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differs from Syntrichia subulata, Web. et Mohr, by the 
peristome, the shorter lid as well as capsule; by the leaves 
wider above, and remarkably by their reticulated structure. 
2. T. fragilis, Tayl. Caule laxe cæspitoso, crecto, subdi- 
chotomo; foliis imbricatis erectis, supremis patentibus, 
latis, lineari-lanceolatis, obtusis, nervo excurrente apicu- 
latis, integerrimis, margine flexuosis, fragillimis, basi ex- 
succis; pedicello demum axillari, subflexuoso, tenui; capsula 
ex ovata basi cylindrica, inæquali, hine incurva; operculo 
longirostro, obliquo.—On Pichincha; Prof. W. Jameson. 
Nov. 1846. 
Shoots 14 inches high, rusty brown, olive-green above. 
Leaves crowded and more expanded at the summits of the 
shoots, adpressed and twisted when dry, their nerve stout ; 
their upper part of a dense structure, while the lower is 
devoid of green parenchyma and largely reticulated ; pedi- 
cels overtopping the shoots by one quarter of an inch. Pe- 
Titome short, divided to the base, pale reddish. Capsule 
slightly curved. Cape specimens of Tort. ruralis, Schwaeg., 28 
collected by Menzies, resemble our species; but, they 
have hair-pointed leaves, the fringe is tubular beneath, the — — 
C is less incurved, and the leaves more adpressed when 
S T. Pichinchensis, Tayl. Caule laxe emspitoso, erecto, | 
"ubsimplici; foliis imbricatis, patenti-recurvis, lingulatis, — 
 Obtusissimis, subrepando-denticulatis, nervo excurrente, - 
flexuosis, margine reflexis; capsula ovato-cylindrica, næ 
i quali, subcurvata; operculo rostrato, inclinato; peristomio - 
E. "usque fisso.— On Pichincha; Prof. W. Jameson. | 
