Musci Exortict.—AHumboldtiant. 
FABRONIA POLYCARPA. 
Fabronia, caule repente ramoso, foliis laxis ovato-acu- 
minatis reticulatis integerrimis, nervo brevi, capsula 
turbinata, operculo conico. (Tas. II.) 
Has. In umbrosis montis Quindiu, ad radices Quercus Grana- 
tensis juxta la Quebrada de Toche, altit. 1050 hexapod. 
Humboldt et Bonpland. 
Caules vix semiunciales, repentes, substellatim ramosi, basin 
versus radicibus parvis fibrosis instructi (f. 2). Folia (f.3) 
undique laxe imbricata, subpatentia, mollia, ovato-acuminata, 
integerrima, parum concava, reticulata, nervo ante medium 
evanescente. Perichetialia (f.3) magis angusta, enervia. 
Sete numerosz, vix tres lineas longe, erectz, paululum cur- 
vate atque incrassate, pallide, apicem versus attenuats 
(f. 2). Capsula (f. 6) erecta, turbinata, sub-apophysata. 
Calyptra dimidiata (f.5). Operculum (f.4) conicum, ob- 
tusum, Peristomium (f. 6, 7) octo-dentatum, dentibus ho- 
rizontalibus, geminatis, flavis, transversim striatis, 
This plant accords so well, not only in habit but also in the 
general structure of the teeth, with the genus Fabronia* of 
Schwaegrichen, that I can have little hesitation in placing it in 
that genus, to which I would assign the following character : 
Seta lateralis. Perist. simplex dentibus 8-geminatis. Calyptra 
dimidiata. Thus will the number of its teeth distinguish it from 
Pterogonium, and the lateral insertion of the fruitstalks from 
Octoblepharum. From the hitherto described species of Fabro- 
nia the present differs in the entire leaves as well as in the form 
and texture of the teeth of the peristome. 
Fig. 1. Plant mat. size. The rest are more or less magni- 
fied. : 
* Perist. simplex, dentibus octo parium involutis. Flores axillares, 
gemmiformes. Sp. Muse. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 337. 
