480 16. SEMATOPHYLLEJX. [ Sematophyllum. 
8. S. cusPIDIFERUM (Mitt.). Procumbens, ramis adscendentibus. Folia 
subcompressa, turgide laxe imbricata, acumine planiore subrecurvo, sub- 
enervia, marginibus ubique erectis integerrimis, cellulis angustis, alaribus 
3-4 distinctis et supra eas paucis subquadratis; perichztialia erecta, lan- 
ceolata, subulata, marginibus recurvis integerrimis enervii. Theca in 
pedunculo elongato, parva, ovalis, inzequalis, horizontalis, collo brevissimo, 
peristomii interni ciliis brevibus rudimentariis. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Pallatanga (6000 ped.), Spruce, n. 999; Chim- 
borazo, in sylvis Cinchonz (4000 ped.), Spruce, u. 1000. 
S. galipensi simile sed rami crassiores. Pedunculus unciam longus, 
tenuis. 
9. S. constrictum (Mitt.). Folia compressa, lateralia patenti-diver- 
gentia, concava, enervia, marginibus subrecurvis, cellulis angustissimis 
elongatis, alaribus pallidis; perichztialia longiora, brevinervata, subin- 
tegerrima. Theca in pedunculo breviusculo inclinata horizontalis nutansve, 
ovalis, inzequalis, sicca evacua, sub ore valde constricta, opereulo obliquo, 
peristomii interni ciliis singulis inter processus in membrana ad tertiam 
longitudinis dentium exserta impositis. 
Hab. Fl. Orinoco, ad cataractam Maypures, Spruce, n. 1014. 
S. Kegeliano gracilius, foliorum cellulis angustis elongatis. 
10. S. cALIPENSE (C. Müll. in Bot. Zeit. 1848, 780, Hypnum). Caulis 
repens, radicans, ramis assurgentibus plus minus elongatis in caspitem 
congestis, interdum ramis subpinnatis liberis procumbentibus. Folia con- 
cava, margine recurva, implana, cellulis alaribus basilaribusque pallide 
flavis, superioribus angustis in apice ellipticis; perichztialia erecta, longiora, 
anguste lanceolata, obsoletinervia, margine recurva, subplicata. Theca in 
pedunculo szpe elongato, parva, brevis, ovalis, inzequalis, collo distincto, 
horizontalis, peristomii interni processibus et ciliis brevioribus in unum 
coalitis interpositis, in membrana usque ad 3 dentium longitudinis exserta 
impositis. 
H. tovariense, C. Müll. l.c. 
H. obliquifolium, C. Müll. l. e. 1845, 110. 
H. dissolutum, Sulliv. in Proceed. Amer. Acad. 1861. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Wilds, Wilson; Guadelupe, Perrottet ; Cuba, Wright, 
n. 122, 123; Tobago, Seemann; America centralis, Corientes, Seemann; 
Venezuela, prov. Caracas (3500-5000 ped.), Funck et Schlim, n. 345, 470, 
Wagner. Andes Bogotenuses, Socorro (1300 metr.), Lindig ; in sylvis supra 
Pacho (6500 ped.), ad terram, Weir, n. 375; Boqueron prope Bogota in 
declivibus humidis (8600 ped.), Weir, n. 341. Fl. Negro, S. Carlos, ad 
saxa granitiea, Spruce, n. 1004 ; ibidem ad arbores, Spruce, n. 1005. Andes 
Quitenses, Jameson ; Antombos ad fl. Pastasa (5000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1006. 
Andes Peruvianz, in monte Campana (4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1010; Tara- 
poto, in saxis rivulorum (1500 ped.), Spruce, n. 1011; ibidem ad arbores, 
Spruce, n. 1012, 1015, et in rivulis, Spruce, n. 1013 ; fl. Orinoco, ad cata- 
