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8. Barbula AFFiNisHpe. — Dioica, fusco-viridis, subhumilis, 

 dense cespitosa. Caulis subsimplex vel parce ramosus, subfasti- 

 giatus; folia sicca complicato-incurva tortilla, humida plana, 

 lingulata, basi vaginante tenera, integerrima ; nervo flavescente 

 apiculata : cellulis basilaribus l&tere quadratis, intermecliis elon- 

 gatis hyalinis, in pagina superiore cellulis densissimis minimis 

 papillosis griseo-viridibus opaca, margine cellulis prominentibus 

 muricata; seta semiuncialis vel paulo longior, gracilis, flaves- 

 cens, erecta; theca'elliptico-cylindrica, erecta, parum curvata ; 

 operculo conicosubulato crasso, peristomii dentibus subulatis 

 flavidis glabris apice parum tortis, basi membrana brevissima 

 connexis. 



Bogota, la Penna, in sylv., altit. 2700 metr., et los Lâches, leg. 

 A. Lindig. 



A priore differt foliis latioribus lingulatis. 



9. Barbula bogotensis Hpe. — Dioica, dense cespitosa, 

 tomento fusco connexa, adscendenti-erecta, rigida, subfastigiata, 

 fusco-viridis elatior. Caulis diviso-ramosus, attenuatus, tomento 

 interrupto foliatus,striatus. Folia cauliniafragilissima, carinato- 

 concava, e basi vaginante hyalina lato-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 

 integerrima, humida patula, sicca complicato-inflexa crispata, 

 cellulis basilaribus elongato-quadratis hyalinis, versus apicem 

 folii decrescenti-abbreviatis, tandem condensatisangulato-rotun- 

 datis papillosis griseo-viridibus transparentibus, nervo lutes- 

 cente versus apicem attenuato in aristam parce dentibus hyalinis 

 aclauctam producto, perichsetialia subconformia evidenter pili- 

 fera. Setacaule brevior, flava, fere uncialis, erecta ; theca e basi 

 parum obliqua elliptico-cy lindrica , brunnescens, nitida ; oper- 

 culo subulato, fere dimidiam thecam metiente; peristomii flavidi 

 dentibus gracilibus, nodulosis, usque ad basim partitis, parce 

 contortis; calyptra intense rufescente, apice fuscata, Isevi. 



Bogota, Guadalupe, altit. 2900 metr., innemorib., august. 1863 leg. 

 Lindig. 



B. piliferœ Hook. affinis et cum B. crinata Sch., et B. tasmanica 

 Nob. contertim fragilitate, B. fragili Tayl. et B. Trianœ C. M. proxima. 



