3Û8 J. TRIANA ET J.-E. IM \\( IIO\ (e. HAMPE). 



fuscescens attenuatus, apice plus rainusve fastigiato-ramosus 

 croceo-viridis ; folia undique laxe imbricata, erecto patentia, 

 sicca spiraliter accumbentia, concava, brevia, ovato-lanceolata, 

 obtusa, margine arcte revoluto integerrima, nervo crasso per- 

 cursa, apiculata, cellulis alaribus quadratis hyalinis, intermediis 

 elongatis lutescenti-diaphanis, versus apicem folii densissimis 

 rotundatis opacis ; perichsetialia e basi vaginante longiora, sub- 

 conformia. Seta brevis, gracilis, erecta, semi vix uncialis ; theca 

 elliptico-cylindrica, subapophysata, fuscata, operculo conico-su- 

 bulato, peristomii dentibus albicantibus contortis basi membrana 

 laxe reticulata brevi connexis, annulo angusto. 



Bogota, la Penna et la Sabana, altit. 2600-2800 metr., et Fontibon, 

 altit. 2600 metr., admuros et Barrancas, mart., april. leg. A. Lindig. 



Barbulœ unguiculatœ affinis ; firmior, jam foliis siccis spiraliter accum- 

 bentibus differt. 



Sect. IV. — Hyophilina. 



6. Barbula decolorans Hpe. — Dense aggregata, subfasti- 

 giata, olivaceo-viridis, decolorans. Caulis innovando-ramosus, 

 innovationibus laxe apice stellato-lbliatis. Folia canaliculata, 

 lanceolata, margine revoluto-integerrima, humida patula, sicca 

 uncinato-tortilia, cellulis basilaribus laxioribus elongato-qua- 

 dratis teneris limpido-hyalinis, versus apicem sensim breviori- 

 bus, demum in apice folii rotundatis, fere opacis ; perichaetialia 

 conformia patula, nervo crasso lutescente apice evanido. Seta 

 caulem sequans, flavescens, demum fuscata, erecta, ob innova- 

 tiones ssepe pseudo-lateralis ; theca rufescens elliptico-cylin- 

 drica, operculo conico-subulato concolore, peristomii dentibus 

 pallide aurantiacis longis didymis superne parce tortis. 



Bogota, Guadalupe, altit. 3100 metr. ad Barrancas aug. 1863, leg. 

 A. Lindig. 



Sect. V. — Syntrichia. 



7. Barbula fragilis Tayl. 



Bogota, los Lâches et Fuquene, altit. 2700-2800 metr., leg. A. Lindig. 



