440 15. NECKEREJE. [| Meteorium. 
simis, marginibus apice serrulatis, cellulis angustis ad angulos pluribus 
parvis hexagonis obscuris, in orbem parvum ventricosum congestis. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Jameson; in monte Pichincha (11,000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 1042. 
Rami 2-4-unciales, ramulis divergentibus; caulis pallidus. Folia pal- 
lide viridia, straminea, humida nitida, sicca obscura. 
Ex habitu colore formaque foliorum Hypno puro Europe et Americ 
septentrionalis similimum, sed robustius, folis apice absque mucrone 
serrulatis, et margine basi haud recurvis. 
34. M. rurcescens (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 131, Neckera). Rami plus 
minus elongati, ramulis brevibus divergentibus, apicibus sæpe attenuatis 
pinnatim ramosi. Folia patula, imbricata, in apicibus ramorum in cus- 
pidem congesta, excavata, basi subcordato-rotundata, apice acuta, mar- 
ginibus incurvis iutegerrimis, enervia, cellulis angustis; * theca et ca- 
lyptra Neckere cochlearifolie (M. orbifolii)."—0C. Müll. l. e. 
Hab. Mexico, Ehrenberg, Jameson. Ins. Jamaica, Wilds. Andes Qui- 
tenses ad arbores secus riv. Vascun (7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1232. 
Rami 2-12-unciales, ramulis vix ultra i-uncialibus rectis curvatisve 
ramosi. Folia straminea fulvescentia subnitida, seniora fuscescentia. 
35. M. onBiFoLiUM (Mitt.. Rami elongati, pinnati. Folia patula, 
profunde exeavata, obtusa, basi eordata, enervia, marginibus apice minute 
serrulatis, alis ad basin subserrulatis, cellulis angustis ad angulos abbre- 
viatis obscurioribus ; “ perichzetialia cylindraceo-convoluta exserta acumi- 
nata, Theca in pedunculo longiusculo exserta, oblonga, operculo conico 
obliquo longiusculo, calyptra basi crenulata pilosiuscula ; peristomium ro- 
bustius, interni cilia filiformia subnodosa, externos subz;equantia rugulosa 
pallida."—C. Müll. 
Neckera cochlearifolia, C. Müll. Syn. ii. 130. 
Hab. Mexico, Ehrenberg ; ins. Taboga, Seemann. 
M. turgescenti similimum, sed folis paululum brevioribus densius 
insertis distincta. 
36. M. PENICILLATUM (Dozy et Molk. Prodr. Bryol. Surinam, 45, 
t. 11). Rami graciles, penduli, pinnati. Folia e basi cordata auriculis 
amplis eroso-denticulatis ovata, caviuscula, subtriplicata, acumine brevi 
planiusculo semitorto, integerrima, nervo medio evanido, cellulis opacis 
papillis dense obsitis, inferioribus pellucidioribus vix papillosis ; periche- 
tialia longiora, pellucidiora, lineari-lanceolata, subplicata, integerrima vel 
apice serrulata. Theca oblonga, subgibba, operculo conico acuminato, 
peristomii interni processibus angustis quam dentes brevioribus, in mem- 
brana brevisssima impositis ; calyptra parva, dense pilosa. 
Hab. Venezuela, ad arbores in sylvis, juxta Rio del Tuy, Van Lands- 
bergen. 
This species is rightly compared to M. fuscescens from the 
East Indies; but when the authors also compare it with M. 
