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HYPNUM ANDICOLUM.
Hypnvm caule breviusculo vage bipinnatim ramoso, foliis
unclique imbricatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis
obscure serrulatis enervibus, capsula ovato-cylindracea,
erecta, operculo rostrato. (T a b . LXXXIII.)
H ab. Ill crepidinibus Andiuni inter Tulcan et Quito. Hum,-
loldt et Bonpland.
Caules laxe cæspitosi, sesquiunciales, vage bipinnatim ramosi,
ramulis plerumque brevibus obtusis. Folia undique imbricata,
erecto-patentia, flavo-viridia, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata,
parum concava, obscure serrulata, omnino enervia. Terichce-
tialia his similiima sed angustiora, interiora magis acuminata.
Setoe numerosæ, breviusculæ. Capsula intense fusca, ovato-
cylindracea, erecta vel leviter inclinata. Operculum rostratum,
rostro curvato.
This is a small and obscure species, having no striking character
by which it may be readily distinguished from its numerous congeners,
yet not exactly agreeing with any one hitherto published.
I t is probably a Leskea, judging at least from its erect capsule
which is so common in that genus ; but although my specimens
possess capsules with peristomes, yet this part is so minute and
so extremely fragile that I am unable to satisfy myself as to the
true structure of its inner teeth.
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of a plant. Fig. 3,
leaves. Fig. 4, perichætial leaf. Fig. 5, inner ditto. Fig^. 6,
capsule. Fig. 7, operculum.—magn.
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