434 15. NECKEREFF. [Meteorium. 
nervo angusto sub apice evanido, margine apicem versus minute serrulata, 
cellulis ad angulos paucis subquadratis, in maculam parvam impressam 
aggregatis, reliquis elongatis angustis; ramulina quinquefaria, imbricata, 
suborbicularia, profunde concava, margine incurva, apice (explanata) 
retusa; perichetialia majora, elongata, late elliptica, subulato-acuminata, 
superne subplicata, enervia, integerrima. Theca ovalis, operculo conico 
subulato; peristomii dentes angusti, flavi, angustissime attenuati, proces- 
sibus carinatis solidis zequilongis minute punctulatis, basi in membrana 
brevi exserta impositis; calyptra crassa, pallida. 
M. macranthum, Dozy et Molk. Prodr. Bryol. Surin. t. 12. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, Wright, n. 79; Venezuela, ex Herb. Dozy; Mexico, 
Deppe et Schiede. Andes Quitenses, inter Pasto et Temdela (1300 hexap.), 
Humboldt et Bonpland ; ad pedem montis Tunguragua, e ramulis pendu- 
Ium (6500 ped.), Spruce, n. 1204; in sylvis Cinchonz montis Chimborazo 
(4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1205; in sylva Canelos (3000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1206. 
16. M. riLiFERUM (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 133, Neckera). Rami pinnatim 
ramosi. Folia laxe imbricata, obtusa, concava, margine basi etiam ad basin 
acuminis flexuosa, ibique subserrulata, nervo sub apice partis latioris 
evanido, cellulis basi ad angulos subquadratis, in maculam impressam 
dispositis, reliquis elongatis angustis; ramulina laxe imbricata, oblongo- 
ovata, acuta, excavata, ob margines incurvos quasi apiculata; ramuli in- 
terdum versus apices ramusculos gracillimos elongatos plures prodentes, 
foliis appressis acuminibus elongatis angustis flexuosis; folia perichzetialia 
multo majora, erecta, ovalia, sensim acuminata, margine superne flexuosa, 
nervo ultra medium producto. Theca ovalis, operculo acuminato ; calyptra 
crassa, archegoniis paucis ornata. 
Hab. Venezuela, Merida prope Lagunetta circa Merida (6500 ped.), 
Funck et Schlim, n. 991. Andes Bogotenses, in sylvis supra Pacho (6000 
ped.), ad truncos ramosque arborum abundans, Weir, n. 131. Andes 
Quitenses, in monte Tunguragua, Spruce inter M. nigricantem. 
Habitu statura coloreque foliorum M. nigricanti simile, folia autem 
diversa. 
17. M. TERNsTRaGMLE (Brid. ii. 431, Hypnum). Caulis pendulus, 
tenuiusculus, foliosus, flexuosus, ramis brevibus simplicissimis curvatis 
densifolis crassis lutescentibus nitidis teretibus. Folia caulina dense 
appressa, superne longitudinaliter subplicata, margine ubique erecto, ad 
acumen acutum subretusum subdenticulata, nervo tenui ante apicem 
evanido, cellulis elongatis angustissime linearibus levibus lutescentibus, 
alaribus basi ventrem magnum sistentibus quadratis laxis pachydermibus 
flavidis subpellucidis. 
Neckera Ternstroemiz, €. Müll. Syn. ii. 139. 
Hab. Nova Granata, in truncis Ternstremie. 
M. illecebro habitu simillimum.— C. Müll. Le 
18. M. teucotricuum (Tayl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vii. 196, 
