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lines of division along the axes. From the obliqueness of 
the beak of the lid, the calyptra is concluded to be dimidiate. 
This is unlike any of the described Weissig. It has some 
analogy with Eremodon splachnoides, Brid. : the nature of the 
peristome is very different ; and in this respect is more like 
that of our Brachyiiirium.: 
Mievicnoreria, Hornsch. 
l. M. Jamesoni, Tayl. Caule brevissimo, cæspitoso, erec- 
tiusculo ; surculis clavatis; foliis arcte imbricatis, erectis, 
ovatis, acutis, subintegerrimis, uninerviis; pedicellis caule 
quadruplo longioribus, apice incurvis; capsula rotundato- 
x Ovata, apophysi obconica, siccitate rugosa ; peristomio bre- 
vissimo, albido.—On Pichincha ; Prof. m. Jameson. Nov. 
1846. 
Shoots scarcely one line long, reddish below. Teeth of 
the peristome lanceolate, kordeti approached in pairs, 
many are truncate. This is closely allied to M. macrocarpa, 
ei (Weissia macrocarpa, n. 74, Musci Americani, of _ 
“Tummond.) 
lic 1 e while the Med: is more round. 
SYRRHOPODON, Sehoaep. ; 
; Jameson, Tayl. Caule cæspitoso, erecto, 
s laxis, siccitate crispis, ex exsucca amplexante erecta _ 
, Patenti-recurvis, dentatis, nervo subpellucido per- - 
'515 5 pedicello tenui; capsula ovata, inzequali, inclinata. = 
On Pichincha; Prof. W. Jackson. Nov. 1846. —— 
fts nearly one inch high, of a lively green. Peristome 
'S from a pale shallow subpellucid membrane with 
aa of the capsule ; ; teeth 16, Songs, 
The stems are far shorter, more aee the + 
