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On Pichincha. Prof. W. Jameson. May, 1847. 
Shoots whitish-green, thick, rather flattened, about one inch 
long. Leaves thickly set, their points long, their base very con- 
eave, striated when dry, and slightly so when wet, serrulate 
throughout the margin, their nerve short. Capsule unequal. Pe- 
ristome standing up as an obtuse cone; the caver with sixteen 
imperforate ciliæ, having pairs of filiform processes interposed. 
Pedicel not much overtopping the shoots. Capsule nearly erect, 
never cernuous. No male flowers observed. Differs from 
H. detum, Brid., by the elongated fine points of the leaves, by 
their smaller serratures, by the less pinnate stems, by the thicker 
and more shining shoots, by the more concave leaves, whose nerves 
are shorter, and by the smaller perichetium. 
3. H. disparifolium, Tayl. Caule procumbente, implexo, subpin- 
nato; folis imbricatis, secundis enerviis, serratis, caulinis late 
cordatis longius apiculatis, rameis lanceolatis acuminatis ; capsula 
subcernua, subspherica; operculo longius rostrato ; seta levi. 
On Pichincha. Prof. W. Jameson. Dec., 1846. 
Shoots pale yellowish-green, branches short, the upper falcate. 
Stem-leaves with a very broad somewhat decurrent base. Pedi- 
cels about one inch long, bent at the top, so that the capsule 
appears cernuous. Inner peristome of sixteen Zacinie, rarely with a 
very inconsiderable filiform process interposed. Calyptra dimidiate. 
This has some resemblance to H. flage//are, Dicks.; but the cap- 
sule is nearly round, and the leaves on the branches lanceolate and 
acuminate. No male flowers observed. 
4. H. conchophyllum, Tayl. Monoicum; caule decumbente, 
pinnato; surculis complanatis; foliis laxe imbricatis, paten- 
tibus, subdistichis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, ruptinervibus, 
subdenticulatis; capsula anguste oblonga, cernua; operculo 
rostrato ; seta levi. 
On Pichincha. Prof. W. Jameson. May, 1847. 
Stems irregularly pinnate. Leaves gradually acuminated, their 
nerve scarcely extending above the middle, their margins plane, 
except at the very base, where they are somewhat reflexed. Peri- 
_ chatia conspicuous, whitish. Calyptra dimidiate. Lid nearly as 
