Entodon.] l7. STEREODONTEX. 529 
Jameson et (9500-11,000 ped.) Spruce, n. 1033; Banos (6000 ped.), 
Spruce, n. 1034; Tunguragua (7000-10,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1035, ibi- 
dem ad rivulum Vascun, Spruce, n. 1036; in montibus Chimborazo 
(10,000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1037 ; Titaicun (11,000 ped.), n. 1038, et Guay- 
rapata (9000 ped.), n. 1039. 
Rami 1-14i-unciales, ramulis 4—6-linearibus. Folia luteo-viridia. Pe- 
dunculus 4-6-linearis. Theca 1}-linearis. 
Neither in size, colour, ramification, nor structure does there 
appear to be any distinction between the specimens referred here 
to E. Jamesoni. 
20. E. RaMosissimus (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iv. 371). Pro- 
cumbenti-prostratus, inferne purpureo-tomentosus, ramosissimus, sordide 
viridis, lutescenti-splendens, ramis copiosis, approximatis, pinnatim dis- 
positis, compressis, attenuatis, sepe apice radiculis purpureis ornatis 
flexuoso-curvatis. Folia breviora, concava, deflexo-falcato-incurvata, ra- 
morum angustiora, apice parce dentata, nervo flavescente bifurco brevi, 
cellulis alaribus quadratis hyalinis, czeteris linearibus, flavescenti-hyalina ; 
pericheetialia convoluta, oblongo-lanceolata, longe acuminata, integerrima, 
enervia, cellulis basilaribus laxioribus, tota hyalina. Seta vix uncialis vel 
brevior, gracillima. Theca elliptico-cylindrica, angusta, pallide chrysea, 
ore nigricante, operculo brevi flavido conico acuminato subrecto, peri- 
stomii externi dentibus cruentis lanceolato-subulatis solidis, interni ciliis 
filiformibus brevioribus sanguineis. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Pacho (2200 metr.) ad arbores, Lindig. 
E. incurvatum (Neckeram Hornsch.) zmulans, sed differt caule ra- 
mosissimo, minus complanato, foliis longioribus et angustioribus, cellulis 
alaribus latioribus magis hyalinis et nervo distincto bifurco, thecaque 
vetusta pallida nec fuscata.— Hampe, l. c. 
2]. E. cRAcILIsETUS (Hampe in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. iv. 368). Decum- 
bens, prostratus, laxe pulvinatim expansus, lutescenti-splendens ; caulis 
complanatus, pinnatim ramosus, elongatus, ramis complanatis, cuspidatis, 
aduncis, folia undique imbricata, accumbentia, humida erecto-patula, sub- 
disticha, concava, acutiuscula, apice denticulata, nervo gemello brevi, 
obscuro vel obsoleto, cellulis alaribus laxe quadratis, ceteris anguste pen- 
tagonis elongatis sublinearibus, omnino limpido-hyalina; pericheetialia 
laxe imbricata, exteriora breviora, interiora vaginantia elongata late lanceo- 
lata longe acuminata integerrima enervia, cellulis laxioribus omnino hya- 
lina, basi parce striata. Seta sesquiuncialis, gracilis, flexuoso-erecta. 
Theca rufescenti-chrysea, elliptico-cylindriea, ore rubro nitida, operculo 
conico-subulato, subrecto, pallidiore, quartam partem thece metiente, 
peristomii externi dentibus ferrugineis lanceolatis medio sessilibus, interni 
ciliis validis sequilongis cruentis; calyptra longa, glabra, straminea. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Pacho (2000 metr.), Lindig. 
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