224  STEGOCARPI. PLEUROCARPI. = Hypnum. 
2—3 pinnatus, ramis dense approrimatis complanatis fe- 
neris sordide viridibus attenuatis; folia caulina disticha- 
cea oblonga angusta breviter acuminata , apice serrulata, 
margine erecto, nervo tenui ad medium evanido, cellulis 
ellipticis submollibus viridibus, alaribus vix ullis; perich. 
vaginantia elongate acuminata reflexa subdenticulata ener- 
via, cellulis elongatis lariusculis viridibus, parietibus in- 
terruptis; theca in ped. elongato flexuoso purpureo laevi 
suberecta ovata, operc. longe subulato recto; perist. d. 
ext. longissimi late lanceolato -acuminati dense trabecu- 
lati, int. aequilongi lati carinati hiantes flavidi, ciliis 1 — 2 
interpositis. 
Climacium Porotrichum longirostrum Brid. II. p. 275, — Nec- 
cera M ostris Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 1. — Hypnum erpansum 
Tayl. Lond. Journ. of bot. 1846. p. 64. fide Wilsoni huc pertinet. 
Patria. In jugis Andium: Humboldt et Bonpland; 
in monte Pichincha pr. Quito: W. Jameson 1827. 
b. Folia uninervia. 
€. Theca erecta, 
2. H. aciculatum C. Müll; caulis 6 — 8-uncialis 
procumbens elongatus pinnatus, pinnis remotiusculis pa- 
tentibus, apice flaccidis subuncialibuss folia caulina laxa 
erecto- patentia lanceolata longius acuminata serrulata, 
mediotenus uninervia, vaginantia, ramea perangusta; pe- 
richaetia ad caulem principem aggregata, pedunculis bre- 
vibus scabris duplo longioribus, theca suberecta ovata, 
rostrate operculata; perist. int. d. perforati, ciliis singulis 
interpositis. T. 
Leskea aciculata Tayl. Lond. Journ. of bot. 1847. p. 339. 
Patria. Prope Quito Andium: W. Jameson, Nov. 
1846. 
Hypopterygio affinis appellatur, sed folia stipulaefor- 
mia auctor non descripsit. 
3. H. macrotheca C. Müll.; dioicum; caulis prima- 
rius repens tomentosus, secundarius erectus jam e basi 
fere foliosus, ramis simplicibus vel subdivisis, mox den- 
droideis, mox elongatis subpinnatim dispositis depressis; 
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