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gulariter laxe piunati. Folia compressa, caulina apice minute serrulata, 
nervis brevibus, cellulis angustis ad angulos pluribus quadratis hexagonis- 
que; perichetialia interna elongata, erecta, lanceolata, subulata, apicibus 
serrulatis. Theca in pedunculo elongato, cylindracea, operculo acuminato, 
peristomii dentibus processibusque angustis zequilongis flavo-fuscis obscuris. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, Agoyan (5500 ped.), Spruce, n. 1027. Andes 
Peruvianz, in monte Campana, ad arbores (4000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1028. 
Rami sub-2-unciales. Folia pallida e viridi lutescentia, nitida, valde 
compressa, media lateraliaque conformia. Pedunculus uncialis longiorque. 
Theca flavo-fusca. : 
14. E. pistans (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 61, Neckera).  Elongatus, pro- 
stratus, planissimus, viridissimus, rigidus ; rami ramulis longiusculis rigide 
patentibus distantibus breviter cuspidatis phyllogonoideo-imbricato-folio- 
sis eleganter pinnati. Folia caulina perfecte planissima, disticha, dense 
imbricata, angustiora, subeymbiformia, magis plana, apice obsolete crenu- 
lata, nervis obsoletissimis, cellulis E. Hampeani ; perichztia haud cylin- 
dracea, sed turgida, foliis maxime reflexis; pedunculus flavidus, longius- 
culus. 
Hab. Venezuela, prov. Merida, Caripe, Moritz. 
15. E. wEGLEcTUS (C. Müll. in Bot. Zeit. 1856, 437). Prostratus, 
deplanatus, flavescens, nitidus, ramulis brevibus late complanatis pinnatus. 
Folia caulina substrictissima, conferta, symmetrica, planiuscula vel cymbi- 
formi-concava, ubique denticulata, nervis binis brevibus obsoletis flaves- 
centibus, cellulis ad alas basilares subventricose impressis vel planis, 
quadratis laxis teneris multis, sursum linearibus mollibus; perichztia 
angustissima elongate exserta, folis appressis tenuiter membranaceis 
pallidis angustis acuminatis vaginatis, basi e cellulis elongatis laxis su- 
perne linearibus firmioribus areolatis, integris, enerviis. Theca in pedun- 
culo brevi tenui erecta, cylindraceo-oblonga, multo brevior et angustior, 
exannulata, operculo conico recto, obtuso; peristomii dentes exteriores 
breviusculi, rubiginosi, fragiles, angusti, medio fissiles, remote articulati, 
interni rubiginosi, tenerrime capillares, inferne linea media notati, superne 
remote articulati, omnes læves. 
Leskea sauroides, Hornsch. in Musc. Mexic. Deppean. 
Hab. Mexico, Deppe. 
E. mechoacano simillimus, sed foliis falcatis latis asymmetricis, sto- 
lonibus hypnoideis tenuibus et theca multo majore primo momento dif- 
fert. An theca hujusce speciei exannulata sit latet.—C. Müll. l. c. 
16. E. virens (Hook. et Wills. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 1844, iii. 158, 
Neckera). Rami breviusculi, irregulariter pinnatim ramosi. Folia com- 
pressa, nervis brevibus, margine erecta vel recurva, apice serrulata, cellulis 
angustis ad angulos paucis quadratis; perichztialia erecta, convoluta, 
elongata, late elliptica, acuminata. Theca in pedunculo brevi, oblongo- 
