Prionodon. | 15. NECKEBED. 419 
n. 1085, Ehrenberg; Venezuela, Tovar, Moritz. Andes Quitenses, ad 
arbores in monte Tunguragua (7500 ped.), Spruce, n. 1296; in valle 
Pangor (8000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1300. 
Rami 4-8-unciales, subsimplices vel inordinate subpinnatimve ramosi, 
curvati, plus minus longe stipitati. Folia pallide griseo-virentia. 
5. P. FLAGELLARIS (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iv. 356). Robustus, 
diviso-ramosus, elongatus, semipedalis et longior, rufescenti-viridis, flagel- 
laris. Folia modice imbricata, sicca et humida patula, subsquarrosa, 
breviter plicata, e basi late oblonga concava, complicato-lanceolata, acu- 
minata, fragilia, superne remote exciso-dentata, nervo angusto rufescente 
apice evanido percursa, basi latere reflexa plicata, cellulis lateralibus 
minimis moniliformibus subhyalinis, intermediis anguste ellipticis, superio- 
ribus abbreviatis densioribus, tota lutescenti-diaphana.— Hampe, l. c. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Choachi (2800 metr.), Lindig; Tolima, Sum- 
mita, Goudot. 
6. P. FUsco-LUTESCENS (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iv. 357). 
Dioicus; surculus repens, parce fibrillosus ; caulis basi attenuatus micro- 
phyllinus, aecrescendo dense foliatus elongato-clavatus curvatus, simplex 
vel diviso-ramosus, basi fuscatus, apice lutescens. Folia caulina patentia, 
superiora strictiora triplicata e basi biplicata late oblongo-ovato-lanceolata, 
elongata, canaliculato-subulata, versus apicem remote spinuloso-dentata, 
nervo fusco-lutescente percursa apice evanido, cellulis lateralibus hyalinis 
minimis ellipticis subcatenulatis, intermediis elliptico-linearibus, infimis 
intense lutescentibus, versus apicem abbreviatis, anguste ellipticis in 
acumine elongatis diaphanis; perichetialia convoluta, brevia, late ovata 
obtusa, apice denticulata, acumine brevi integerrimo, cellulis elongatis, 
tota hyalina. Theca breviseta, vix emersa, ovata vel elliptico-ovata, 
rubra, operculo oblique comico-rostrato ; calyptra cucullata, glabra; pe- 
ristomium pyramidale, albidum, dentibus exterioribus lanceolato-subu- 
latis parce noduloso-sinuatis, interioris ciliis angustioribus subconformibus. 
—Hampe, l. c. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Pacho (2200 metr.), Lindig. 
7. P. Lv1vscULUS (Mitt.). Folia laxe compressa, patentia, ovato- 
lanceolata, apice acuminata, parum plicata, marginibus serrulatis, nervo 
sub apice evanido carinata, cellulis basi ad angulos pluribus parvis oblatis 
rotundisque, interioribus oblongis minutis postice papillosis, superioribus 
in folii medio rotundis, ad margines ellipticis; perichztialia erecta, ovata, 
apiculata, crenulata, tenuinervata. Theca in pedunculo ea breviore ex- 
serta, ovata, inequalis, operculo conico curvirostro, peristomii dentibus 
pallidis processibusque punctulatis angustis apice in conum adherentibus 
anastomosantibusque ; calyptra dimidiata. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, in sylvis supra Pacho (6000-7000 ped.) 
copiosus in truncis arborum, Weir, n. 126; inter Tipaquira et Pacho 
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