Hedwigia.] 19. NECKEREJE. 405 
fertilem innovantes, ramulis singulis binisve iterum iterumque dichotome 
divisis. Folia patentia, sicca appressa, subsecunda, ovali-acuminata, acu- 
mine sepe albicante dorso spiculoso, concava, rarius longitudinaliter 
plicata, margine erecto recurvove minute crenulato, apice subspiculoso, 
cellulis quadratis oblongisque intus extusque papillosis granuloso-obscuris, 
in foli medio paucis flavis elongatis pellucidis; perichetialia longiora, 
interiora elliptica acuminata, marginibus ciliis flexuosis fimbriatis. Theca 
immersa, subglobosa, ore post operculum parvum planiusculum mamillatum 
delapsum valde dilatata, cyathiformis; calyptra parva, conica. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Boqueron prope Bogota (8600 ped.), ad 
lapides, Weir, n. 194. Andes Quitenses, Titaicun ad saxa ; Pichincha locis- 
que aliis prope Quito (10,000-12,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1291, in monte 
Pichincha (11,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1292. 
Rami ]-2-unciales. Folia glauco- vel luteo-viridia, obscura, apicibus 
concoloribus vel plus minus albicantibus, marginibus sæpe in eodem ramo 
erectis vel recurvis, cellulis parietibus longitudinalibus latioribus transver- 
salibus angustis interdum subobsoletis. 
2. H. NivALIs (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 165).  ** Foliorum cellule dolioli- 
formes, minores ad latera maxime crenulatz, valde obscurz et scaber- 
rimze, basi longiores; perichzetialia basi multo laxius et tenerius reticu- 
lata. Theca apophysi polytrichoideo-disciformi coarctata prodita, cate- 
rum H. ciliate similis." 
Hab. Venezuela, prov. Merida, in montibus nivosis, Moritz, n. 174. 
* Amoene incano-lutescens.  Distinctissima species."— C. Müll. l. c. 
3. H. suBREvoLUTA (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 165). “ Folia cellulis dolio- 
liformibus maxime crenulatis et obscuris valde papillosis, minoribus basi 
parietibus interruptis. Theca collo angustiore longiore przdita, minor, 
operculo conico cupulato."— C. Müll. l. c. 
Hab. Mexico, prope Malpays de la Joya, Schiede et Ehrenberg. 
H. ciliate similis. Distinctissima species. —C. Müll. Le 
Sect. 2. Hedwigidium, Br. et Schimp. Bryol. Europ. ' 
4. H. IMBERBIS (Sm. Eng. Bot. t. 2237). Rami procumbentes, fla- 
gellis teneris descendentibus. Folia patentia, sicca appressa, ovato-acu- 
minata subpanduriformia, concava, margine revoluto apice parce denticu- 
lato, longitudinaliter subplicata, basi evidentius biplicata, cellulis ad angulos 
pluribus quadratis, in folii medio (basi) elongatis flavis, superioribus ob- 
longis parietibus longitudinalibus latioribus erenulatis minutissime papil- 
losis; perichztialia majora, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, plicata, marginibus 
apicem versus minute serrulatis. Theca in pedunculo sub:zequilongo obo- 
vata, subglobosa, sicca pluries plicata, opereulo parvo conico acuminato ; 
calyptra parva, basi fissa. 
Harrisonia rhabdocarpa, Hampe in Linnea, xxxi. 148. 
