270 Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika, XIV. 
apicalia indistincte subsecunda, lanceolata, longe acuminata, marginibus 
erectis, apice denticulatis, nervis binis, brevibus, luteis, rarius obsoletis, 
cellulis anguste linearibus, basilaribus infimis brevioribus et laxioribus, 
alaribus subnullis, omnibus laevissimis; bracteae perichactii erecto- 
patentes, e basi ovata sensim in subulam elongatam, subintegram attenua- 
tae, laxius areolatae; seta 10—12 mm alta, sicca flexuosula, tenuis, rubra, 
laevissima; theca horizontalis vel nutans, ovalis, sicca deoperculata sub 
ore constricta, fusca, laevis; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes 
c. 0,37 mm longi et c. 0,07 mm lati, lutei, dense et alte lamellati apice 
hyalini scabridi; endostomium flavidum, processus profunde carinati, 
angustissime perforati, minutissime papillosi; cilia bina, hyalina, nodulosa, 
papillosa; operculum conico-cupulatum, apiculatum. 
Kamerun: an modernden Stämmen bei Mokundange (Dusén n. 486). 
Planta ramis subteretibus nec non foliis minime falcatis, vix subsecundis a caeteris 
Cupressinis diversissima, habitu speciebus sectionis Vesiculariae sat similis. 
E. (Vesicularia) ischyropteris Broth. n. sp. 
Syn. Hypnum (Vesicularia) ischyropteris C.-Mull. in sched. 
Autoicum; caespitosum, caespitibus depressis, densis, latissimis, 
glauco-viridibus, aetate lutescentibus, nitidiusculis; caulis elongatus, 
repens, flexuosus, elegantissime dense pinnatus, ramis patulis, brevibus, 
vix ultra 5 mm longis, subaequalibus, arcuatis, turgide complanatulis, 
dense foliosis; folia caulina e basi ovato-lanceolata subito in subulam 
elongatam, flexuosam, piliformem attenuata, marginibus erectis, superne 
minute denticulatis, enervia, cellulis elongate, sed laxe rhomboideo-hexa- 
gonis, ramea falcatula, subula piliformi breviore; bracteae perichaetii 
e basi vaginante in subulam longissimam, denticulatam attenuatae, cellulis 
longioribus et angustioribus; seta ad 2,5 cm usque alta, sicca flexuosula, 
tenuis, pallide rubra, laevissima; theca nutans, ovalis, fusca, laevis: 
peristomium et operculum ut in E. glauculo. 
Kamerun: an modernden Stämmen zwischen Bibundi und Bomana, 
bei Etome und Ekundu N'dene (Dusty). 
Species E. glauculo Broth. ex ins. S. Thomé valde affinis, sed ramis arcualis, foliis 
falcatulis, piliformi-attenuatis faciliter dignoscenda. 
E. (Vesicularia) sarcoblastum Broth. n. sp. 
Syn. Hypnum (Vesicularia) sarcoblastum C.-Müll. in sched. 
Autoicum; caespitosum, caespilibus laxiuseulis, glauco-viridibus, 
aetate sordide lutescenti-viridibus, nitidiusculis; caulis elongatus, repens, 
vage ramosus, ramis repentibus, elongatis, flexuosis, eleganter dense 
pinnatim ramulosis, ramulis eomplanatis, brevibus, vix ultra 5 mm longis, 
aequilongis, strictis, patulis, dense foliosis, obtusis; folia caulina horride 
patentia, ovata, anguste acuminala, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, 
summo apice tantum cellulis paulisper protuberantibus tenuissime serru- 
latis, enervia, cellulis laxissimis, ovali-hexagonis, ramulina eisdem 
