914 17. STEREODONTES. [.Ectropothecium. 
omnia margine minutissime remote serrulata, nervis brevibus angustis, 
cellulis angustis, basilaribus ad angulos paucis subimpressis. 
Hypnum subimponens, Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. v. 321. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, ubique in collibus prope Bogota, sed semper 
sterilis (9000 ped.), Weir, n. 232; in descensu a planitie Bogotensi ad 
Fusagasuga (6000 ped.), Weir, n. 408. 
Rami 4-unciales, flavo-rubri. Folia secunda circinata, e viridi straminea, 
nitida. 
Ab E. polyptero simillimo foliis haud acuminatis recedit. 
9. E. PoLvPTERUM (Mitt.). Rami elongati, procumbentes, plumz- 
formi-pinnati. Folia compressa, superiora media a basi subcordata sensim 
angustata, apice latiuscule acuta, lateralia patentia, falcata, latiora, con- 
cava, media inferiora latissime orbiculari-ovata, subulato-acuminata, falcata, 
plicata, omnia nervis angustis brevibus, margine serrulata, cellulis angustis 
ad angulos in ventrem parum impressum congestis; perichetialia longe 
loriformi-attenuata, reflexa, serrulata. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica et Guadelupe. 
Rami 3-4-unciales, cum foliis lineam lati, ramulis attenuatis. Folia 
stramineo-viridia, subnitida. 
Habitus, color staturaque E. buitenzorgi Asiz orientalis, folia autem 
haud acuminata. 
10. E. rTRINITENSE (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 284, Hypnum). Rami prostrati, 
pinnatim ramosi, flavi. Folia arcte compressa, media ovata subulato- 
acuminata, lateralia patentia asymmetrica, acumine curvato, inferiora omnia 
dimidio minora, media intermediaque cordato-subulata, omnia marginibus 
superne serrulatis, nervis brevibus, cellulis angustis breviusculis, ad angulos 
precipue uno latere paucis subquadratis; pericheetialia strictissima, lon- 
giuscule acuminata, denticulata. Theca in pedunculo elongato gracillimo, 
minute obovata, horizontalis, operculo conico longiusculo tenuissime 
oblique subulato, peristomii dentibus ferrugineis, interni flavi ciliis binis 
trinisve subconflatis albis subrugulosis. 
Hab. Ins. Trinidad, in monte Tochucha, Crüger ex Herb. C. Müller. 
Rami late cæspitosi, intricati, ramulis 2—3-linearibus. Folia nitida, 
sicca parum mutata. 
Ab E. subsimplici longe diversum. 
ll. E. cuaENsE (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 267, Hypnum). Folia caulina e 
basi latiuscule cordata ovata sensim longiuscule acuminata, strictiuscula, 
basi concava, margine erecto ubique tenuiter subdenticulato, nervis di- 
stinctis breviusculis, cellulis sparse tenuiter papillosis, ubique pallidis, 
alaribus vix ullis quam maxime minutis quadratis; perichetialia angustis- 
sime vaginantia, longe filiformi-acuminata, subintegerrima, levia. Theca 
in pedunculo elongato tenerrimo purpureo levi horizontalis, minutissime 
cylindraceo-oblonga, macrostoma, brevicolla, sicca nutans, angustissime 
obovata, ore maxime constricta, rufa, operculo conico acuto brevi recto ; 
