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F, (Conomitrium) Büttneri Broth. n. sp.; autoicus; gregarius, 
sordide viridis, haud nitidus; caulis 5—8 mm altus, simplex, e basi dense 
foliosus, cum foliis c. 2,5 mm latus; folia 12—20-juga, sicca contracta, 
diffieulter emollita, humida patentia, strieta, lanceolato-ligulata, acuta, nervo 
excedente breviter aristata, lamina vera paulum ultra medium folii evanida, 
limbata, limbo luteo, basi lato,, superne sensim angustiore, lamina apicali 
elimbata ob cellulas marginales mammillosas erenulata, lamina dorsali 
elimbata, erenulata, ad basin nervi rotundate enata, nervo luteo, crassius- 
culo, stricto, in aristam brevem rigidam, acutam excedente, cellulis minu- 
tissimis, rotundis, dense verrucosis, valde inconspicuis, basilaribus infimis 
tantum majoribus; seta terminalis, 7mm alta, basi genuflexa, tenuissima, 
pallide rubra, laevissima; theca cernua, asymmetrica, ovalis, macrostoma, 
leptodermis, fuscidula. Caetera ignota. 
Togoland: Bismarcksburg, auf Erdboden mit alten Früchten 
(BÜTTNER). 
F. opacifolio Mitt. affinis, sed seta multo longiore primo visu distinguenda, 
F. (Gonomitrium) Holstii Broth. n. sp.; dioicus; gracilis, 
caespitosus, caespitibus densiusculis, laete viridibus, haud nitidis; caulis 
3—5 mm altus, simplex infima basi radiculosus, densiuscule foliosus, 
superne cum foliis circa 4,5 mm latus; folia 5—43-juga, strieta, erecto- 
patentia, lanceolato-ligulata, acutiuscula, marginibus minutissime erenu- 
latis, elimbata, nervo validiuseulo, flavo-virente, flexuosulo, infra summum 
apicem evanido, lamina vera ad medium folii acute evanida, lamina dor- 
sali parum infra basin nervi rotundate enata, cellulis pellueidis, hexagono- 
rotundatis, 0,040—0,042 mm diam., chlorophyllosis, hie illie decoloribus, 
laevissimis; setae terminales, solitariae vel binae, flexuosulae, 2—2,5 mm 
altae, flavidulae, tenuissimae, laevissimae; theca erecta vel inclinatula, 
oblonga, sub ore paulum constrieta, brevicollis, leptodermis, subtubercu- 
clata; annulus 0; peristomium simplex, purpureum; dentes 16, 
humidi inflexi, basi connati, dense trabeculati, ultra medium in eruribus 
duobus, filiformibus, spiraliter inerassatis fissi; operculum e basi conica 
oblique rostratum, rostro 0,35 mm alto; ealyptra conica, basi breviter 
lobata, opereulum obtegens, laevis. 
Usambara: Kwa Mshusa-Station, trockene Hochwiälder bei Msingo, 
1600 m, am Boden (Horst n. 9195 p. p.), Lutindi, am Boden im Hoch- 
walde (Horst n. 3472 p. p.). 
Species pulchella, a F. erosulo (C.-Müll.), cui ob folia elimbata, crenulata sit com- 
paranda, foliis acutiusculis, nervo longiore nec non theca sub ore vix coarctata distin- 
guitur. 
F. (Conomitrium) sericeus Broth.; dioicus; tenellus, caespi- 
tosus, caespitibus densiusculis, laete viridibus, sericeo-nitentibus; caulis 
ad 5 mm usque altus, strietus, infima basi radieulosus, densiuscule foliosus, 
cum foliis e. 0,9 mm latus, simplex: folia A0—A5-juga, stricta, erecto- 
