﻿TAB. XXXIV, 



JJRYUM (PoHLIa) TELLUCENS. 



Elongatum ca^spitosum raniosum, foliis pateiUibus linearibus 

 acutis pellucklis reticulatis flexuosis carinatis integerrimis 

 nervo gracili subcontinuo^ cupsula inclinata apophysata pyri- 

 fornii demum subsulcata, operculo conico-rostrato. 



Hab. In caves, Surrucuchoj near Cuenca, Columbia. Prof. 

 Jameson. 



Caules c^spitosi, 2—3 pollicares, ramosi, dense foliosi. Folia 

 patentia, flexuosa, lineaiia, integerrima, caiinata, pellucida, reticu- 

 lata, apice acuminata, siccitate nltidluscula, flavo-virescentxa. 

 S€t<2 numerosae, vix pollicem longae, gracillirase, fulva. Capsula 

 paululum inclinata, pallide fuscescens, basi apopliysata (una cum 

 apopliysi) fere exacte pyriformis. Operculum e basi conica sub- 

 longe rostratum. Os subcontractum. Peristomium duplex: ext 

 \ 16-dentatum, dentibus subulatis, siccitate inflexis x—int. (ut vide- 

 tur) e dentibus 16 anguste subulatis, basi dilatatis. 

 It is not a litlle remarkable, tbat about the same time that 

 Trofessor Jameson found this beautiful and delicate moss in 

 South America, Mr. W. Wilson detected a species of the same 

 ^ genus in England, so much resenibling it, that, except in its 

 smaller size, narrower and more subulate, and not at all glossy 

 leaves, it is hardly to be distinguished from lix—ih^ Bryum 

 {Pohlia) gracile. Wils. in Gardn. Muse. Brit, t 34. Jpp. 



Fig. 1. Plant, 72ai. size. / 2-5. Leaves. /. 6. Upper por- 

 tion of a leaf {more magnified), f. T. Capsule, with the opei- 

 culum. / 8. The same, the operculum heing removed. /• J- 

 Tortion of the peristome : — magnifed. 



