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convexis, cellulis ubique hexagonis ampliusculis pellucidis
mollibus poitioideis, integra; perieli, maxime reflexa;
tlieca in ped. brevi ubique scaberrimo crasso rubro sub-
g/oboso-ovalis magna laevis badia, opere, conico - aciculari
brevi, perist. simplici interno, e membrana truncata brevi
composito, calyptra tbecam totam obtegente, pilis paten-
tissimis fuscis valde hirta.
Patria. Java: J u n g h u h n .
Areolatio perfecte pottioidea et species cxccllcutissi-
ma. — Pl. mascula gracilior, floribus pluribus terminali-
bus minutiuscule gemmaceis, fol. perig. parvis late ovatis
acuminatis, basi tenuiter laxe reticulatis.
3. F o l i a o b l o n g o - l i g u l a t a m u c r o n a t a .
55. M. mucronifolium Schw. (Suppl. II. II. 1. p. 61.
1. 170.); monoicum; longe repens tenellum, ramis brevi-
bus gracilibus subsimplicibus plus minus approximatis,
quare plus minus dense pulvinatum, viride, interne ferrugineum;
folia crispula, madore subreilexo - patentia,
arctc imbricata, oblongo-ligulata obtusa, mucrone brevi
rcßexiuscuio terminata, ruguloso - plicata, tenera, canali-
culata, excurrentinervia, alis conv'exis integris pallide viridibus
ubique minute rotundate areolatis, basis margine
limbo angustissimo incrassato praeditis; perieli, conformia;
theca breviter pedunculata urceolato-ovalis brevi-
colla laevis leptodermis sordide fusca, sicca evacuata basi
plicata, gymnostoma, angustissime annulata, operculo conico
subulato recto, calyptra thecam dimidiam obtegente
glabra, profunde laciniata, laciniis distantibus.
Leiotheca mucroni fol ia Brid. I. p. 729 et 795. — Or thotr . mu croni
fol ium Hook, et Grev. in Br ewst. Ediub. .ioiirn. I. p. 116. t, 4,
Patria. Insulae Antillarum Trinidad, St. Vincent,
Guiana Batavorum, Brasilia plana, vulgäre: S i e b e r ct
Cr i i g e r , Me n z i e s , We i g e l t et Ke g e l , Besk e.
Flos masc. in ramo proprio caulis fertilis repenlis minutissime
gemmaceus, foliis perig. ovato - acuminatis, antheridiis
ct paraphys. paucis. — Species foliis ligulatis
ad Schlothcimias sect. Ligulariac accedens, distinctissima.
56. M. Swainsoni Brid. (I. p. 318.); dioicum; late
dense pulvinatum subcompactum humile densissime foliosum
repens, ramis brevibus brevissime ramnlosis luieo-
viridibus inferne ferrugineis; folia crispula, madore patentia
arctc imbricata, late oblongo - ligulata obtusissima,
mucrone recto brevissimo terminata, hic illic plicata ncc
rugulosa, dilatate canaliculata, alis convexis integris obscure
viridibus, robustius rotundate areolatis, basi vix
conspicue papillafa margine limbo angustissimo pallido praeditis;
perieli, magis acuminata; tbeca M. mucronifolii,
sed minor, calyptia longe multifida, laciniis densius approximatis;
perist. simplicis dentes externi longiusculi albidi
subintegri.
Leiotheca Swa in son i Brid. I. p. 730. — Or tholr ich, Sivaiuxoni
Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 127.
Patria. Brasilia, pr. Rio Janeiro ; Swai nsoi i . Cuba;
Dö r i n g , cujus specimina descripsimus.
Peristomium tbecarum vctustarum spec, nostrorum
non vidimus. — A. 31. mucronifolio proximo notis illustratis
facillime distinguitur.
57. M. stellulatuui Brid. (I. p. 314, 741.); dioicum;
M. Swainsoni simile, scd rami foliis subhorizontalibus
apice stellatim foliosis; folia densissime imbricata, late oblongo
- ligulala breviter acuminato - mucronata, superne
minutissime rotundate, basi minute quadrate areolala distincte
tuberculoso papillata, limbo marginis carentia, alis
valde convexis plicate gibbosis; perieli, late lanceolata
acuminata plicata pallidiora magis elliptico areolata subcrenulata;
theca in ped. longiusculo oblongo-ovata sulcata
pallide fusca, operculo conico acuto bievinscnlo, calyptra
tbecam «3 obtegente laevi profunde multifida, laciniis distantibus;
peristomium duplex, externum: dentes longiusculi
late lanceolati dense trabeculati densissime approximati
in membranam veluti connati, ruguloso - albidi,
latere crenati, internum; dentes totidem, extenios aeqiiaii-
tes, tennes lanceolato - subulati albidi in membrana brevissima
posili.