138 Salmon. — A Monograph of 
Muse. Frond., 421, 422, 423 (sect . Eustreptopogori) ( ‘ 1901,’ i. e. 1900) ; 
Broth, in Engler and PrantFs Nattirl. Pflanzenfam., 214. Lief., p. 418 
(sect. Calymperella ) (1902). 
Dioicus?, laxe caespitosus, olivaceo-fuscescens, caule ad 2*5 cent, 
alto dichotome vel fastigiatim ramoso inferne radiculis fuscis ramosis 
dense vestito, foliis caulinis confertis patentibus vel raro erectis sicci- 
tate incurvis late ovato-oblongis concavis vel cymbiformi-concavis 
apice perfecte cucullatis 2-3 mill, longis margine utroque ad folii 
medium recurvo superne erecto undique integerrimo, nervo medio- 
cri flavo infra folii summum apicem desinente, cellulis mediis 
hexagonis et hexagono-rectangularibus marginem versus gradatim 
minoribus hexagono-quadratis superioribus regulariter hexagonis ad 
marginem quadratis inferioribus longioribus rectangularibus marginem 
versus subquadratis cellulis omnibus pellucidis utriculo primordiali 
collapso repletis aetate parietibus plus minus porosis, cellulis summis 
subtus (rarissime etiam supra) grosse papillatis, papillis apice truncatis 
gemmas anguste cylindricas transverse septatas e cellulis 4-8 compo- 
sitas ad 200 /x longas circ. 20 jx latas ferentibus, caeteris laevibus, inter- 
dum cellulis marginalibus 1-2-seriatis infra folii medium elongatis et 
limbum plus minus distinctum efformantibus, foliis perichaetialibus 
caulinis conformibus, sed parum maioribus e basi ampliori magis 
vaginante, apice cucullatis interdum gemmiferis, capsula in pedunculo 
perbrevi erecto crasso superne tumido-incrassato 1-5 mill, longo 
emergente erecta subcylindrica circa 2-5 mill, longa, peristomii 
immaturi dentibus filiformibus rubris fere ad operculi apicem pro- 
duces basi in tubum pallidum coalitis, operculo conico-subulato 1*25 
mill, longo cellulis haud spiraliter contortis, calyptra mitraeformi 
glabra basi subinflata 1-75 mill, longa apice fusca cellulis basin versus 
laxis brevibus. 
Hab. — America australis : Ecuador , Andes Quitenses, Bafios ad 
pedem montis Tunguragua, in ramulis praecipue malvacearum 
suffruticosarum, etiam in monte Guayrapata (6,000-10,000 ped.) 
(Spruce, Musci Amazon, et And., nr. 140), sterilis ! Colombia ; 
Bogota, Pacho, 2,000 mtr. inter Fabroniam polycarpam et S. rigidum 
(leg. A. Lindig) in Herb. Hampe, sterilis ! 
America septentrionalis : Mexico ; inter Hypna , ad arbor, (in 
Herb. Ph. Bruch), c. fr. ! 
In Mitten’s description of the present plant no mention 
