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and they are, even when dry, subsquarrose; the pedicels, 
too, are far shorter. 
Bartramia, Hedw. 
l. B. subsessilis, Tayl. Caule subcæspitoso, erecto, sub- 
simplici ; foliis arcte imbricatis, subsecundis, ex ovata basi 
subulato-setaceis, margine reflexis, denticulatis, siccitate 
strictis, rectiusculis; pedicello brevissimo ; capsula sub- 
exserta, erectiuscula, sphærica, estriata; operculo minuto. 
— On Pichincha; Prof. W. Jameson. Nov. 1846. 
Shoots 14 inches high, brownish beneath, lively green 
above. Leaves with Supillacsous points, whose denticula- 
tions are discernible by a strongly magnifying lens. A À 
solitary capsule only was observed, at the mouth of which, 
after the most careful dissection, no traces of a perme | 
. appeared; yet the fruit was full grown and brown. - Cellules. 
. of the lid much smaller than those of the capsule. ‘The 
. pedicel is shorter than in B. Halleriana, Hedw., the les bi 
‘straighter, the size smaller; besides, the np is with 
strie. at 
2. B. Jamesoni, Tayl. ‘Caule laxe. sr eredo 
tomo; surculis apice incrassatis; foliis arcte imbricatis, 
elongatis, siccitate subtortilibus, ex subulata am; amm 
_ basi linearibus, acuminatis, celluloso-subserrulatis ; caps 
axillari, serait SIM ere d levi; k iie eristomi 
ROMS CUN : -—— B ‘the inn 
foi ; pale, thick, annular membrane it 
