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much a species as a man, and the work of the same divine Creator ; 
also, that the attentive study of the little leads to the discovery of 
general laws applicable to the great; and that the knowledge of 
such laws arms the mind and the hand with power convertible to 
the highest purposes of life. 
Gymnostomum, Hedw. 
1. G. Jamesoni, Tayl. Monoicum. Caule cæspitoso, erecto, sub- 
simplici; foliis arcte imbricatis, concavis, erectis, ovato-lanceo- 
latis, marginatis, subdenticulatis, nervo excurrente; seta sur- 
culis duplo longiori ; capsula erecta, ex strumosa angusta basi 
cylindrica, levi; operculo longius tenuirostro; calyptra apice 
opaca coriacea, basi pellucida. : 
On Pichincha; near the limits of perpetual snow. 5th July, 
1847. Prof. W. Jameson. 
Tufts yellowish-green, scarcely half an inch high. Margins of 
the leaves incurved. True annulus or peristome none; but an 
annular, jagged, pale membrane may be observed within the mouth 
of the capsule. Lid with a slender beak. Calyptra in opacity 
and dark brown colour resembles that of some of the Polytricha. 
Perichætial leaves like the cauline. Below the base of the peri- 
chetium, in a cavity indented in the stem, are seen numerous linear 
anthers on slender bases and with wider tops, sometimes consisting 
of two series of cells. No paraphyses occur either with the anthers 
or the pisti//a. We know of no Gymnostomum to which we may 
compare the present. It has neither the calyptra of a Physcomi- 
trion, nor the persistent operculum of a Voitia, to which last, 
however, it approaches in habit. 
2. G. acidotum, Tayl. Monoicum. Caule cæspitoso, surculis 
erectis, subsimplicibus, basi nudis, apice complanatis ; foliis 
arcte imbricatis, erectiusculis, lanceolatis, longius acuminatis, 
subintegerrimis, grosse cellulosis, marginibus ad apices incurvis ; 
seta apice subincurva, scabriuscula ; capsula obovata, operculo 
planiusculo. 
On Pichincha; near the limits of perpetual snow. Prof. W. 
Jameson. 5th July, 1847. 
