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4. Gymnostomum sulcatum, n. s. 



Dense csespitosum erectum gracillimum innovando-ramosum, folia parva 

 dense conferta minutissime papillosa carinata crispula madefacta patentia- 

 erecta lanceolata apicvlata evanidinervia, margine plana v. parum recurva, e 

 cellulis parvis incr assails areolata. Tlieca ovalis in pedunculo brevi erecta 

 sulcato-striata, operculo conico suboblique-rostrato. 



Crowded, erect, very slender, branched. Leaves crowded, minutely 

 papillose, keeled, crisped (when moistened patentia-erect), lanceolate, apicu- 

 late, nerve vanishing, margin flat or slightly recurved. Areolae small. 

 Capsule oval, erect, striate, on a short fruit-stalk. Operculum conical with an 

 oblique awl-shaped beak. 



5. Gymnostomum areolatum, n. s. 



Gregarium brevissimum, folia concava laxiuscula crispula madefacta 

 erecto-patentia elongato-oblonga v. subspatulata apiculata v. acuminata, ubique 

 e cellulis amplis pellucidis tenuissime papillosis superne rotundato-angulatis v. 

 quadratis areolata, nervo ad apicem fere extimum perdurante. Theca ovata in 

 pedunculo brevi erecta, operculo conico suboblique rostrato. 



Plants crowded, stem very short. Leaves concave, lax, crisp, when mois- 

 tened erecto-patent, elongato-oblong or subspatulate, apiculate or acuminate 5 

 areolae throughout large, pellucid, papillose, towards the point rotundato- 

 angular, nerve extending to the apex. Theca ovate, erect, on a short fruit- 

 stalk, operculum conical with an oblique beak. 



6. Gymnostomum angustatum, n. s. 



Plants humiles. Folia madefacta patentia curva papillosa linealia obtusa, 

 margine erecta, nervo dorso prominente infra apice evanido. Theca erecta 

 ovalis ; operculum e basi conica in rostrum subulatum continuatum. 



Plants small. Leaves (when moistened, spreading, curved), papillose, 

 linear, obtuse, margin erect, nerve prominent at the back, vanishing below 

 the apex. Theca erect, oval, operculum with an awl-shaped beak continued 

 from the conical base. 



