-Ectropothecium.] 17. STEREODONTE.&. 519 
25. E. coNosrEGUM (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 242, Hypnum). Irregulariter 
pinnatum, ramis siccitate distincte curvatis flexuosis, tenerioribus subcon- 
tortis lutescentibus, hic ilic fuscidulis, humore patentibus. Folia ob- 
solete denticulata, sepe integerrima. Pedunculus, theca et peristomium 
H. Paeppigiani (E. acicularis); operculum turgide conicum, acutum.— 
C. Müll. Le 
Leskea (Omalia) rutilans B. portoricensis, Brid. ii. 332, e specimini- 
bus imperfectis herbarii Brideliani, forma flaccidior videtur (C. Müller). 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, Doring ; Porto Rico, Bertero. 
E. subdenticulato simillimum.— C. Müll. l. c. 
26. E. AMPHiBoLUM (Spruce, MS.) Caulis prostratus, pinnatus. 
Folia compressa, superiora ovata acuminata, margine superne breviter 
serrulata, ramea late ovalia ovatave, acuminata, serrulata, inferiora di- 
versiformia, lanceolata, longe minora, omnia nervis brevibus, cellulis 
grossis laxis; perichztialia erecta, ovalia, acuminata, serrulata. Theca 
in pedunculo elongato, parva, urceolata, nutans, operculo basi magno 
convexo, acumine brevi curvato, peristomii interni ciliis latis. 
Hab. Ins. Cuba, ex Herb. Montagne, Wright, inter n. 120; Tri- 
nidad, Black; Guadelupe, Sprengel; Nova Granata, Weir, n. 419. Fl. 
Negro, loco S. Gabriel, ad terram saxa arboresque, Spruce, n. 1144; 
ibidem in sylvis, Spruce, n. 1163; fl. Huallaga cataractz (1200 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 1147. Andes Quitenses, in fontibus calidis montis Tun- 
guragua (7000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1142; Quito, Jameson. Andes Peru- 
vianz, in rivuli Shillicaio saxis (1500 ped.), Spruce, n. 1148; ad fl. 
Huallaga, in lignis (1200 ped.), Spruce, n. 1151; secus Tarapoto rivu- 
lum Marona-yacu (2000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1156. Brasilia, Laranjeiras, 
Gardner, n. 109. 
Caulis elongatus, ramis 3-4-linearibus pinnatus, latitudine cum foliis 
lineam 3 metiens. Pedunculus unciam longus. 
27. E. RuTILANS (Brid. i. 332, Leskea, Omalia) Breviter regu- 
lariter pinnatum, ramis subsimplicibus erecto-patentibus v. dichotomis 
decurvatis viridissimis v. luteo-viridibus, tenuiter complanatis, tenellis. 
Folia rami fertilis laxe conferta, parvula, e basi cordata enervi v. obso- 
letissime nervosa latiuscule ovato-acuminata, parum concava, integerrima, 
laxe chlorophyllose ampliuscule pellucide reticulata, mollia ; perichetialia 
late lanceolata, convolutacea, longius flexuose acuminata, laxius areolata. 
Theca in pedunculo longiusculo glabro rutilante minuta, nutans, rotundo- 
ovata, operculo conico acuto obliquo.— C. Müll. Syn. ii. 234. 
Hab. Ins. Porto Rico, Bertero ; Venezuela, Cumbre de Valenzia (3000 
ped.), Wagner. Brasilia, ins. Stæ. Catharine, prope Destero, in locis 
umbrosis, Pabst. 
Ab E. subdenticulato differt folis perichetialibus haud filiformi-acu- 
minatis; ab E. conostego ramis viridibus, cellulis mollibus laxiusculis 
chlorophyllosis ; ab E. Peppigiano folis conformibus enervibus v. ob- 
soletissime nervosis, senioribus mollibus ovatis.— C. Müll. Le 
