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5. LEPTOSTOMUM, R.Brown. 

 1. Leptostomum Menziesii, R. Br. 



Leptostomum Menziesii, R Br. in Act. Soc. Linn. Lond. 10, p. 320; Schwa^r 

 Suppl. t. 104. 



Hab. Orange Harbor, Fuegia. Our specimens furnish the male 

 plants, hitherto unknown. They are simple, clavate, mixed with and 

 smaller than the fertile plants: male flower terminal subdiscoid ; 

 antheridia numerous; paraphyses filiform. 



2. Leptostomum macrocarpum, Hedw. 



Brywm macrocarpum, Hedw. Muse. Frond. 3, p. 28, t. 10. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Tribe 14. MIELICHHOFERIEiE. 



1. MIELICHHOFERIA, Nees & Hornseli. 



1. Mielichhoferia Andina, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 8.) 



M. hermaphrodita pusilla; ccespite densa ; caulibus imiovatido-ramosis 

 clavatis; foliis densissime imbricatis lanceolatis acuminatis superne 

 serratis evanido-costatis bryoideo-areolatis ; capsula ovallcylindrica 

 recta vel curvata brevicolla anmdata pendida conico-operculata, pedi- 

 cello longiusculo flexuoso, perist. dentibus tenuibus linearibus remote 

 articulatis. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, at an elevation of 15,000 feet. 



A small hermaphrodite species, growing in dense tufts. Stems 4-6 

 lines high, fastigiately branched by subclavate innovations. Leaves 



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