346 J. ffRIANA ET J.-E. PLANCBOft (E. HAMPE). 



Sect. III. — POLYTRICHADELPHUS, C. M. 



3. Catharinea ciliata CM. Syn. 



Nova Granada, pr. Paramo de Pamplona leg. Purdie, Pamplona Las 

 Cruces, 10000 ped. leg. Funck et Schlim. 



4. Catharinea Triant. — Polytrichum C. M. — Dioica, se- 

 gregata, dispersa. Caulis simplex, erectus, e basi attenuata elon- 

 gato-clavatus, rigidus. Folia appressa, humida erecto-patentia, 

 inferiora abbreviata, versus apicera caulis accrescenti-longiora, 

 omnia arcte vaginantia, acerosa, e basi lata ovato-oblonga, e 

 cellulis Iaxis pellucidis superne aureis reticulata; lamina cana- 

 liculata, breviter lanceolata, vaginam subaequante, margine 

 parce remote denticulata, nervo latissimo fere omnino occupata, 

 obtusiuscula ; perichaetialia longiora, acuminata. Seta lateralis, 

 elongata, rubra, stricta. Theca rhomboidea, operculo conico 

 acuminata, dentibus peristomii 64 brevibus ligulatis pallidis ; 

 calyptra glabra, basi pilis erectis fimbriata. 



Nova Granada, La Palmilla, Quindio, J. Triana inCollect. Linden,n° 9. 

 Prope Bogotam, Ghaparal, leg. J. Goudot. Herb. Musei Paris., n° 6. 



Ab omnibus hujus sectionis, foliis arcte vaginantibus, humidis apice 

 patulis, lamina brevi acerosa ericoidea diversa. 



5. Catharinea aristata Hpe. — Dioica, segregata, dispersa, 

 minor, 2-3-uncialis. Caulis e basi attenuata nuda vel micro- 

 phyllina versus apicem dense foliatus, accrescenti-clavatus, sim- 

 plex vel parce divisus, fusco-viridis. Folia appressa, bumida un- 

 dique imbricata erecto-patula, e basi obovato-lanceolata hyalina, 

 margine angusto hyalina, spinulis remotis incurvis denticulata, 

 superiora manifeste aristata, nervo basi angusto fuscescente, 

 in lamina dilatato, fere totam occupante ; cellulis basilaribus 

 elongatis hyalinis, ad latera inferiora laminse dense catenulatis 

 angulato-rotundatis minimis notata; pericheetialia elongata, 

 longiora, longe aristata, integerrima. Seta sublateralis, vix 

 uncialis, erecta. Theca adscendenti-horizontalis, brevis, ovato- 

 rhomboidea; operculo umbonato-conico, subulato, dimidiae 



