lineas lati. 
Folia tenera, lzte viridia. 
Similar to D. pungens in the flexuose margins of the leaves, but 
larger, and with more rounded leaves and more lax areolation. 
7. D. FLAccipuM (Hook. et Wils. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 549 ; 
Fi. Antarct. t. 155. f. 5, Hookeria). Folia compressa, imbricata, lateralia pa- 
