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Leskea, Hedw. 
1. L. pygmea, Tayl. Monoica. Caule decumbente, subramoso, 
debili, complanato ; foliis imbricatis, erecto-patentibus, lanceo- 
latis, acuminatis, integerrimis, enerviis; capsula erectiuscula 
turbinata, ore amplo; operculo rostrato ; seta levi. 
On Octoblepharon albidum, Hedw. Puerto del Napo. Dr. 
Manuel Villavicensio; communicated by Prof. W. Jameson. 
May, 1847. 
Stems rarely one inch long, whitish, slightly green, shining, 
crowded towards the top. Perichætia minute, lateral. Outer 
peristome of sixteen teeth, each marked with a longitudinal dark 
line, inner of sixteen Zaciniæ, which sometimes have between them 
a very short process. Capsule slightly inclined, much reticulated, 
brown. Plants scarcely observable with the naked eye, in short, 
more diminutive than any species we have seen. Male flowers 
two or three together at the base of the shoots. 
Fasronia, Raddi. 
1. F. Jamesoni, Tayl. Monoica. Caule abbreviato, laxe cæspitoso, 
ramoso; foliis patentibus, subsecundis, late lanceolatis, acumi- 
natis, ciliatis, mediotenus uninerviis, acumine elongato, incolori, 
integerrimo ; capsula subinclinata, oblongo-turbinata; peri- 
chztio subradicali. 
Picked out of a tuft of Neckera gracillima, Tayl. On trees: on 
Pichincha. Prof. W. Jameson. Dec., 1846. : 
Tufts scarcely half an inch high. Stems very slender. Shoots 
of a pale lively green. Leaves, in a dry state of the plant, secund 
Yet very patent; their margins at the base with large and wide 
cells, elsewhere the cellules are linear. Pedicel three to four lines 
long. Capsule with a narrow obconical apophysis. Peristome of 
sixteen equidistant lanceolate obtuse teeth, each marked with a 
longitudinal opaque line. Confessing that we have never seen the 
Swiss F. octoblepharis, Schwaeg., if we may judge by the descrip- 
tion and figure, ours may readily be distinguished by the more 
upright branches, the less imbricated and subsecund leaves, whose 
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