568 18. HYPNEX. [ Leskea. 
papillis fere obsoletis obscuriusculis; ramea patenti-recurva, rotundato- 
ovata, acuminata, concava, marginibus planis apice serrulatis ; periehzetialia 
elongata, erecta, angusta, linearia, acumine elongato, nervo evanido. Theca 
in pedunculo elongato cylindracea, subzqualis, erecta, evacua subarcuata, 
operculo conico, peristomii interni processibus angustis punctulatis ob- 
scuris, in membrana brevissima insidentibus; calyptra ad thece basin 
deseendens. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses ad Baños (6000 ped.), Spruce, n. 1466; in monte 
Tunguragua (7000-8000 ped.), n. 1467, in valle Leito (8000 ped.), n. 1468, 
in monte Chimborazo (10,000 ped.), n. 1469, in monte Carguairazo (11,000 
ped.), n. 1470, in monte Pichincha (10,500 ped.) n. 1471. Quito, ex 
Jameson, Spruce, n. 1472, in monte Guayrapata (9000 ped.), n. 1473. 
Caulis 1-2-uncialis, radicans, divisionibus nonnullis liberis eradiculosis, 
ramulis 3-linearibus, eleganter pinnatus. Folia parva, densiuscule inserta, 
viridia. 
L. gracillima gracilior, ramis siccitate foliis teretiuscule imbricatis æqua- 
libus pulcherior. 
3. L. PLUMARIA (Mitt.)  Monoica; caulis procumbens adscendensve, 
ramulis zqualibus divergentibus, in frondem plumzformem dispositis. 
Folia patenti-recurva, ovata, subulato-acuminata, concava, marginibus 
recurvis reflexisve integerrimis, nervo percurrente, cellulis basi ad angulos 
parvis abbreviatis, reliquis rotundo-ovalibus subobscuris fere levibus; 
ramea conformia, apice minute serrulata; perichetialia elongata, interna 
elliptiea, apicibus sensim subulatis patentibus integerrimis, nervo angusto 
pereurrente. Theca in pedunculo breviusculo cylindracea, arcuata, oper- 
culo acuminato brevirostrato, peristomii interni processibus angustis per- 
foratis flavidis minutissime punctulatis. 
* Hab. Andes Quitenses, ad Pangor (10,000 ped.) et Pallatanga (6000 
ped.) in ramulis, Spruce, n. 1450. 
Caulis 2-3-uncialis radicans, vel adscendens liber eradiculosus, eleganter 
ramulis divaricatis plumeformi-pinnatus. Folia flavo-viridia, fusco tincta. 
Pedunculus }-uncialis, flavus. Theca flavo-fusca. 
Sect. 3. Pseudoleskea, Schimp. Bryol. Europ. 
4. L. micRoPHYLLA (Sw. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. 142; Hedw. Sp. Musc. 
t. 69). Monoica; caulis procumbens pinnatus. Folia patentia subsecun- 
dave, cordata, subulato-acuminata, subplicata, nervo in apice evanido, 
marginibus subintegerrimis, cellulis parvis rotundatis ovalibusque obscuri- 
usculis levibus, ramea minora, latius acuminata, subcrenulata; periche- 
tialia erecta. 
Hab. Ins. Jamaica, Swartz, Heward; Cuba, Wright, n. 99; Hispaniola, 
Bertero. Andes Peruvianze, ad cataractas fl. Huallaga (1300 ped.), Spruce, 
n.1448. Brasilia, S. Catharina, Pabst; Sierra dos Orgaos, Gardner ; 
Piedade, prope Rio de Janeiro, Milne. 
