Pogonatum. | 20. POLYTRICHER. 615 
Sect. 2. Anasmogonium. 
Folia intense viridia, firma, vel mollia crispantia. Thecæ tenere, 
pallidz, cellulis prominulis papuloso-papillatis, demum contrac- 
tione leniter sexplicatæ. 
6. P. GARDNERI (C. Müll. Syn. ii. 560, Polytrichum). Folia inferiora 
e basi subquadrata erecta subito in acumen patens sublanceolatum apice 
obtusiusculum incurvum producta, nervo superne intus lamelloso extus 
apice dentato, marginibus apicem versus dentatis, superiora pericheetialia- 
que erecta, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, apice parce dentata, nervo intus 
parce lamelloso extus parce dentato. Theca in pedunculo aurantiaco cylin- 
` dracea, oblonga, inclinata, operculo brevirostro, calyptra pilis appressis 
ochraceis, thecam totam obtegentibus. 
Hab. Brasilia, ad Tijuca in argillosis, Gardner, n. 15; Parana, prope 
Fazenda de Fortaleza, Weir, n. 51. 
Caulis 1-2-linearis. Pedunculus 9-linearis. Theca 13-linearis. 
7. P. ABBREVIATUM (Mitt.). Subacaule. Folia inferiora obtusius- 
eula, apice denticulata recurva, nervo tenui intus nudo, superiora late lan- 
ceolata acuminata convoluta, apicibus latiusculis obtusiusculis, erecto- 
patentia, marginibus superioribus apiceque denticulatis, nervis intus pauci- 
breviterque lamelloso extus apice parce denticulato, interiora lamellis nullis, 
omnia cellulis inferne oblongis elongatisque, superioribus quadratis hexa- 
gonisque mollibus subpellucidis. Theca in pedunculo elongato oblonga, 
evlindracea, inclinata; calyptra thecam totam obtegens, pilis pallide 
ochraceis vestita. 
-Hab. Andes Novo-Granatenses, in declivibus ad viam inter Marta et 
Bucuramanga (6000 ped.), Weir, n. 164. 
Caulis cum folis 2-linearis. Folia pallida fusca. Pedunculus sub- 
uncialis, fusco-ruber. 
P. Gardneri statura simile, sed e structura foliorum Africhis affinius. 
8. P. ANDINUM (Hampe in Linnea, xxxii. 147, Polytrichum). Laxe 
e:xspitosum, 3—4-unciale; caulis e basi nudiuscula adscendens, accrescenti- 
foliatus, apice incrassatus, simplex vel parce divisus. Folia dense accum- 
benti-imbricata, inferiora breviora, superiora longiora, apice convoluto- 
ineurvata, dorso aspera, humida patentia, canaliculata, e basi latiore vagi- 
nante integerrima, ovato-lanceolata, margine argute sinuato-dentata, nervo 
ad basin valido zequali opaco, in lamina dilatato eandem fere totam occupante. 
Seta apicalis uncialis et longior, erecta, rubra. Theca parvula curvato- 
cylindrica, adscendens, levis, rubiginosa, deoperculata sub ore contracta 
octies striata, operculo cruento umbonato-conico rostrata, rostro subcom- 
presso pallidiore, calyptra thecam usque ad basin obtegente. 
Hab. Andes Bogotenses, Bogota, Chapinero (2700 metr.), ad “ Bar- 
rancos," Lindig. 
P. alpinum wmulans sed P. cylindrico Schimp. magis affine; differt 
