282 NEW CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS 
distinguished by the struma at the base of the more curved capsules 
and by the serrulate summits of the leaves. 
Lrucopon, Schwaeg. 
1. L. scabrisetus, Tayl. Caule procumbente, subpinnatim ramoso ; 
surculis erectis, nitidis, teretibus ; foliis arcte imbricatis, erectis, 
concavis, cordatis longius acuminatis, serrulatis, basi uninerviis, 
striatis ; seta scabra; capsula erecta, lineari-oblonga; operculo 
elongato-conico. 
On Pichincha; near the limits of perpetual snow. Prof. W. 
Jameson. 5th July, 1847. ` 
Lower branches sometimes flagelliform and creeping, the upper 
scarcely half an inch high, the younger pale yellowish and shining. 
Leaves closely adpressed, even when wetted. Peristome of six- 
teen equidistant, lanceolate, pale teeth, marked in the avis with a 
faint opaque line. Capsule very slightly inclined. Differs from 
L. tomentosus, Hook., by the absence of dense down at the bases 
of the branches, by the scabrous seta, by the wider teeth of the 
peristome, and by the broader leaves. 
BRACHYMENIUM, Schwaeg. 
1. B. Jamesoni, Tayl. Caule laxe cæspitoso, erecto, subramoso ; 
surculis basi rufescenti-tomentosis; foliis imbricatis, erecto- - 
patentibus, subsecundis, late ovato-lanceolatis, marginatis, ser- 
rulatis, nervo ante apicem evanescente; seta elongata, levi; 
capsula erectiuscula, elliptico-cylindracea, levi; operculo elon- 
gato-conico, obtuso. 
On Pichincha. Prof. W. Jameson. 8th Aug., 1847. 
Shoots flattish, pale green, about two inches high. Leaves 
marginate, but plane at the margins, slightly concave. No 
male flowers observed. Outer peristome of sixteen equidistant 
teeth, opaque and reddish below, pellucid and white above; inner, 
a coloured membrane with sixteen folds, terminating irregularly- 
Capsules nearly two lines long. This rivals the noble B. Nepa- 
lense, Schwaeg. The lid, however, is longer ; the leaves have their 
nerves disappearing before their points, and when dry, are not so 
much twisted ; besides, there is no apophysis to the capsule. 
