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longiusculis pallidis, cellulis viridibus v. pallidis, papillis 
vix conspicuis valde sparsis instructis; perich. subsquar- 
rosa, e basi late vaginante laxius reticulata longe reflexe 
acuminata subdenticulata; theca in ped. elongato cras- 
siusculo purpurascente laevi nutans ovata majuscula ba- 
dia annulata; ore coarctata, operc. breviter rostrato; 
perist. robusti d. ext. lutei longissimi lati, int. flavidi per- 
forati, ciliis binis; calyptra laevissima. 
Leskea pallida Schw. Suppl. HI. H. 2. t. 291. — — Isothecium 
pallidum Brid. I. p. 386. — Hypnum pallidum Hook. in Kunth 
Synops. Pl. Aeg. L p. 63. — H. paltescens Arnott in Brid. 1. c. — 
H. andicolum Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 83; Leskea andicola Brid. II. p. 
297. — H. reptans Sw. Fl. Ind, Occ. HI. p. 1819 e spec. authent. 
— Hedwig Sp. Musc. p. 265, t. 68, — Brid. 1. p. 448. 
Patria. 1n crepidinibus Andium inter Tulcam et 
Quito Peruviae ad terram: Humboldt et Bonpland. 
Venezuela, prov. Caracas: Moritz; Galipan: Karsten; 
Brasilia, in insula Stae Catharinae, in sylvis flum. Ita- 
jahi, ad coloniam Germanicam, Oct. et Nov. 1846: Pabst 
in societate 44. elegantuli formam magis viridem legit; 
ex insula Jamaica primus retulit Swartz. Inter regio- 
nes orbis novi aequinoctiales late distributa videtur. 
Ab H. elegantulo proximo notis cursive impressis 
differt. 
95. M. thelistegum C. Müll; monoicum; longe re- 
pens procumbens valde compressum tenerum, ramis bre- 
vibus /laccidis laete viridibus subpinnatum; folia caulina 
subdistichaceo - plumulosa laxe patentia, latiuscule lanceo- 
lato - acuminata, acumine longiuseulo rectiusculo v. obli- 
quo, caviuscula, margine ubique erecto vel infima basi 
vir impresso, cellulis alaribus paucissimis quadratis prae- 
dito, ubique parce subdenticulato, nervis et cellulis HM. 
elegantuli; perich. tenera longe filiformi - acuminata fle- 
vuosa haud squarrosa, pallidissima; theca in ped. tener- 
rimo purpurascente laevi nutans, minute sphaerico -ovalis, 
deoperculata ore valde constricta urceolata, badia, annu- 
lata, operc. Aemisphaerico obtuso breviter mammillato ; 
calyptra laevissima; perist. minuti d. ext. lutei intus vix 
