* 



Musci novi papuani. 481 



metrica, ovalo-ovalia, obtusiuscula vel apiculo brevissimo terminata, mar- 

 ginibus erectis, apice serrulatis, enervia, cellulis iirmis elongate et laxe 

 rhomboideis, parce chlorophyllosis, laevissimis; bracteae perichaetii 

 e basi convolutaceae longe acuminatae, parce denliculatae vel subintegrae ; 

 seta 2,5 cm alta, crassiuscula, flexuosula, pallide rubra, laevissima; theca 

 nutans, breviter ovalis, fuscidula, vix nitida Iaevis; peristomium E. i n- 

 f lectentis; operculum breviter conicum. 



Nova Guinea, Gogolexpedition (L. Kaernkach). 



Species puleherrima, ab E. inflectanle (Brid.) foliis firmis, siccis immutatis nee in- 

 fleetentibus, ovato-ovalibus, obtusiusculis vel apiculo brevitissimo terminatis nee non 

 operculo conico optime diversa. 



Ectroyothecium plano-fallatulum Broth. ; antoicum; caespitosum, 

 caespilibus densiusculis, depressis, pallide lutescenti-viridibus, nitidis; 

 caul is repens, per totam longitudinem radiculosus, dense foliosus, dense 

 et regulariter pinnatus, namis dorso applanatis, 2—5 mm longis, strictis, 

 dense foliosis ; folia falcata, concaviuscula, ovato-lanceolala, anguste acu- 

 minata, marginibus erectis, ubique dcnticulatis, cellulis elongatis, angustis- 

 simis, basilaribus infimis brevioribus et laxioribus, omnibus laevissimis, 

 nervis brevissimis, binis, lutescenlibus vel obsoletis; bracteae peri- 

 chaetii externae minores, ovato-acuminatae, internae majores, e basi 

 vaginante longe acuminatae, subintegrae vel parce denticulatae, enervas; 

 seta 12 mm alta, flexuosula, basi 0,12 mm crassa, pallide rubra, laevissima. 

 Caetera ignota. 



Nova Guinea, ad corticem arborum, Gogolexpedition (L. Kakrnbacii). 



Species E. sodali (Sull.) Mitt, affinis, sed paulum robustior, rigidior, ramis magis 

 applanatis. 



Die Originale der oben beschriebenen Arlen belinden sich im Kbngl. 

 botan. Museum zu Berlin. 



Hotaniselie Juhrbiicher. XVII. Bd. 31 



