508 17. STEREODONTE. E. [ Microthamnium. 
dorso superne limitibus cellularum in denticulos prominentibus, cellulis 
elongatis angustis; perichztialia longe subulata, recurva, subintegerrima. 
Theca in pedunculo elongato viscidulo subhorizontalis, oblonga, inzequalis, 
operculo conico rostrato, peristomii dentibus subulatis anguste attenuatis 
iutus valde trabeculatis, interni processibus latis ciliisque tribus breviori- 
bus interpositis minute punctulatis, in membrana usque ad } dentium 
longitudinis exserta insidentibus. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Montana de Sogamoza (5000 ped.), ad arborum 
truncos, Weir, n. 163; Pacho (2000 metr.), Lindig. 
Habitu M. andicole simile. 
13. M. JamEsoni (Tayl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. v. 63, Hypnum). Caulis 
paraphyllis paucis remotis obtectus. Folia patentia, pluries plicata, angulis 
anguste decurrentibus, nervis brevibus, marginibus inferne recurvis serru- 
latis, ramea late ovata, apicibus incurvis, concava, indistincte quater plicata, 
marginibus inferne planis, dorso sub apice parce papilloso-dentata, breviter 
binervata, serrulata, cellulis elongatis; perichetialia e basi brevi ovata 
erecta longe tenuisubulata, recurva, subdenticulata. Theca in pedunculo 
longissimo, ovalis, inzequalis, pendula, operculo brevirostro, peristomii 
interni processibus dentium longitudine, ciliis tribus articulationibus 
nodulosis pallidis brevioribus. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Quito, Jameson, in monte Guayrapata, in terra 
truncisque (9000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1114; Antombos, Spruce, n. 11145, in 
monte Abitagua, Spruce, n. 1114 c; in monte Pichincha, Spruce. 
Caules 2-4 uncias alti, bipinnatim ramosi, ramulis undique insertis 
dense arbusculosi. Pedunculus gracilis, 2-uncialis. 
14. M. tortrormsE (Hampe in Linnea, xxxii. 160, Hypnum). Caulis 
erectus, arcuatus, apice producto descendens, radicans, pinnatim ramosus. 
F'olia patentia, plicis parvis pluribus striata, nervis brevibus inconspicuis, 
margine apicem versus serrulata, ramea margine magis serrulata, omnia 
cellulis angustis elongatis areolata ; “ perichzetialia a basi ovata loriformi 
acuminata, enervia. Seta elongata. Theca oblongo-elliptica, nutans, de- 
opereulata, sub ore contracta, operculo brevi conico acuminato, peristomii 
interni ciliis binis brevibus inter processus impositis.” —Hampe, l. c. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, in sylvis Manzanos ad truncos (2500 ped.), 
Lindig ; in sylvis supra Pacho ad arbores (6000 ped.), Weir, n. 190. 
Caulis 3-4 uncias longus. Folia lineam longa, viridia, fulvescentia, sub- 
nitida. Pedunculus 1i-uncialis. 
95. HxTEROCLADIUM, Schimp. Bryol. Europ. 
H. pimoreuvum (Brid. ii. 581, Hypnum). Folia caulina late cordata, 
acumine subulato elongato recurvo squarroso, angulis anguste decurrenti- 
bus, marginibus serrulatis, nervis brevibus fere obsoletis, cellulis basi ad 
margines pluribus rotundatis obscurioribus, reliquis elongatis oblongisve 
