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pellucidis laxis teneris hexegonis planiusculis, nervis ob- 
solelissimis; perich. latissime vaginantia, longissime fle- 
xuose late acuminata, denticulata, multo laxius reticu- 
lata, parum reflexa; theca in ped. mediocri tenui flavido 
erecta cylindracea microstoma majuscula angusta pallide 
fusca, operc. conico oblique rostrato firmo, annulo latis- 
simo; perist. d. ext. Jongissimi late lanceolato- subulati, 
basi valde striatuli aurantiaci integri, superne pallidio- 
ves laeves, fissura hic illic hiante erarati, remote arti- 
culati  subtrigoni, interni subaequantes flexuosi nodo- 
siusculi earinati, hic illic pertusi pallide aurantiaci subla- 
liusculi, 
Entodon Hampeanus C. Müll. Linn, XVII, p. 705. 
Patria. Venezuela, prov. Caracas: Moritz in Coll. 
Thoreyana, No. 25. 
Species pulcherrima, distinctissima. 
39. N. distans C. Müll. ; monoica; elongata prostrata 
planissima viridissima, rigida, rami ramulis longiusculis 
rigide patentibus distantibus breviter cuspidatis phyllogo- 
noideo - imbricato -foliosis eleganter pinnati; folia caulina 
perfecte planissime disticha, dense imbricata, angwustiora, 
late lanceolato- acuminata | obtusiuscula, subeymbiformia, 
magis plana, apice obsolete crenulata, nervis obsoletis- 
simis, cellulis JV. Hampeanae; perichaetia kaud cylindra- 
cea, sed turgida, foliis maxime reflexis; ped. flavidus 
longiusculus. 
E. Hampeanus C. Müll, Linn. XIX. p. 214. 
Patria. Venezuela, prov. Merida, Caripe: Moritz. 
JV. Hampeana proxima notis illustratis refugit. The- 
càm non vidimus. 
40. N. leptocarpa Hook. et Wils. (Lond. Journ. of 
bot. 1846. p. 452. t. 15. L.); monoica? laxe cespitosa 
procumbens pinnata, ramis brevibus crassiusculis com- 
pressis attenuatis patentibus distantibus; folia caulina im- 
bricata, erecto - patentia anguste elliptico - lanceolata con- 
cava, superne subdenticulata, nervis brevissimis obsole- 
lis; perich. dense vaginantia appresa longius angustius 
