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valde eonstricta apice leniter muriculata fusca, annulo 

 latiusculo, operculo e basi eonico-cupulata laxe reticulata 

 oblique rostellato; perist. parvum, dentibus externis an- 

 gustis luteis, interim aureis asperulis, ciliis singulis* 



Pafria. Comoro-insula Johanna, 800 met. supra mare, 

 ad truncos arborum: X M. Hildebrandt ? Junio — Aug. 

 1875. No. 1835. 



Tamariscellae incohenti simillimum , sed operculo 

 breviter rostellato jam distinctum. 



53. Hypnum (Tamariscella) perscissum n. sp«; 

 monoicum; minutulum viridissimum longe repens, ramulis 

 brevibus pinnatis remotis elegantibus compressis glabris 

 chlorophyllosis bipinnatuin, paraphylliis brevissimis rugu- 

 losis truncatis dense obtectum; folia caulina remotissima 

 squarrosa e basi latiuscule ovata reflexe acuminata plicata 

 lutea, neryo flavido subexcurrente ; ramea minuta crispula 

 madore distichacea erecto-patula laxe disposita summitate 

 aperta, i, e. gemmulam non sistentia, e basi latiore ovata 

 plus minus concava margine parum reflexo subimpressa 

 lanceolato - acuminata plus minus obliqua vix cucullate 

 concava acumine planiuscula, ccllulis grossiusculis valde 

 chlorophyllosis mollibus scabris ad marginem prominen- 

 tibus areolata, nervo flavido subexcurrente; pericb. lutea 

 infima minuta squarrosa caulmis similia hie illic dente 

 singulo divisa, suprema magna e basi vaginata pallidissima 

 elongate reticulata ovata in acumen elongatum subulatum 

 flexuosum vel reflexum diaphanuin obsolete denticulatum 

 basi ciliis elongatis hyalinis simplicibus articulatis glabris 

 valde fimbriatum protracta , nervo flavido excurrente* 

 Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Comoro-insula Johanna, inter Rhynchosteyzum 

 Comorae, 600 met- supra mare, ad truncos arborum syl- 



