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Theca parva, e basi conica oblongo-cylindrica, incurva, sub 

 ore parurn contracta, octies angulata, ferruginea, operculo 

 umbonato-conico rostrata, brevi, sanguineo; peristomio prions; 

 calyptra aurea. 



In sylv. Manzanos et Bogota, Chapinero, 2700 m., ad Barrancos. Ju- 

 lio, octob. leg. A. Lindig. 



P. cirrhato semulans ; ab priore ditfert : foliis brevioribus, magis cir- 

 ratis. 



7. Polytrichum varians Hpe. — Dioicum, humile, laxe ces- 

 pitosum, subsimplex, interdum basi divisum vel apice prolifero- 

 ramosum, fusco-viride. Caulis e basi attenuata nuda microphyl- 

 lina versus apicem accrescenti-clavatus, rigidiuscule adscen- 

 dens. Folia imbricata, accumbenti-erecta, breviora, sicca obtuse 

 carinata, inflexa, apice parum curvata, humida patula, e basi 

 brevi vaginante latiore integerrima, rufescenti-diapbana, lato- 

 lanceolata, margine remote sinuato-dentata, dorso glabra, 

 apice plusminusve scabra ; cellulis basilaribus anguste elongato- 

 quadratis, lateralibus magis elongatis linearibus, intermediis 

 sensim abbreviatis, ad marginem laminœ subrotundo-punctatis ; 

 in superiore parte folii multilamellosi nervo crasso fere tota 

 obscura. Seta erecta, uncialis et altior, caulem superans, apice 

 tortilis. Tbeca brevis, junior suberecta, oblique oblongo-cylin- 

 drica, sub ore constricta, operculo umbonato rostrata, rostro 

 compresso obtusiuscula, deoperculata curvata, ubique verru- 

 coso-punctata, demum octies plicato-striata, plus minusve fer- 

 ruginea; peristomii dentibus 40, brevibus, obtusis, pallescenti- 

 bus; calyptra aurantiaca, longa, tbecam omnino includente. 



Bogota, 2700 m., in declivibus umbrosis, aprili; Guadalupe, 3100 m., 

 humilius; Monte del Morro, 2200 m., sept., et in sylv. Manzanos ad 

 Barrancos, julio leg. copiose A. Lindig. 



Polytricho tortili affine; differt : foliis margine evidenter serratis, 

 theca papillosa. 



Species affines Americse sequatorialis omnes in statu vetusto thecam 

 octies angulatam habent et monographice investigandas. 



8. PoLYTRiCHufa ericoides Hpe. — Caulis simplex, basi atte- 



