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Brynm argenteum L. Near Yungas, 4000 ft. 1885 (3142). 
Mapiri, 5000 ft. May, 1886 (3142a). 
B. argenteum var. lanatum Br. & Sch. Mapiri, 5000 ft. May, 
1886 (3143). 
Bryum humillimum C.M., n. sp. Ingenio del Oro, 10000 ft. 
March, 1886 (3147). 
Plants small, bright glossy, yellowish-green; with julaceous 
branches less than 1 cm. high ; stems red; leaves small, 1 mm. 
or less, imbricate, concave, those of the young branches obtuse 
and closely imbricated, the vein dividing and ending below the 
apex; lower cells lax and enlarged, upper rhomboidal spindle- 
shaped, forming small inconspicuous teeth. Dioecious. Pedicels 
short, 5-7 mm. long, darker below; capsules 2 mm. long, pen¬ 
dant; neck nearly half the length, contracted below the spore- 
sac; lid mamillate, orange-colored, rim red; annulus large, falling 
with the lid ; peristome double, outer of light yellow teeht, papil¬ 
lose outside, trabeculate inside; endostome a shorter membrane 
with carinate segments, open along the keel, with rudiments of 
two cilia between. 
Closely allied to Bryum julaceum Sm.,but differing from Euro¬ 
pean specimens at Kew in the shorter more rigid branches, with 
more closely imbricated leaves and shorter pedicels. Specimens 
collected by Mandon near Guyaboya, 28th May, 1866, named 
B. julaceum, at Kew, differ in much longer, more slender branches 
and pedicels 10-12 mm. long. 
Bryum soboliferum Taylor. Sorata, 10000 ft. February, 1886. 
Ingenio del Oro, 10000 ft. (3148). 
Compared at Kew with specimens collected by Jameson from 
Quito, nos. 15 1-200, and Pichincha, no. 328. Sent to Dr. Muller 
and with this name, and he replied “ forsan species nova.” 
Bryum coloratum, C. Muller, n. sp. Near La Paz. October, 
1885 ( 3140 - 
Plants cespitose, in loose light-green cushions; stems with 
several 4-5 short fasciculate innovations about 1 cm. high; leaves 
in rosettes at the ends of the branches, 2-6 mm. long, oblong- 
lanceolate carinate, serrate above the middle, margins bordered by 
2-3 rows of elongated cells ; vein round, ending in a short mu- 
cronate apex; cells all regularly rhomboidal. Dioecious. Peri- 
chetial shorter with a longer mucronate tip. Pedicels straight or 
bent, about 2 cm. high, glossy yellow; capsules nodding, 4-5 mm. 
long, bright yellowish-brown ; neck short, plicate ; lid conic- 
apiculate; annulus compound, falling with the lid; peristome 
