558 J. TRIANA ET J.-E. PI,\NCIIO\ (e. HAMPE). 



III.— NECKERAHedw. 



Sect. I. — RHYSTOPHYLLUM, Ehr. 

 a. Theca immersa. 



1. Neckera Moritzii Hpe. 



Bogota, Tocarema, 2200 m., in sylv. Augusto 1859 leg. A. Lindig. 



w 2. Neckera Lindigii Hpe. — Monoica. Caulis ramosus, com- 

 planatus, pallide viridis. Folia undulata, distiche imbricata, basi 

 uno latere involuta, oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, integer- 

 rima vel apice tenerrime denticulata, nervo gemello brevissimo, 

 cellulis omnibus elliptico-linearibus, folia tota hyalina ; perichae- 

 tialia e basilate-ovata, sensim attenuata,lanceolata, acuta, inte- 

 gerrima, thecam superantia; peristomii dentibus e basi latiore 

 lanceolato-subulatis, linea média angustissima, integris, inter. 

 ciliis e basi latiore membranacea subulato-filiformibus, nodu- 

 losis, integris, subaequilongis. 



Bogota, Monserrate, Tequendama, Canoas, Fusagasuga, Pacho et 

 Chapinero, 2200-2900 m., in sylv., ad arbores. Jan., maio, junio et 

 julio, copiose leg. A. Lindig. 



b. Theca exserta. 



S. Neckera Novje-Granatte C. M. Hal bot. Z. 1857. — Mo- 

 noica. Caulis ramoso-pinnatus, ramis attenuatis flexuosis. Folia 

 uno latere inllexa, parum oblique oblongo-lanceolata, apice re- 

 curva, subtiliter denticulata, plus minusve apiculata, undulato- 

 crispa, nervis binis brevibus ssepe obsoletis, cellulis alaribus 

 parvis angulatis luteis, caeteris linearibus ; tota folia flavescenti- 

 diaphana; perichsetialia brevia, convoluta, seta dimidia bre- 

 viora, laxius reticulata ; tbeca cum seta exserta ovata, chryseo- 

 rubra, demum brunnescens, operculo conico-acuminato parum 

 obliquo concolore; peristomii dentibus exter. e basi latiore 

 lanceolato-subulatis, linea média tandem pertusis,lutescentibus, 

 inter. ciliis carjnatis, longe subulatis, linea média pertusis, 

 concoloribus. 



