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Patria. Comoro - insula Johanna, ubi primum legit 

 Prof. Peters Berol. 1843; inter alios museos misit J. M. 

 Hildebrandt 1875. 



Ex habitu N. pachygastrae mihi Novo - Granatensis, 

 sed foliis magis ampullaceo-turgescentibus primo visn jam 

 diversa. 



33. Neckera (Orthostiehella) pseudo-imbri- 

 cata C. Mtill. (Bot. Zeit. 1862. No. 45); dioica; caulis 

 secundarius longissimus pertenuis filiformis ramosissimus 

 pendulus flexuosus, ramulis flexuosis teneris filiformibns 

 recurvis vel deflexis breviusculis distantibus remote pin- 

 natus, in caudam prorepentem genuflexam protractus, 

 pallescens vel virescens aetate rufescens ; folia caulina et 

 ramea dense imbricata erecta indistincte orthosticha parva, 

 e basi subpanduraeformi brevi vix eireinnatim aurieulata 

 ovalia breviter erecto - apiculata cochleariformi - concava 

 aequalia, apice marginibus conniventibus vel involntaceis 

 tenerrime crenulatis, nervis binis brevissimis obsoletis, 

 cellulis dense ellipticis membranam subscariosam pallidam 

 componentibus, alaribus paueis quadratis; pencil, erecta 

 e basi ovata laneeolato-acuminata seariosa hyalina ener- 

 via integra; theca in ped. flexuoso viridi dein flavido vel 

 fuscato erecta minuta obovalis basi substrumuloso-arrau- 

 laris viridis dein brunnescens coriacea ? operculo rostrato 

 erecto, calyptra straminea parapbysibus elongatis strictis 

 dense articulatis byalinis pilosa; perist. dentes ext. palle- 

 seentesangustilanceolato-subulatilinea longitudinali exarati 

 pertusi glabri ? interni angustiorea in capillum protracti 

 ad carinam longiuseule hiantes. 



Neckera f Orthostiehella) decolor ans Hpe. in schedulis. 



Patria* Comoro-insula Jobanna, ubi inter JV1 am- 

 pullaceam primum legit Prof. Peters Berol. Octobri 1843; 



