NO. I MEXICAN MOSSES THERIOT 5 



GRIMMIA OVATA Web. & Mohr, forma dioica 

 Morelia: Cerro San Miguel (5070) ; Campanario (7449)- 



GRIMMIA ARSENEI Card. Rev. Bryol. 40: 37- iQ^S 



Morelia: (7894, 7906). 



Sterile plants. It would be interesting to know this plant in fruit, 

 in order to be sure of its affinities. By its size and form and the 

 direction and areolation of the leaves it appears very close to G. 

 calif ornka Sull. ; nevertheless it may be distinguished by the areola- 

 tion of the lamina, which is very opaque and formed throughout by 

 two layers of cells, while in G. calif ornka the cells are bistratose only 

 on the margin (i to 6 rows of cells). 



GRIMMIA CALIFORNICA Sull. 



Valle de Mexico: Salazar, upon earth {Bro. Aniable 1293). 

 I believe this species is new for Mexico. 



FUNARIACEAE 

 FUNARIA SARTORII C. M. 



Puebla: Hacienda Alamos (4724 in part) ; Rancho Posadas (4806). 

 Distrito Federal: Mixcoac (9472); Desierto (Bro. Amahle 1206, 

 1217). 



Determined from description. Brother Amable's specimens differ 

 from Brother Arsene's in having shorter and slightly broader leaves, 

 shorter peristome, and larger and more verrucose spores. They may 

 represent a distinct species. 



FUNARIA APICULATIPILOSA Card. Rev. Bryol. 40: 37- 1913 

 Puebla: Cerro Guadalupe (686, 687, 4613) ; Rancho Guadalupe 



(4590» 4592) • 



Nos. 686 and 687 have horizontal, larger capsules and a higher peri- 

 stome; moreover, their leaves are more difficult to moisten. 



FUNARIA EPIPEDOSTEGIA Card. Rev. Bryol. 36: 109. 1909 

 Morelia: Cerro San Miguel (5043, 5044, 5083); Campanario 

 (7939a)- 



FUNARIA ORTHOPODA Ther., sp. nov. 



(Fig. 3) 

 Puebla: Rio San Francisco (919, 923). 



Caulis brevissimus, 1-2 mm. altus, inferne denudatus, superne 

 comosus. Folia sicca et humida erecta, difficile emollita, valde concava. 



