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differt inflorescentia hermaphrodita. Zi/godon dcnticulatus Tayl. ciliis 

 16 differt. 



IL - BRACHYSTELIUM Rclib. 



1. Brachystelium Lindigii Hpe. — Monoicum, laxe cespito- 

 sum, fusco-viride. Caulis uncialis, parce diviso-ramosus, sub- 

 erectus, undique foliatus. Folia dense imbricata, laxe accumben- 

 tia, apice uncinato-tortilia , humida erecto-patula , carinato- 

 concava, medio etlatere sulcato-plicata,late lanceolato-elongata, 

 apice grosse serrata, nervo valido percursa et apiculata ; cel- 

 lulis basilaribus parallelogrammicis, intermediis angustioribus 

 linearibus, versus apicem folii subrotundo-angulatis ; tota folia 

 lutescentia. Seta solitaria vel 2-3 aggregatœ, brèves, erectee; 

 theca erecta, elliptico-cylindrica, glabra, ore rubro ornata, oper- 

 culo umbonato-subulato erecto tertiarn partem thecae metiente ; 

 peristomii dentibus profunde divisis , longe subulatis, gla- 

 briusculis ; calyptra nitida, subtiliter striata, octoflda, apice sca- 

 briuscula. 



Bogota, Los Lâches, altit. 2800 metr., adrupes umbrosas; sept. leg. 

 A. Lindig. 



Br. lepidomitrio Schimp. proximum, sed calyptra basi nuda, nec pilis 

 nec squamis obtecta. 



III. — MACROM1TRIUM Brid. 



Sect. I. — Macrocoma Hornich. 



1. Macromitrium frigidum C. M. — Monoicum, decumbens, 

 humile, valde ramosum, gracile; ramis brevibus, obtusis, humi- 

 dis stellatis. Folia caulina inferiora laxe, superiora undique dense 

 imbricata, parce spiraliter accumbentia; humida patula,brevia, 

 e basi lacunoso-concava, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, brevissime 

 mucronata , sulcato-carinata ; nervo lutescente an te apicem 

 evanido; cellulis minoribus rotundis papillosis margine folii 

 prominentibus scabra, lutescenti-viridia, diaphana; pericha- 

 tialia majora et latiora, laxius reticulata. Seta brevis, sulcata, 

 erecta, flavescens ; theca erecta. piriformi-ovata, laeviter costata, 



