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duo plus minus convolutacea breviter recte apiculata excurrenti- 

 nervia, omnia e cellulis parvis ad basin rectangularibus angustis 

 magis pallidis apice minoribus rotundato-hexagonis fuscatis 

 areolata; theca omnino inclusa subsessilis minuta globosa rubra 

 mollis; sporae minutae virentes glabrae sphaericae vix angu- 

 latae. 



P atria. Argentinia, La Plata: Dr. Spegazzini misit 

 1886. 



A. mutioo ex liabitu simile, sed sphaerico-vesiculosum, 

 foliis integerrimis jam diversum. 



4. Acaulon ( Sphmmfcgium) Uleanum n. sp. ; dioicum; 

 parvum conicum e viridi fulfcescens 5— 6-phylIum; folia dense 

 imbricata, infima minuta ovata brevissime apiculata vel saepius 

 obtusatula concava, superiora sensimmajora magis convolutacea, 

 e basi longiore angustata cellulis elongatis latiusculis laxis 

 fuscidulis reticulata oblongata, acumine brevi plerumque obli- 

 quato terminata, integerrima, apicem versus e cellulis sensim 

 minoribus plus minus hexagonis fuscis apice saepius incrassatis 

 areolata, omnia nervo tenui carinato ante apicem evanido per- 

 cursa; thecae singulae vel plures minores brevissime stipitatae 

 globosae leptodermae; calyptra minutissima glabra longistyla; 

 sporae minutae virentes glabrae sphaericae. 



P atria. Brasilia, prov. Sa. Catharina, insula Sa. Catha- 

 rina, in terra nuda, Augusto 1886: Ernest us Ule lg. et 1887 



misit. 



Ex liabitu A. mutioo simile. 



5. Phascum (Euphascum) peraristatum n, sp. * pusillum 

 subacaule cespitulosum laete viride simplex; folia pauca patula, 

 e basi anguste oblongata laxius reticulata pallescente vel pel- 

 lucida longiuscule acuminata, nervo virente solido in aristam 

 elongatam tenuiter acutatam paululo flexuosam exeunte per- 

 cursa, carinato-concava integerrima margine vix angustissime 

 revoluta, e cellulis parvis sed distincte hexagono-parenchyma- 

 ticis dilute chlorophyllosis mollibus vel magis pellucidis glabris 

 reticulata; theca immersa majuscula aurea nitida globoso- 

 elliptica robuste recte apiculata inclusa sed maturitate aperta; 

 calyptra tenera fuscata dimidiata partem capsulae magnam 



obtegens, 



Patria. Promontorium bonae spei, Somerset East, monte 

 Boschberg, cum Ephemevo Capensi, Ephemerella Rehmanni 

 et Phasco leptophyllo: Prof. Mac Owan 1882. 



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