V' il
bus plus minus inlerniptis praeditis reticulata; antberid.
longa clavata numerosa, paraphysib. creberrimis robustis
clavatis mixtis. — Notis cursive impressis ab omnibus
Synlric/nis facile distinguitur.
74. B. E l i r e n b e rg i a n a C. 3IÜ11.; dioica; laxe cespitosa
saepe recurva gracilior elatiuscula parce ramosa sordide
viridis V. rufescens ; folia caulina dense conferta
subtorta, appressa, madefacta patula vix reflexa, e basi
erecta longiuscula laxe elongate anguste flavide reticulata
sensim recurva anguste canaliculate Ianceolaia acuminata,
nervo rubro in mucronem producta, margine infero anguste
revoluta, supero remote et obscure denticulata, minutissime
areolata, opaca tenuissime papillosa; perich.
basi latiore longius pellucida laxiore amplexante, intima
brevissima laxissima hyalina obtusiuscula, theca in ped.
breviusculo rubro angustiuscule cylindrica curvula longiuscula.
Patria, Mexico; C. E h r e n b e r g .
Formis minoribus B, ruraìis subafflnis.
75. B. s e r r u l a t a Hook, et Grev. (Brewster Edinb.
Journ. I. p. 298. t. 12.); aurantiaco-brunnea, elongata
subramosa; folia erecto - patentia ovato-lanceolata carinata,
margine erecto superne serrulata, nervo valido;
theca cylindrica inclinata; perist. valde contorti membrana
basilaris latiuscula. f.
Brid. I. p. 833.
Patria. Terre de Feu, unde primus habuit Di cks on.
B. antarcticae proxima videtur.
B. Nervus in aristam productus.
a. Infioresc. hermaphrodita.
76. B. pr inc eps De Not. (Spec, de Tort. Ital. No. 1 . ) ;
hermaphrodita; compactc cespitosa elongata crassa erecta,
sub apice innovationibus brevibus crassis repetitis divisa,
in axillis foliorum tomentoso-radiculosa, dense foliosa,
pulchre ferruginea; folia sicca arde appressa, summa
subtorta viridia, madefacta imbricato - patentia, late ohlongo
ovata rotundata, nervo crasso rubro in aristam
longiusculam crassam byalinam denticulatam producto,
margine revoluta basi e cellulis amplis laxis pellucidis
inanibus dein fragilibus utrinque marginis plus tninus
massa grisea repletis dein firmioribus inanibus veluti
limbata, superne grossiuscule areolata baud opaca mollia
grosse papillosa; tbeca in ped. longo crasso rubro flexuoso
erecta cylindrica curvula elongata, operculo conico - subulato
acuto, annulo duplici, perist. longe tubuloso pluries
contorto dein dissoluto.
Ba r b u ta Mü l le r i Br. et Sdì. Br. Eur. 13 — 16. p. 44. t. 28. —
S yn tr iehia Mü l le r i Brucli in Musc. Miiller. Sardois.
Patria. Ad truncos arborum et ad rupes Sardiniae,
Siciliae, Italiae merid. ad Promontorio del Gargano, ubi
1847 legit R a b e n h o r s t et Hispaniae, ubi in Sierra Nevada
Pyrenaeorum ad Guéjar de la Sierra legit W. P.
Sch. 5. Jul. 1847.
Parapbyses longae clavatae. — A B . rurali subaf-
fini notis cursive impressis facile discernibilis.
77. B. mollis Br. et Sch. (in Musc. Abys. Scbimp.
No. 467.); hermaphrodita; dense cespitosa breviuscula
snbuncialis subgracilis fuscescens, ramis brevibus appressis
dichotoma; folia caniina erecto-appressa vix tori a,
madefacta erecto-patcntia arctc imbricata, oblongo-ovata
obtusiuscula v. oblongo- acuminata, nervo crasso rubro in
pilum hyalinum longum sublaevem producto, margine distincte
revoluto integerrimo, basi e cellnlis laxis longiuscule
hexagonis fere erythrodermibus pellucidis teneris superne
parvulis opacis tenuissime papillosis areolata, perich. externa
basi latissima laxissime reticulata longe acuminaia,
pilifera, intimum multo brevius ubique tenerrimum pellucidum;
theca in ped. longo stramineo erecta, cylindraceo
oblonga curvula fuscidula, opere, conico-subulato
subobliquo, annulo composito, perist. longo in membr.
longe tubulosa parum contorto.
Patria. Abyssinia, ad rupes madidas montis Bachit:
W. S c h imp e r , 14. Aug. 1838.