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currente ; rete opaco, cellulis hexagonis. 10 /x, parietibus tenuibus, 

 dense et minute papillosis, cellulis inferioribus rectangularibus, pellu- 

 cidis, laevibus, parietibus firmis. Folia pericliaetialia numerosa, ex- 

 terna patulo-subsquarrosa, intima convoluta, longe vaginantia, decolo- 

 lata, longissima, 4 mm. longa, obtusiuscula, apiculata ; pedicellus ruber, 

 1 5 mm. longus ; capsula erecta, angustissime cylindrica vel arcuato- 

 cylindrica, 4 mm. longa, 0.4 mm. crassa ; calyptra ^ partem capsulae 

 obtegens ; operculum longe conicum, 1.3 mm. longum ; annulus smi- 

 plex ; peristomium elatum, i mm. altum, dentibus valde contortis, 

 membrana basilari brevi ; sporae laeves, 8-9 fx. 



Differs widely from the other Mexican species of the section Stre- 

 blotrichuin in size and habit, and especially in the dimensions of the 

 capsule. 



MORINIA EHRENBERGIANA (C. M.) Ther., comb. nov. 



Barbula Ehrenbcrgiana C. M. Syn. i: 636. 1849. 



Barbida trichostomoidcs Besch. Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 38. 1871. 



Morinia trichostomoidcs Card. Rev. Bryol. 37: 124. 1910. 



Valle de Mexico: Desierto, on earth (Bro. Amable 1240). 



While studying this specimen I recognized, by a happy chance, its 

 identity with Barbula Ehrenbcrgiana C. M. and with Morinia tri- 

 chostomoides (Besch.) Card. The name established by Miiller has 

 priority, hence the above new combination. 



ALOINA CALCEOLIFOLIA (Spruce) Broth, in E. & P. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 



i^: 428. 1902 



Puebla: (704) ; Mayorazgo (4672). 



ALOINELLA CATENULA Card. Rev. Bryol. 36: 76. 1909 



Valle de Mexico {Bro. Amable) : Desierto (1207 p. p., 121 7 p. p.) ; 

 Salazar (1296 p. p.). 



Terrestrial, in isolated bits, always associated with other mosses. 



TORTULA PARVA Card. var. LATIFOLIA Ther., var. nov. 



Puebla: (4509) ; Rancho Santa Barbara (4593, 4600) ; Hacienda 

 Alamos (4720). MoreHa: Cerro Azul (4933). Valle de Mexico: 

 Cartridge Factory (Bro. Amable 1459 p. p.). 



A forma typica differt statura robustiore, foliis longioribus et duplo 

 latioribus, 1.2-1.8 mm. X 0.6-0.8 mm. 



