56 NEW SPECICS OF MUSCI. 



Brachymenium, Schivaeg. 



I. B. subrotundum ; caule caespitoso, erecto, subraraoso; 

 foliis laxe imbricatis, erecto-patentibus, siccitate tortis, 

 ovato-oblongis, longius apiculatis, apice serrulatis, mar- 

 ginatis, nervo percurrente ; seta elongata, apice decurva; 

 capsula ex angusta basi subrotunda. — On Pichincha, near 

 Quito; Feb. 1826, Prof. William Jameson, (Dr. Greville's 

 Herbarium.) 



Tufts scarcely 2 lines high, sinning, yellowish-green. 

 Leaves, even when moistened, somewhat twisted, contracting 

 suddenly into a long serrulate point. Seta curved down 

 before reaching the capsule, which, therefore, does not 

 depart from the natural character of the genus, for it is truly 

 erect, or rather in the same direction as the superior portion 

 of the seta. Peristome very short, the interior of sixteen 

 bifid, variously truncated cilise, which sometimes have a 

 short filiform process at the base of the division. The 

 subrotund capsule, cernuous from the bending of the seta, 

 distinguishes this from its congeners. 



Glyphocarpa, Brovm. 



1 . G. lavisphera ; caule laxe caespitoso, erecto,' subramoso ; 

 foliis imbricatis,patenti-recurvis, secundis, lanceolato-subu- 

 latis, longius acuminatis, serrulatis, margine reflexis, nervo 

 percurrente; seta subexserta; capsula erecta, sphserica, 

 laevi. — On Pichincha ; growing on shaded trunks of trees, 

 and on the ground; September, 23, 1826. Prof. W- 

 Jameson, (Dr. Greville's Herbarium.) 



Tufts loose, \ inch high, brownish-olive. Leaves very 

 rigid, but little altered in position when moistened, their 

 points setaceous and very long. Fruit out-topped by the 

 stems, supported on very short pedicels. Capsules quite 

 round and smooth. Peristome a very short annular mem- 

 brane. The thick shoots and short setae separate this from 

 its congeners. 



