Polytrichum. | 20. POLYTRICHE. 621 
Venezuela, prov. Caracas (5000 ped.), et Quebrada de S. Lazaro, Funck 
et Schlim, n. 472, et Birschell; Nova Granata, Blagborne. Andes Bogo- 
tenses ad viam inter Tipaquira et Pacho (9000 ped.), Weir, n. 197, 208, 
253 et 256; in collibus prope Bogota (8800 ped.), Weir, n. 204 ; in colli- 
bus prope Sebate (8000 ped.), Weir, n. 322, 323; in declivibus ad Canoas 
prope Tequendama (8500 ped.), Weir, n. 309. Andes Quitenses, Jameson, 
ad fl. Napo, Osculati; ad cataractam Agoyan, Spruce, n. 1500.  Peruvia, 
Mathews, San Gavan, in rupibus humidis, Lechler, n. 2281 (forma foliis 
laxis remotis “ P. juniperiforme’’). Brasilia, in summo monte Corcovado, 
Gardner, n. 13, et MacGillivray ; prov. S. Paulo, in campo prope Itu 
(2000 ped.), Weir, n. 11. 
5. P. SUNIPERIFORME (Schimp.). Caulis plus minus elongatus. Folia 
e basi dilatata amplexante subito angustata, patentia, inde longe linearia, 
sensim ad apicem angustata, dorso superne denticulata, nervo in acumen 
pungens scabrum denticulatum producto, cellulis basi angustis pallidis 
pellucidis, superne subito in transverse obliquas mutatis; pericheetialia 
caulina haud excedentia, erecta, subulata; membranacea, nervo in aristam 
scabram attenuatam excurrente. Theca horizontalis, operculo brevirostro ; 
calyptra thecam pilis obtegens. 
Hab. Chili, S. Gavan, in rupibus, Lechler, n. 2282. 
6. P. conforme (Mitt.). Caulis elongatus. Folia inter se remotius: 
cula, e basi erecta latiore amplexante patenti-divergentia, anguste linearia, 
sensim acuta, intus lamellata, extus superne denticulato-scabra, nervo in 
acumen scabrum excurrente, cellulis basi angustis elongatis pellucidis, 
superioribus subito in transverse oblongas obscuras mutatis; pericheetialia 
interna e basi caulinis longiora, subulata, intus lamellata, marginibus in- 
flexis caulinis similibus. Theca oblonga, operculo longirostro, calyptra 
pilis rubris thecam totam obtegentibus. 
-Hab. Andes Quitenses, secus cataractam Chinchin fl. Pastasa ee ped ), 
Spruce, n. 1501. 
Caulis 1—3-uncialis. 
P. antillarum simile, perichetium autem diversum. 
7. P. comMuNE (Linn. Sp. Pl. i. 1573). Caulis plus minus elon- 
gatus. Folia densiuscula, e basi latiore erecta anguste lineari-acuminata, 
patentia recurvave, nervo dorso superne denticulato in acumen denticu- 
latum producto, cellulis basi elongatis pellucidis, superne subito in ob- 
scuras transverse oblongas mutatis; perichetialia erecta, subulata, mem- 
branacea, nervo in aristam levem attenuato. Theca quadrata, operculo 
rostrato, calyptra pilis ochraceis thecam totam obtegentibus vestita. 
Hab. Brasilia, ad viam inter Castro et Corritiba (2000 ped.), Weir, 
n. 99; et in “campo” Fazenda de Montenegro prov. Parana (2400 ped.), 
Weir, n. 100. 
All the South-American specimens, like those from Australia 
