722 S'TEGOCARPI. ACROCARPI.  MACROMITRIUM. 
longe exserta vaginatus et paraphysibus longe exsertis 
simulac cinctus, theca anguste elliptica brevior minus di- 
stincte striata cinnamomea, operculo conico obliquo, Ca- 
lyptra thecam superante et clavaeformi-cingente pilosis- 
sima, peristomio nullo. 
Maschalocarpus Eckloni Spr. Syst. Veget. IV. IL p. 321. — 
Orthotrichum lycopodioides Burch. Cat. geogr. Pl. Africae australis 
atropicae No. 5144—47. — Macrocoma elegans Hsch in sched. 
Patria. Prom. b. spei, ubi Burchell primus legit, 
affinium congenerum vulgatissimus. 
Infloresc. Schwügrichen monoicam et dioicam dixit, 
nos ipsi dioicam semper observavimus. 
7. M. Abyssinicum C. Müll.; dioicum? M. lycopo- 
dioidi simillimum, sed rami longiores et fertiles fastigiate 
ramosi; folia caulina majora longiora acutiora, margine 
basis papillis distinctis acutis scaberrima et denticulata, 
perich. ruguloso - plicata margine inferne distincte denti- 
culata; theca in ped. elongato longicolla clavaeformis ob- 
liqua submacrostoma. 
M. lycopodioides Br. et Sch, in W. Schimp. Musc. Abyss. 
Patria. Abyssinia: W. Schimper. 
8. M, pulchellum Brid. (I. p. 313 et 737.) ; dioicum? 
repens pluries divisum, ramulis brevissimis subrosulatis 
approximatis, tenellum, pallide viride; folia angustiuscule 
lanceolata, obtusiuscule acutata, parum papillosa, alis 
convexis, cellulis minutis subrotundis, basi tenerioribus 
plus minus pellucidis hexagonis; perich. latiora; theca in 
ped. longiusculo substricto angustissime oblonga minu- 
ta, sulcata, operc. conico acuto, calyptra thecam dimi- 
diam obtegente minuta, pilis squamaeformibus brevibus 
latis erectis obtecta, basi pluries profunde laciniata, lu- 
teo-fusca, dentib. ext. 16 brevibus obtusis, perist. int. € 
membrana brevi truncata composito. 
Schlotheimia pulchella Hsch. in Hor. Phys. Berol. p. 61. t. IE 
Schw. Suppl HL I. 2, t. 249. — —Orthotr. Hornschuchii Hook. et 
Gr. Brewster Edinb. Journ. L p. 129. t. 6. 
