62 NEW SPECIES OF MUSCI. 



ternate or binate processes interposed. An annulus is 

 present. Differs from Neckera planifolia, Hook., by the 

 greater size, being 8 inches high, by the more branched 

 stem, by the nerved leaves and by the seta arising from the 

 branches, not, as in the Neckera, from the principal stem. 



2. L. gymnopoda ; caule procumbente, ramoso, ramis den- 

 droideis, adscendentibus, basi nudis, sursum fasciculatis ; 

 surculis complanatis, attenuatis ,* foliis laxe imbricatis, 

 erecto-patentibus, siccitate striatis, ovato-lanceolatis, mar- 

 gine basi recurvis sursum serrulatis mediotenus uninerviis; 

 pericheetialibus majoribus, recurvis ; capsula inclinata, 

 anguste apophysata, ovata. — Woods on the western decli- 

 vity of Pichincha, Prof. William Jameson, (Dr. Greville's 

 Herbarium.) 



The naked and simple part of the shoots is very slender; 

 branches rather short. Pericheetia two or three together, of 

 conspicuous size. Outer peristome of sixteen barred, lan- 

 ceolate teeth, inner of as many foraminulose cilise united at 

 the base by a short membrane. Allied to the preceding, but 

 comparatively diminutive, with narrower and more acute 

 leaves and an apophysated capsule. 



3. L. anyustata; caule laxe csespitoso, procumbente, vage 

 ramoso ; surculis teretibus ; foliis imbricatis, erectis, cor- 

 datis, acuminatis, margine basi recurvis, integerrimis, 

 nervo ante apicem evanescente; capsula cylindracea, 

 erectiuscula. — On trunks of trees, about Quito, common. 

 Prof. William Jameson, 1827, (Dr. Greville's Herba- 

 rium.) 



Stems about 1 inch long, pale olive-green ; shoots taper 

 with closely adpressed leaves. Pericheetia lanceolate, erect, 

 a little longer than the capsules. Leaves minutely dotted. 

 Inner peristome of sixteen very short lacinise which are 

 irregular in breadth, united at their bases. Differs from L- 

 rostrata, Hedw. by the more taper shoots, the more closely 

 adpressed leaves, whose margins are plane above and re- 

 markable by the cylindrical capsules. 



4. L. imponderosa ; caule pendulo, gracillimo, flexuoso, 



