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maculam flavescentem congestis ; ramulina acutiora, arctius imbricata; peri- 
cheetialia elongata, erecta, late elliptica, acuta. "Theca in pedunculo brevi 
superne scabro, vaginula ramentis elongatis vestita, ovalis, erecta, operculo 
subulato, peristomii dentibus pallidis angustissime attenuatis, interni pro- 
cessibus angustissime capillariformibus brevioribus, membran: brevi ex- 
serte impositis ; calyptra ad thecz basin descendens, latere fissa, ramentis 
nitidis crispatulis inferne obtecta, apice nuda. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Swartz, Wilds; Venezuela, Funck et Schlim, n. 
371, Moritz, Birschell. Andes Bogotenses, in sylvis prope Pacho (8000 
ped.), Weir, n. 290; in montibus inter Bucaramanga et Pamplona (8000 
ped.), in sylvis, Weir, n. 397. Brasilia, ex Herb. Sowerby, prope Castro, 
in sylvis ad arbores (2000 ped.), Weir, n. 52. 
3l. M. moLLe (Hedw. Muse. Frond. iv. t. 40, Leskea). Rami elon- 
gati, penduli, flexuosi, pinnati. Folia erecto-patentia, laxe imbricata, 
cochleariformi-concava, inferne marginibus incurvis panduriformia, enervia, 
integerrima, cellulis angustis ad angulos in glomerulos obscuros rotun- 
datos tumidos congestis; ramulina patentia, obovata, obtusa, ob margines 
superne incurvos subacuta, nervis brevibus; perichztialia interna elcn- 
gata, elliptico-ligulata, acuta. Theca in pedunculo plerumque arcua », 
ovalis, operculo subulato subrecto, peristomii dentibus latiusculis brey . 
bus pallidis, interni processibus angustis perforatis, apicibus inter s 
anastomosantibus, basi in membrana fere ad dentium medium exserta 
impositis. 
Neckera Cumingii, C. Müll. Syn. ii. 132, et in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 768. 
Hab. Chili, a Concepcion ad Valdiviam vulgatissimum, Reynolds, 
Lechler, n. 257; Arique, Lechler. Ins. Chiloe, Cuming; Juan Fer- 
nandez, Bertero ; archipelago Chonos, Darwin. 
Rami 4-8 uncias longi, flexuosi, ramulis uncialibus flexuosis. Folia 
nitida, straminea, pallide fulvescentia. Peduncealus 2-linearis. Folia in 
speciminibus Chilensibus quam in Novo-Zelandicis parum densius inserta, 
ezterum haud discrepant. 
32. M. ricipum (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 126, Neckera). Rami elongati, 
ramulis inzqualibus pinnati. Folia erecto-patentia, excavata, ob mar- 
ginum flexuram subpanduriformia, mucrone brevissimo, basi cordata, 
enervia, marginibus basi subserrulatis, cellulis angustis ad angulos ab- 
breviatis lutescentibus; ramea subpentasticha, nervis brevissimis; peri- 
cheetialia convolutacea, anguste acuminata. Theea in pedunculo perbrevi, 
tenuissima, minute oblonga; peristonii dentes exteriores rigidi, pallidi, 
inzequaliter angusti, interni cilia rigida fragilia, flavida, longitudine fissa.— 
C. Müll. Le 
Hab. Mexico, Ehrenberg, ex Herb. C. Müller. 
33. M. aurrense (Mitt.). Rami laxe czspitosi, elongati, irregulariter 
piuyatim ramosi. Folia undique imbricata, in ramorum ramulorumque 
apicibus cuspidata, obtusa, basi cordata, cochleariformia, nervis brevis- 
