330 NEW MUSCI AND HEPATICÆ. 
subulato ; peristomio simplici, brevissimo.—On Pichincha, 
Prof. W. Jameson. Nov. 1846. 
Tufts loose, 1-2 inches high, pea-green. Texture of the 
leaves dense. Peristome scarcely rising above the mouth of 
the capsule, of 16 very irregular, subtriangulate, acuminulate, 
short, pale teeth. Allied to Z. viridissimus, Smith: the - 
leaves are wider, denticulate at the tops, and the peristome, - 
such as it is, constant. 
2. Z. stenocarpus, Tayl. Caule laxe cæspitoso, erecto, sub- 
dichotomo ; foliis imbricatis, patenti-recurvis, siccitate 
subadpressis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, canaliculatis, inte- 
gerrimis, margine subundulatis, nervo sub apice eva- 
nescente; pedicello stramineo, tenui; capsula erecta, 
cylindrica, striata, apophysi obconica; operculo longi- 
rostro, declinato; peristomio externo subnullo, interno 
.. 16-ciliato. —On Pichincha, Prof. JV. Jameson. Nov. 1846. - 
. Tufts nearly one inch high, pale-green. Texture of the 
. leaves dense, and dotted, indeed strongly resembling those. 
= of Z. viridissimus, Smith, from which it differs by the | 
Size, the cylindrical capsules, and by the pee x 
inner peristome, the outer being but an annular shred, 
which divisions are not distinctly observable. — 
WzissiA, Hedw. 
i: W. Jamesoni, Tayl. Caule laxe cæspitoso, erecta, 
mplici ; foliis subimbricatis, subpatentibus, ovatis, act 
ptine vibus, dentatis, submarginatis ; pedicellis s 
/ la erectiuscula, ovato-cylindracea, 
guste apophysata ; operculo longirostro, rostro 
On Pichincha, Prof. JV. Jameson. Nov. 1846. — 
. Shoots exceeding one inch in height, rather thick. 
at the base with a dense ferruginous down. Lea 
twisted when dry. An annulus. presan ceth 
peristome 16, lanceolate, acu e; br 
