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BARBULA SPIRALIS Schimp. iu C. M. Syn. i: 622. 1849 

 Puebla: (892) ; Mayorazgo (4673, 5975 j ; Cerro Guadalupe (655, 

 663, 675, 681, 690, 691, 692, 693. 4619, 4620) ; Rancho Guadalupe 

 (728, 4591, 4(02 p. p., 4604 p. p.. 4607, 4609 p. p.) ; Rio Alseseca 

 (701); Malinche (6003). Distr. Federal: Tlaquecomeca (9478); 

 Mixcoac (9446, 9447, 9449, 9482). Tlaxcala: Acuitlapilco (741, 

 742). Morelia : Campanario (7922) ; Andanieo (4830, 4843. 4844) ; 

 Cuincho (5082) ; Cerro Azul (5053) ; Lonia del Zapote (7509). Valle 

 de Mexico {Bro. Ainable) : San Juauico ( 1231, 1262) ; Texcoco 

 (1287) : Guadalupe (1228) ; Penon de los Bauos (1256). 



Of all the mosses known to Mexico this species seems to be the 

 most common. 



BARBULA EHRENBERGII (Lor.) Fleisch. var. MEXICANA Ther., var. nov. 

 Nuevo Leon: Monterrey (Bro. Abboii 10969). 

 A forma typica differt foliis valde revolutis. 



BARBULA (Hydrogonium) RUBRICAULIS Then, sp. nov. 

 Nuevo Leon: Monterrey (Bro. Abbon 10968). 

 Sterilis. Caespites densi, glauco-virides. CauHs erectus, sim[)lex, 

 ruber, 1.5-2 cm. altus, basi terra obrutus, laxe foliosus. Folia sicca 



Fif,. 10. — Barbula nihricaiilis Ther. i, 2, leaves; 3, acumen; 4. median and 

 marginal cells; 5, basal cells. Barbula Abboiiii Ther. (>, 7, leaves; <S, cross- 

 section of leaf; Q, acumen; 10, median cells; 11, basal cells. 



erecto-flexuosa, madida crecta, paulum jjatula, oljUjngo-ligulata, sub- 

 obtusa, concava, decurrentia, marginibus intggris, planis vel uno 

 latere parce retlexis ; costa basi 60-70 /x, apicem attingente, rete chlo 



