Meteorium.] 15. NECKERE. 485 
Hypnum). Caulis longe repens; rami elongati penduli. Folia patentia, 
excavata, marginibus involutis minute serrulatis, acumine angusto termi- 
nata, ramea turgide in apicibus ramorum cuspidate imbricata, acuminibus 
elongatis, nervo tenui ultra medium producto, cellulis angustis, basilaribus 
ad angulos pluribus quadratis, in glomerulum tumidum aggregatis; peri- 
cheetialia elongata, erecta, late ovalia, acumine brevi margine subundulata, 
subintegerrima. Theca ovalis, operculo obliquo rostrato, calyptra ramentis 
elongatis vestita, peristomii dentibus angustis aurantiacis, processibus in- 
terni angustis subzequilongis flavis, in membrana brevi impositis. 
Neckera rufescens, C. Müll. Syn. ii. 134. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Wilson ; Venezuela, Cumbre de Valence (5000 ped.), 
Funck et Schlim, inter n. 619. Andes Bogotenses, in montibus inter 
Bucamaranga et Pamplona (8000 ped.), Weir, n. 406. Andes Quitenses, 
Jameson, in monte Chimborazo ramicola et foliicola (4000 ped.), Spruce, 
n. 1198, 1199; in monte Tunguragua (7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1200; in 
monte Pichincha (10,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1201. Andes Peruvianz, in 
monte Campana (3500 ped.), Spruce, n. 1202; in monte Guayrapurina 
(3000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1203. 
Rami 1-2-pedales, ramulis 3-1 unciam longi. Folia juniora viridia 
straminea, seniora rufa nigrescentiaque nitida. 
19. M. ronTIPILE (C. Müll. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 768, Neckera). Czespites 
usneoideo-intricati, penduli ; caulis filiformis, flexuosus, infima basi parum 
robustior, et una eum ramulis infimis distincte seriatim foliosus, in exteris 
partibus sensim subcapillaribus indistincte seriatim foliosus, ramulis sciu- 
roideo-attenuatis flexuosis distantibus pinnatim divisus, e flavescente parum 
rufescens sericeus. Folia caulina sicca et madefacta appressa, apicibus 
setaceis solum patentia, angusta, cymbiformia, in acumen capillare tor- 
tuoso-flexuosum vix dentieulatum acutiuscula, nervo tenui ad medium 
usque protracto, cellulis linearibus levibus pallentibus, alaribus planis 
paucis minute quadratis. 
Hab. Brasilia, S. Catharina in arboribus, Blumenau. 
20. M. cuBENSE (Mitt.). Rami elongati, laxe pinnatim ramosi, ramuli 
attenuati. Folia appressa, apice in acumen elongatum planum angustum 
producta, obsoletinervia, marginibus inferne serrulatis superne integer- 
rimis, cellulis angustis levibus, ad angulos pluribus oblongis obscurius- 
culis ; ramulina oblonga, concava, acuminata. 
M. trichophorum, Sulliv., vix Isothecium? trichophorum, Mont. in Ann. 
Sc. Nat. ser. 2. xix. 238. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, Wright, n. 82. , 
Rami pedales, ramulis inordinatis curvatis, basi foliis patentibus inde 
appressis ramosi. 
21. M. rNonDINATUM (Mitt.). Rami inordinate pinnatim ramosi, 
penduli. Folia patentia, concava, acumine angusto elongato piliformi, 
nervo angusto ultra medium evanido, margine integerrima, cellulis 
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