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laxe arliculati, processus in membrana sat longe producta dentibus ob fructus senectutem mihi ignotis. 

 Spore majuscula;. 



China nt la (Liebmann). 



7. N. Ahmwuxii Besch.; C. Mull, sub Bypno in Syn. II, p. 348; Montg. sub Isolhecio. 



Oajaca (Andrieux). 



Genus III. LEPTOHYMEMUM Schgr. (ex parte). 



I. L. mylroidks Sch. in herb. (L. myurum Sch. in litt.; Neckera teres C. Miill. Syn. II, p. 98, pro parte). 



Monoicum. Caulis repens decumbens viridi-vel aureo-nitens sericeus, ramis teretibus brevibus pinnatis 

 erectis vel in extremitate caulium curvulis, obtusiusculis fere semper simplicibus; folia concava dense im- 

 bricata ovata parce acuminata inlegerrima vel obsolete denticulata ecostata, acumine siccitate reflexo; cellulis 

 alaribus cbloropbyllosis quadratis depressis, in seriebus rectis dispositis; perichaetialia superiora convoluta 

 longe acuminata, exteriors breviora cuspide patula, omnia ecostata integerrima. Fructus numerosissimi ; 

 capsular sa»pe aggregate, pedicello rubro subunciali tortili, late ovato-elliptica* rufescentes, ore rubro 

 roarctato, operculo conico subulato recto vel leniter obliquo; calyptra flavo-albicante apice rufescente. Peri- 

 slomii dentes externi lanceolati, pallide rufescentes integri, cuticula dorsali lata hyalina, processus bre- 

 vissimus pellucidus tenerrimus, dentibus subnullis vel paulo exsertis filiformibus. Annulus minus duabus 



eel In la rum seriebus compositus. 



Oajaca (Galeottj, n°6888, in herb. Mus. Par.): Mejico (Ghiesbeeght, Liebmann in herb. Mus. Par.); Cordova 



1 



(BoflRGiAU, n° at6t); Orizaba (F. Muller in herb. Sgiiimper; Bourg. n ,s 3291, 276/i). 



* 



"J. L. LONGisF/n m Hpe (Neckera longiseta Hook., C. Mull. Syn. IJ, p. 99; Isothecium longisetum Sch. in herb 



Liebmann). / 



Mejico (Liebmann in herb. Mus. Par.). 



3. L. cylindrical^ Hpe; C. Miill. sub Neckera in Syn. II, p. 100. 



Prope Jalapa (Deppe et Schiede). 



A. L. affine Sch. in herb. — Monoicum; planta gracilis pallide viridis sericea, decumbens, ramis bre- 

 vibus attenuates radicantibus patulis incurvis; folia caulina erecto-palula subjulacea concava ecostata longe 

 acuminata subdenticulata, acumine patulo subreflexo. Perichaetium album, foliis externis squarrosis, internis 

 erecto-patulis e basi convolutis longe euspidatis integerrimis. Capsula minuta ovato-elliptica, pedicello rubro 

 pluries torto. Peristomium? 



Orizaba (F. Muller in herb. Lorentz). 



5. L. jilaceum Sch. (Neckera squamosa C. Miill. Syn. II, p. 100; L. squarrosum Hpe). 



Sierra de la Cruz, i853 (F. Muller in herb. Sghimper). 



6. L. Bonplandi Besch. (A nomodon Bonplandi Sch. in herb.). 



Jirullo (Bonpland in herb. Mus. Par.). 



7. L. (?) patllum Sch. in herb. — Monoicum; caulis adscendens irregulariter ramosus slramineo-nitens 



folia caulina ovato-rotundata, ramulina elliptica, concava serrata, acumine incurvo, margine subplana vel 

 basi minute revoluta, sicca torquata undulata patula bicostata; cellulis alaribus parvis rotundatis conflatis 

 ceteris hexagonis elongatis. Capsula in pedicello rubro, late ovato-cylindrica magna castanea subapophysata. 

 Peristomium atque operculum desunt. 



Orizaba (F. Muller in herb. Schmper). 





















