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cels, by the longer beak of the lid, and by the absence of 
spicules on the stems. The name H. Zaricinum, Hook., may 
therefore be left with the Cape of Good Hope specimens. 
4. H. floridum, Tayl; caule basi simplici, nudo, erecto, 
supra bipinnato surculis complanatis attenuatis; foliis 
erecto-patentibus, late ovatis, concavis obtusiusculis, acu- 
minulatis, serrulatis, mediotenus, uninerviis ; pericheetiis 
confertis, majoribus; pedicellis levibus; capsula ovata, 
subinclinata; operculo longius rostrato. — Near Quito, 
Prof. W. Jameson. Nov. 1846. E 
Five to six inches high, grass-green. Leaves without 
Sirie. Outer peristome pale, the inner with 16 foraminulose 
lacinie and pairs of very short filiform processes inter- 
posed. From our Leskea superba it differs by the more 
constantly attenuated branches, by the bipinnate stems, and 
by the acuminulate leaves; also by the more numerous and 
- Shorter pedicels, and by the inner peristome being more 
distinctly that of a Hypnum. | 
LzeskEA, Hedw. 
3 LL aciculata, Tayl. Caule procumbente, elongato, pin- - 
Mato; pinnis remotiusculis, patentibus; foliis laxis, erecto- — 
 Patentibus, lanceolatis, longius acuminatis, serrulatis, me~ — 
diotenus uninerviis ; fructu caulinari ; pedicellis aggregatis, - 
brevibus, scabris, perichætio duplo longioribus; capsula 
= ovata; operculo rostrato.—Near Quito; Prof. 
W. Jameson. Nov. 1846. l | 
Stems 6-8 inches long; branches very slender, about one 
^ long, slightly flexuose at their tops. Leaves sheathing, — 
a the branches very narrow. Perichetia always on the 
Main stem, about one third as long as the pedicels. Calyptra | 
dimidiate, Capsule nearly erect, unequal. Inner peris ome - 
ots rforate lacinie, without any filiform processes i 
posed. This is allied to L. concinna, Hook., on 
“markable habit of the female inflorescence. — 
^ leptoclada, Tayl. Caule repente, squam 
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