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attenuata sed summitate vix truncatula et vix exeisula hie illie 
contortulo-inaequalia flaccida, e cellulis baseos elongatis angustis 
laxis inanibus, margine angustioribus limbum latiusculum 
pellueidum sistentibus, superne repletis angulatis composita; 
ramea dense conferta apice patula parva tenera, e basi subob- 
longa profundius concava breviter angustata apice parum trun- 
cata tridentata ubique angustissime hyalino-limbata, e cellulis 
teneris ampliuseulis dense repletis reticulata. Caetera ignota. 
Patria. Brasilia subtropica, prov. Sa. Catharina, colonia 
Blumenau, ubi Ig. Emil Odebrecht 1874. 
E tenerioribus, caracteribus praestantibus a Sph. aculifolio 
toto coelo diversum. Folia ramea suprema angustiora longiora 
acutata haud truncata. Cellulae ramorum (axis) inanes breves. 
26. Sphagnum (Acrosphagnum) pyenocladulum n. sp.; cespites 
alti 5—6-pollicares glauco-virentes, inferne sordidi, rigidissimi 
firmi; caulis subanguste frondosus strietissimus eleganter ramo- 
sus, ramis valde recurvis breviusculis 3—5 squalido-foliosis, 
comam parvam sistentibus brevioribus obtuse gemmaceis; folia 
caulina in axi crasso virente parva e basi latissime truncata 
ligulato-ovata brevissime acuminata, ad summitstem parum 
convolutacea et vix bifida, e cellulis basi ampliusculis laxis 
inanibus valde flexuosis superne multo amplioribus brevioribus 
repletis reticulata, apicem versus anguste marginata; rames 
firma parva dense imbricata diffieilius humore dissoluta, e basi 
ovali regulariter acuminate pseudo-mucronata vix bifida margine 
supero plus minus convolutacea et angustissime marginata, © 
cellulis ampliusculis breviusculis angulate replexis tenuibus 
retieulata. Cellulae ramorum distinete breviter corniformi-cur- 
vatae breves inanes. Caetera ignota. 
Patria, Africa australis, Montagu-Pass ad cataractam: 
Dr. A. Rehmann Octobri 1875. 
Ex habitu Sphagni pyenocladi Ängstr., elegantiam maximam 
frondis offert et hucusque speciem altissimam sectionis Acro- 
sphagni format, 
27. Sphagnum (Acrosphagnum) Hildebrandt n. sp.; cespites 
subhumiles 2—3-pollicares submolles intricati glaueo-virentes; 
caulis gracillimus ramis remotiuseulis recurvis leviter obteetus 
coma robustiore majore e ramulis brevissimis rigidulis obtusiu- 
sculis composita terminatus; folia caulina e basi lato-truncats 
ligulato-acuminata, mucrone brevi vix bifido-exeso terminata, 
integerrima hyalina marginata apice paulisper involutacen te- 
