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Hypnum, Bill. 



. H. (§ Helicodontium) subcompeessum, C. Mull. — Leskea, 



SrucTi et Schimp. 



Hah. KilimaDJaro, Bishop Ilannington. 



The few stems gathered agree very nearly witli the original, 

 collected by Scliiinper in Abjssinia (Uu. Iliii. 4S1&). The 



H. 



H. Sorucei and I£. 



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repens ; folia patentia ovato-lanceolata, margine superlore siibser- 

 rulata, nervo longe infra medium obsoleto, cellulis superioribus 

 parvis oblongis, inferioribus ad angulos densioribus quadratis, 

 perichtetialia apicibus subulatis ; theca in pedunculo lajvi sub- 

 erecta oralis, operculo rostro subulato, peristomio dentibus 

 angustis pallide rubris, interne processus ciliiformibus sequilongis 



rufidulis. 



Hab. Usaiiara Mountains, on decayed wood, Bishop Han 



nington. 



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Caulis 5-6 mm. longus cum foliis 0-75 mm. latus ; folia pallide 

 viridia subnitida, 0-50 mm. longa ; pedimculus 5 mm. longus, 

 ruber ; theca matura viridis, 070 mm. longa. Operculi rostrum 

 paullo brevius. 



H. (§ ErGODIUM) TOXARION, ScTiw. 



Hah. Kilimanjaro, Bishop Hannington. 



The specimens are without fruit; but they present no differ- 

 ences from states of the species as found on the western side of 

 S. America. The African specimens agree very nearly in size and 

 colour with those collected by Lechler (G29), which were named 

 by Schimper Eigodium Lechleri, and described by C. MuUer 

 in Bot. Zeit. 1858, p. 172, as Hypnum arlorescens; these are 

 rather a small state ; other Chilian examples, and especially those 

 from Chiloe, are much more grown-out, but in foliage and other 

 particulars present no differences. The species is remarkable 

 for its rigid stems, ramification, and foliage, which resemble those 

 of the la°rger Thuidia, without, however, having any papiUae. 



H. (§ Brachytiiecium) implicatum, Hornsch. 



Hah. Kilimanjaro, Bishop Hannington. 

 Gathered in S. Africa by most collectors. 



