PRODROMUS FLORjE NOVO-GRANATENSIS. 357 



Tolima, Summita, supra arbores leg. Goudot. 



Species, quanquam sterilis lecta, ex toto habitu Lycopodio recurvo 

 œmulans, praecedenti affinis. Tum huic loco inserenda. 



C>. Prionodon fusco-lutescens Hpe. — Dioicus. Surculus re- 

 pens, parce fibrillosus. Caulis basi attenuatus, microphyllinus, 

 accrescendo dense foliatus, elongato-elavatus, curvatus, simplex 

 vel diviso-ramosus, basi fuscatus, apice lutescens. Folia caulina 

 patentia, superiora strictiora triplicata, e basi biplicata late 

 oblongo-ovato-lanceolata, elongata, canaliculato-subulata, ver- 

 sus apicem reraote spinuloso-dentata, nervo fusco-lutescente 

 percursa apice evanido ; cellulis lateralibus hyalinis minimis 

 ellipticis subcatenulatis, intermediis elliptico-linearibus, infimis 

 intense lutescentibus, versus apicem abbreviatis, anguste ellip- 

 ticis, in acumine elongatis diaphanis; perichsetialia convoluta 

 brevia, late ovata,obtusa, apice denticulata, acumine brevi inte- 

 gerrimo, cellulis elongatis, tota hyalina. Theca breviseta, vix 

 emersa, ovata vel elliptico-ovala , rubra; operculo oblique co - 

 nico-rostrato ; calyptra cucullata, glabra. Peristomium duplex, 

 pyramidale, albidum; dentibus ext. lanceolato-subulatis parce 

 noduloso-sinuatis, inter. ciliis angustioribus subconformibus. 



Bogota, Pacho, 2200 m., in sylv. Julio 1863 leg. A. Lindig. 



Ex habitu sciuroideo-setoso ab omnibus prioribus diversus. 



Observ. — Prionodon, genus pulchrum, praecipue in America aequa- 

 toriali obvium, ob fructus et calyptrse absentiam neglectum. Sub Hypno 

 denso Sw. plures species confiasse. 



Trib. IL — EUNEGKERE.E. 

 II. — PHYLLOGONIUM Brid. 



1. Phyllogonium FULGENSBrid. 



Tequendama, 2600 m., in sylv. e fructib. Jan. leg. A. Lindig. Te- 

 quendama, Canoas, etiam leg. Lindig. Gerro Pelado, Schlim. 



Yar. Caule duplo latiore, robustiore, primo visu diversum 

 videtur, sed fructu carens. 



Bogota, Tequendama, in sylv. Sept. leg. Lindig. 



