485 . (2 :; 



sterile species of Dicranwn in dense tufts, copiously fruiting. 

 Compared with nos. ii, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20 and 21 of the species 

 Hsted by Mitten in his Musci Austro-Americani. Most closely 

 related to P. gracilenta Hpe., but differing in its smaller size and 

 shorter pedicel. 



Philonotis pagionifolia C. M., n. sp. Yungas, 4000-6000 ft. 



1885(3139)- 



Plants forming dense, matted tufts, with little fruit ; stems 

 short, branches fasciculate, about 5 mm. long, slender and curved 

 at apex; leaves erect-spreading or secund, narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate from a clasping, slightly decurrent base ; margins 

 thickened or revolute with several rows of teeth from base to 

 apex; vein thick, excurrent into a toothed subulate apex; cells 

 clear and square at base, all papillose on the upper surface. Dioe- 

 cious ; perigonium broad and clear at base, long-cuspidate at 

 apex ; perichetium concave, hyaline at base, ecostate, also with a 

 long serrate tip ; both sets of bracts much longer than the stem 

 leaves. Pedicels 20-25 mm. long, bright glossy, orange-colored; 

 capsule 3 mm. long, oblique, strongly ribbed when dry ; lid mam- 

 illate ; peristome double. 



Resembling P. gracilenta Hpe. (Lindig, New Granada) but the 



leaves are more blunt. Compared with Mandon's no. 1676 from 



Sorata, Bolivia, named by Schimper Philonotis Boliviana, it differs 



in its slender and delicate branches, which are less fasciculate. 



Specimens at Kew are much confused in this troublesome group 



of species, but ours do not seem to agree with any of theirs. The 



nearest are those collected by Matthews at Casapi, Peru, in Herb. 



Hooker, named by Wilson and labelled "No. 2313, Bartramia un- 



cinata" {B. scabrida Schwaegr. Supp.//. 57), but they differ in the 



leaves being non-cuspidate and in the large ecostate perichetium. 



Bartramia (plicatella) scorpioides C. Miiller. n. sp. Near 



Yungas, 4000 ft., 1885 (3138). 



Plants large, 5-6 cm. high, decumbent and matted with brown 

 tomentumatbase, yellowish-green, glossy; stems arcuate, branching 

 by innovations 1-2 cm. long, or fasciculate; leaves secund, uncin- 

 ate, acuminate, plicate; vein narrow, ending in the carinate serru- 

 late apex, forming a sharp point; cells all papillose, the end walls 

 thickened; dioecious; the antheridia surrounded by broad orange- 

 colored bracts, with serrate papillose tips ; perichetial leaves broad, 

 clasping and hyaline, smooth and entire, vein narrow, excurrent 

 into a slender point ; pedicels 10-15 mm. long, red, curved at tip; 

 capsules all eaten off or decayed. 



