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apice inequali subulata. Theca cylindracea, operculo subulato obliquo, 
peristomii dentibus angustissimis elongatis nodoso-articulatis, interni pro- 
cessibus angustis zequilongis pertusis punctulatis, in membrana brevi im- 
positis. 
Hab. Venezuela, Tovar (5500 ped.), Moritz, n. 175. Andes Quitenses, 
in sylva Canelos (4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1234. 
Statura omnibus partibus M. patulo duplo majus. Habitus idem. 
Folia adeo curvata ut vix nisi lesu explanentur. 
This may be identical with M. patens ; but the specimens of that 
moss are too incomplete to render it safe to refer the present one 
to it with certainty. 
51. M. patens (Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 56, Hypnum). Folia ramea 
acuta, concava, nervo tenui ad medium usque producto, margine serrulata, 
cellulis elongatis angustis, basilaribus ad angulos paucis brevibus flave- 
scentibus impressis. 
Hab. Nova Granata, in convallibus Andium inter Almaguer et Pasto 
(4800-6000 ped.), Humboldt et Bonpland. 
Species e ramis tantum nota. 
52. M. impLANATUM (Mitt.). Folia caulina rameaque a basi brevi 
erecta patentia, basi caulem amplexantia, inde recurva ut folium a medio 
ad apicem usque planiusculum efficiant, nervo medio evanido, margine ser- 
rulata, cellulis ad angulos paucis rotundatis, superioribus elongatis angustis ; 
pericheetialia erectiuscula, a basi oblonga nervata, subulata, apice denticu- 
lata. Theca ovalis, æqualis, peristomii dentes angusti, flavidi, noduloso- 
articulati, processibus internis zquilongis angustissimis pertusis, papillis 
minutissimis asperulis. 
Hab. Brasilia, ex Herb. Sowerby ; Sierra dos Orgaos, ad rupes, Gardner ; 
prope Castro in sylvis ad arborum truncos (2000 ped.), Weir, n. 82. 
M. recurvifolio statura aspectuque simillimum, folia autem diversis- 
sima. 
53. M. onustum (Spruce). Folia caulina a basi amplexante squarrosa, 
nervo tenui ultra medium producto, margine serrulata, cellulis basilaribus 
ad angulos paucis ovoideis aggregatis impressis, reliquis angustis pellucidis ; 
ramea recurvata, suborbiculata, acuta, infra apicem caviuscula, margine 
serrulata; perichztialia lanceolata, recurva. "Theca in pedunculo zqui- 
longo, ovalis, erecta, operculo subulato, peristomii dentibus elongatis 
angustis, superne minute dense papillosis, interni processibus brevioribus 
angustis, inferne pertusis, in membrana brevissime exserta impositis; 
calyptra pallida infra os thecze descendens, ramentis elongatis. 
Hab. Andes Peruvianz, ad Tarapoto in rupibus umbrosis rivuli Shillicaio 
(2000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1250. 
M. patulo valde affine, statura autem paululo minore, foliis ramulinis 
apice latioribus perichztialibus brevioribus, pedunculo levi et peristomio 
diversum. 
