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patentibus, ovalibus, apiculatis, enerviis, integerrimis, basi 

 margine recurvis j perichaetialibus strictis, erectis, longius 

 acuminatis, adpressis, substriatis ; seta elongata, laevi ; 

 capsula ovata, inaequali, erectiuscula, subapophysata ; oper- 

 culo convexo, longius rostrato. — On trunks of trees, 

 Forest of Esmeraldos, Prof. William Jameson, 1827, (Dr. 

 Greville's Herbarium.) 



The setae, nearly 2 inches high, seem quite disproportioned 

 to the erect shoots that scarcely exceed 2 lines in height. 

 Leaves loosely set, yellowish-green, shining when dry. 

 Calyptra dimidiate. Outer peristome of sixteen trabeculate 

 teeth, inner of as many foraminulose laciniae, with single, 

 lanceolate, short processes interposed. Apophysis of the 

 capsule short, blackish, obconical. 



6. H. scariosum; caule laxe iraplexo ; surculis procumben- 

 tibus, subpinnatis, virenti-albidis, sericeis ; foliis caulinis 

 erectis, rameis patentibus, omnibus cordatis, longius api- 

 culatis, serrulatis, mediotenus uninerviis ; seta laevi; capsula 

 ovata, ineequali, inclinata, fuscescente. — On trunks of trees, 

 Forest of Esmeraldos, at an altitude of 7,000 feet, Prof. 

 William Jameson, (Dr. Greville's Herbarium.) 



Shoots with but little verdure, hence appearing scariose. 

 Leaves destitute of striae. Inner peristome of sixteen 

 laciniae, with single filiform processes interposed. From 

 H.plumosum, Linn, the present differs by the wider leaves, 

 their more elongated points, by the pinnate branches and by 

 the smooth setee. 



7. H. solutum; caule laxe implexo, elongato, subpinnato ; 

 ramis fasciculatis, attenuatis ; foliis subimbricatis, caulinis 

 late cordatis, elongate apiculatis, squarrosis, rameis ovatis, 

 patentibus, omnibus mediotenus uninerviis, minutissime 

 serrulatis ; seta flexuosa, leevi ; capsula oblongo-ovata, 

 incurvata; operculo rostrato. — On the ridge of Pisagua, 

 near Otovalo, at an altitude of 10,000 feet, Prof. William 

 Jameson, (Dr. Greville's Herbarium.) 



shoots several inches long, variously flexuose, their tops 

 usually with fascicled branches, pale olive-green. Outer 



