POTTIOIDEAE. sYRRHOPODON. 531 
rum superne papillosa; theca in ped. breviter exserto ova- 
lis turgida magna sordide flava, ore constricta, epiphrag- 
mate carnosulo clausa, operculo oblique rostellato, denti- 
bus late lanceolatis flavidis robuste trabeculatis, infra ori- 
ficium oriundis involutis. 
S. perichaetialis Bruch in Regensb. Bot. Zeit. 1846. p. 132. 
Patria. Prom. b. spei, inter Schiloh et Zwart- Key, 
Windvoogelberg, in Encephalarto Frid. Guilielmi, al- 
titud. 5000: Drege, 22. Novbr., in cacumine M. Tabu- 
laris ad saxa: Ecklon. Ad trunc. Zamiae Caffrae in 
summitate montium Winterhoek, Uitenhage, Aprili, alt. 
3 — 4000: Krauss. 
Notis illustratis species distinctissima, S. clavato et 
pomiformi proxima, — Flos masc. axillaris. 
5. S. pomiformis Hmp. (Hb.); dioicus; habitus prac- 
cedentis, ferrugineo- aureus; folia caulina rigida; densis- 
sime imbricata , valde involute crispa appressa, made- 
facta erecto- patentia, e basi erecta e cellulis angustis 
laxis irregulariter hexagonis superne minoribus pellucidis 
reticulata oblonga concavá parum reflexa, late lunceolata 
acuta canaliculata carnosula, superne e cellulis minutis 
rotundatis subopacis areolata, toto ambitu a/bide margi- 
nala, margine erecto, dorso praecipue nervi crassi excur- 
rentis longe papillosa, integerrima; perich. in cylindrum 
angustum valde exsertum apice patulum convoluta erecta, 
intima longe acuminata, basi longa pellucida elongate an- 
guste reticulata, apice scabra; theca in ped. parum ex- 
serto sphaerica ore coarctata fuscidula, dentibus late lan- 
ceolatis involutis trabeculatis, operculo oblique rostellato. 
Weisia pomiformis Hook. Musc. Ex. t. 131. — ? Grimmia po- 
miformis Brid. I. p. 187. 
Patria. Prom. b. sp., in rupibus humidis soli et tem- 
pestati expositis, montium altissimorum ad locum Moun- 
tain Station dictum, rivulo Krombeks vicinum, et alibi in 
jurisdictione Zwellendam: Burchell. Zeyher No. 493. 
Ecklon. Rarissime fructificans. 
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