m
coidco-capituliformes. Folia perigonialia late ovato-lanceolata
e medio patula, margine integra. Folia perichae-
tialia comalibus minora sed tamen similia. Tbeca flavescens
demuni bruunea.
2. T . M o rit* ia n a C. Mull. (Linn. XIX. p. 201.);
laxissime cespitosa, caulis erectus simplex v. basi ramo
instructus; folia remota e basi angustissima lato-ro tu n dato
spatbulata lobato - cilicila, ciliis longis inaequalibas
articnJatis, nervo flexuoso sub apice evanido praedita
sicca undulato - crispula ; tbeca bremusculo-pedunculata
erecta cylindrico-oblonga, collo brevissimo instructa, aperta
iirnigcra, operculo conico brev i- et obtuso - apiculato ;
dentes crassi rigidi longi intense purpurei lato-lanceolati
16 per paria (igitur 8) positi apice acuto-convexi, mado-
facti erectiusculi apice subrellexi, siccitate inflexi, seniores
forsan valde reflexi.
Patria. Columbia in montibus nivosis provinciae Meridae
mter Hypopterygium tamariscìnum, ubi legit Mo ri t z .
No. 70.
Tayloriae species vera e foliorum forma distinctissima
elegantissima. — Folia perigonialia et pericbaetialia
perpauca minus dentata. Folia caulina laxissime areolata
valde remota. Pedunculus purpurascens. Tbcca pallida,
aperta ore planiusculo undulato-reflexo constricta. Columella
exserta apiculata. Inflorescentia monoica. Flos
masculus in ramo proprio ad radicem plantae femineae
terminalis antberidiis brevibus crassiusculis et parapbysi-
bus ejusdem formae numerosis pracditiis. Arcliegonia longiora
perpauca intense brunnea. Calyptra ignota. An-
nulus nullus.
3. T . s p a th u la ta C. Miill. (mst.) ; bumilis subsimplex;
folia argute serrata evanidinervia siccitate undulato
c rispata, pedunculus breviusculus, tbeca cylindrica
exapopbysata, opérenlo conico-apiculato brevi, calyptra
mitracformi hirta basi appcndiculata ; dentes peristomii
16 per paria approximati horizontales pallidi siccitate non
reflexi. Annulus nullus. Inflorescentia monoica: flos
masculus capituliformis. f . i
EveìHodon í>¡)athiilatus Hook, et W ils. in Lond. Jourii. of bot.
1846. i>. 448. Tal). XV. B.
Patria. America meridionalis : Lo bb. No. 105.
Species nobis band visae descriptione atque icone W i l soni
ad praccedentcm adeo accedens, ut, synonymam esse,
putemus. Folia tamen argute serrata non lobato - ciliata
appcllantur et operculum conicum, dentes lato-lanceolati
e basi usquo ad apicem coaliti delineantur, in con-
textu diagnosis pallidi tandem nomiuantur.
4. T . J am c s o n i C. Miill. (mst.); laxo cespitosa elon-
gata erecta subsimplex; folia remota vix imbricata spa-
thiilato - ovata obtusa excurrentinervia margine incrassata
(tbc margins thickened) apice denticulata ; pericbaetialia
caulinis similia; pedunculus erectus apice crassus;
tbeca subaequalis oblonga erecta, operculo conico apiculato
recto ; dentes 16 aeqiiidistantos lanceolati erectiusculi persistentes;
calyptra elongato-conica basi fìssa scabra (cx
ic. Wils.) basi inflata iuflexa vix constricta. j .
Jì rachymi t r ium Jamesoni Tayl. Lond. Journ. o f hot. 1846. i>. 44.
— W ilso n ihidem p. 448. tah. X V . A ., ad Eremodontem v e l Ta y lo -
riain pertinere monens.
Patria. In sylvis montis nivosi Pichincbae propc
Quito Andium tract.
Ex observationibus Cl. Wi l s o n i (1. c .) Tayloriae
Rudolphianae afflnis, calyptra scabra autem ab omnibus
notis congeneribus distinctissima. Forsau ad sectionem
secundam pertinens?
B. Peristomii denies per p a r ia conjuncti demiim
omnes fe r e liberi.
5. T . sp la c liu o id e s Hook. (Journ. of Science and
tbc Arts No. 3. p. 144.); laxa cespitosa, d a ta ; folia inferiora
oblonga, supcriora obovato - acuminata et elongato-
lanceolata, ad medium usque grosse dentata, nervo sub
apice evanido; tbcca in pedúnculo elongato tenuis erecta
V. subobliqua oblonga v. subcylindrica, collo longissimo
angustiore, operculo longe conico instructa; peristomii den-
tcs longissimi humiditate involuti, siccitate reflexi, cir-
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