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very highly magnified; f. 7. highly magnified portion of a 
broken capsule; f. 8. a broken capsule, with some seeds 
adhering ; f. 9. a small tuft, natural size, shewing frond 
and radicles. 
Brief characters of some New Mosses, collected in New 
GRANADA by Mn. W. Purpte, indicated by W. WILSON, 
Esa. 
(With 2 Plates, Tass. X. XL.) 
l. Andrea subenervis, (Hook. et Wils.); caule elongato parce 
ramoso, foliis laxis patentibus ellipticis obtusiusculis sub- 
enerviis, perichætialibus majoribus erectis, theca exserta. 
(Tas. X.) 
Has. Paramo of Ruiz, with Polytrichum trichodon. (Purdie.) 
Stems 2 inches long, and more, erect. Leaves oblong-ellip- 
tical, obtuse, slightly apiculate, concave, greenish purple, 
With a very obscure broad nerve, not reaching half way. 
Allied to A. lawifolia, (Hook. fil. et Wils.), but differing in 
the broader elliptical, not subulate leaves. It also ap- 
Proaches Acroschisma Wilsoni (Hook. fil.) in the formation 
of the capsule. zt ee ee 
Tas, A, subenervis,— Fig. 1. Plants: nat. size; f. 2. upper 
portion of a fertile plant ; f. 3. 4. 5. leaves; f. 6. 7. cap- 
; ‘Sules in different states :—magnified. — ee | 
2 Polytrichum trichodon, (Hook. et Wils.); caule subsim- 
= plici, foliis erectis ovato-lanceolatis acutis canaliculatis — — 
Integerrimis, theca obliqua suberecta ovata microstoma, == 
operculo rostrato, peristomii dentibus 16 angustissimis, — 
calyptra subnuda. (Tas. X.) tug : ae 
Han. Paramo of Ruiz, on volcanic ashes near the line o 
Perpetual snow. July, 1846. (Purdie) ^. HER 
ems about half an inch long, or more. Leaves soi Je 
Fute, lamellated on the upper surface, brownish. 
 Fofaninch long, thick. Capsule not 
