V. F. Brotherus, Musci africani. Il. 281 
laevissimis; bracteae perichaetii e basi erecta, oblonga breviter lori- 
formi-attenuatae, acumine recurvo, serrulato, enerves; seta ad 3 cm usque 
alta, flexuosula, crassiuscula, rubra, laevissima; theca erecta, membrana- 
cea, oblonga, c. 3 mm longa et c. 4 mm crassa, laevis, pallide fusca; 
operculum conicum, 4,5 mm altum, subrectum. Caetera ignota. 
Kilimandscharo: im Wäldchen am Fuße des Kifinika-Vulkans 
2800 m. Überzieht die Bäume in den Waldparcellen oberhalb des Gürtel- 
waldes, sehr häufig in dieser Lage, nur selten in Frucht gefunden (Voukens 
n. 1348). 
Species pulcherrima, distinctissima, a P. Bonplandii (Hook.) statura multo ro- 
bustiore jam recedens. 
Lindigia Hampe. 
L. africana Broth. n. sp.; autoica; gracilis, pallide viridis, nitidius- 
cula; caulis vage ramosus, ramis densiuscule foliosis, pinnatim ramulosis, 
ramulis brevibus, curvatulis, attenuatis; folia sicca contracta, humida 
planiuseula, horride patula, subcordato-lanceolata, anguste acuminata, 
acumine saepius semitorto, marginibus erectis, ubique serratis, nervo tenui, 
ad medium folii evanido, cellulis rhomboideis, superioribus elliptico- 
linearibus, omnibus laevissimis; bracteae perichaetii erectae, lanceo- 
latae, enerves; seta 2 mm alta, erecta, rubra, papillosa; theca minuta, 
obovato-oblonga, erecta vel horizontalis, leptodermis, pallida; peristomium 
duplex; exostomii dentes lanceolato-subulati, ineurvati, dense et alte 
lamellati, rufescentes; endostomium sordide luteum; corona basilaris 
brevis; processus carinati, late perforati, dentibus aequilongi; oper- 
culum e basi umbonato brevissime rostratum, rostro curvato. 
Seengebiet: Ru-Nssóro, Wimi, an Büumen 2100—9400 m (Scorr 
Exuiotr n. 244). 
Species L, capillaceae (Hornsch.) e Brasilia valde affinis. 
Rhegmatodon Brid. 
Rh. Newtoni Broth. n. sp.; autoicus; tenellus, caespitosus, cae- 
spitibus densis, fusco-viridibus, haud nitidis; caulis repens, dense ramosus, 
ramis erectis, usque ad 1 cm altis, flexuosis, apice saepe curvatulis, tere- 
tibus, dense foliosis, obtusis; folia ramea sicca imbricata, superiora 
parce homomalla, humida patula, inferiora minora, superiora sensim ma- 
jora, late oblongo-ovata, oblique acuta, 0,76—0,85 mm longa et 0,38— 
0,41 mm lata, marginibus inferne parce revolutis, integerrimis, nervo 
crassiusculo, ad vel paullum ultra medium producto, cellulis oblongis, ob- 
lique seriatis, utriculo s. d. primordiali valde constricto, alaribus bre- 
vioribus, marginalibus quadratis, omnibus laevissimis; bracteae peri- 
chaetii erectae, interne late lanceolato-acuminatae, integerrimae, nervo 
obsoleto, laxius reticulatae; seta 1 cm alta, crassiuscula, purpurea, lae- 
vissima; theca erecta vel subcernua, oblongo-cylindrica, c. 2 mm alta, 
