Musct BExotict.—AHumboldtiani. 
HYPNUM? PATENS. 
Hypnum? caule erecto ramoso, foliis horizontaliter 
patentibus undulatis rotundatis breviter acuminatis 
subintegerrimis, nervo tenuissimo fere obsoleto. 
(Tas. LVI.) 
Has. In convallibus Andium Granatensium inter Almaguer et 
Pasto, altitudine 1200—1500 hexapod. Humloldt et Bon- 
pland. 
Caulis digitalis vel spithameus, erectus, flexuosus, ramosus, ra- 
mis iterum subpinnatim divisis, ramulis brevibus, obtusis. 
Folia dense undique inserta, horizontaliter patentia, sub- 
squarrosa, mollia, pellucida, nigro-viridia, vel subpurpurascen- 
tia, superiora viridia ; omnia rotundata, apice acuminulata, 
subserrulata, undulata, nervo tenui valde obsoleto instructa, 
atque szpe versus apicem longitudinaliter canaliculata, 
Hi. patens will rank near H. moile, but differs from it in its 
much larger size, acuminulated points, and very obsolete nerve. 
There is a groove or channel in some of the older leaves towards 
the point, which is particularly apparent when the leaf is raised 
on one side, as at fig, 3, 
Fig. 1, plants nat, size, Fig. 2, 2, leaves, Fig. 3, side view 
of a leafi—magn, 
