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tomento rufo-fusco contextum, rufescenti-viride. Caulis ascen- 

 denti-erectus, basi diviso-ramosus, humilis, interdum prolifero- 

 elongatus, ramis basi attenuatis, laxe-superne densius foliatis, 

 plus minusve rosulatis. Folia sicca spiraliter contorta, late ovato- 

 laneeolata, apice parce dentata, nervo viridi excurrente cuspi- 

 data, margine inferiore angusto, superiore dilatato-limbato, 

 cellulis foliorum basi laxioribus rufescentibus, superne decres- 

 centi-minoribus, interstitiislutescentibus, pellucida. Setaerecta, 

 gracilis, flavescens, demum purpurascens, apice inclinata. Theca 

 oblongo-cylindrica, piriformis, subpendula, operculo brevi 

 umbonato-acuto; peristomii dentibus exter. lanceolato-subulatis, 

 rubris,valde trabiculatis, inter. membrana flavescente ; cruribus 

 carinatis, hinc inde perforatis, ciliis binis vel ternis subulatis 

 nodulosis hyalinis. 



Bogota, Guadalupe, 2900 metr., et B. Paclio, 3200 metr. Julio, aug., 

 leg. Lindig. 



Br. neelgheriensi Mont, simile , sed theca angustiore subpendula et 

 operculo breviore primo adspectu discernendum. 



5. Bryum sordidum Hpe. — Dioicum, dense cespitosum, hu- 

 mile, basi fuscescenti-tomentosum, innovando-ramosum, fusco- 

 viride. Caulis fructiferus brevis. densius foliatus, innovationibus 

 basi attenuatis, laxe foliatis, apice eonglobato-capitatis. Folia 

 concava, lata, oblongo-ovato-lanceolata, margine arcte revoluta, 

 integerrima, nervo rufescente cuspidata, cuspide ssepe parum 

 reflexa, cellulis basilaribus Iaxis, superioribus minoribus, rhom- 

 boideis, interstitiis flavescentibus, tota folia pellucida. Seta un- 

 cialis erecta, apice curvata, rubra. Theca horizontalis, elongato- 

 clavata, longicollis, operculo umbonato- apiculata; peristomio 

 prions. 



Bogota, Guadalupe, 3200 metr. ad Barrancos, aug. 1863, parce leg, 

 A. Lindig. 



Br. torquescens aemulans, inflorescentia diversum. 



6. Bryum semimarginatum Hpe. — Hermaphroditum, dense 

 cespitosum, gracile, usque ad ramos superiores tomentosum. 



