Pottia-Studien. 
Ot 
Caulis brevis subramosus ; folia ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 
superiora majora, concava, integerrima, udo sicco incurvata, humida 
erecto-patentia, marginibus lateralibus plana; costa sub apice foliorum 
evanida; cellulae laminae superiores laxe sexangulares. Inflores- 
centia monoica; capsula magna, deoperculata subsphaerica, brevi- 
colla ; operculum plane convexum umbonatum. (Nach C. Muller 
in Synops. 1. c.) 
Chile: Auf lehmig-sandigem Boden bei Valparaiso leg. Bertero. 
P 
Pottia Brownii Par. apud 
P. macrocar pa R. 
424 
PI. XXXIII. 
Brotherus in Pflanzenfam. Musci, 
Br. in Transact. XXVI, p. 292. 
Plant ae annuae caespitulis densis cohaerentes vel gregai iae , 
caulis simplex, 3,2 mm altus; folia numerosa, dense imbricata, 
superiora oblongo-lanceolata, breviter acuminata vel oblongo-ligulata, 
apice rotundato, concava, marginibus lateralibus integerrima, udo 
sicco crispata; costa perbreviter excurrens; cellulae laminae superiores 
pentagonae; inferiores oblongo-quadratae ; seta fere erecta, ca. 3,4 mm 
longa ; capsula late ovata, subsymmetrica, deoperculata ore coaictata, 
gymnostoma; operculum solidum conico-obliquirostre, ca. 2 a longi- 
tudine urnae; calyptra cucullata. 
New-Zealand: „Damp clay-banks, Port Lyttelton Hills coll. 
r B.“ Da der Name P. macrocarpa R. Br. mit einer gleichnamigen 
Art Schimpers kollidiert, so hat Paris mit vollem Recht 
denselben geandert. 
Pottia macropoda Schpr. apud Brotherus in Pflanzenfam. Musci, 
p. 424 aus Chile kenne ich nicht. 
Pottia obliqua R. Br. 1. c., p. 294. PI. XXXIV. 
Plantae minutissimae, annuae, pallido-virides, caespitulis laxis 
gregariae; caulis brevissimus, simplex vel basi ramulosus; folia 
pauca, squarrosa vel erecto-patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, sensim 
acuminata, concava, siccitate crispata, marginibus lateralibus inte- 
gerrima; costa in apice foliorum evanida; cellulae laminae superiores 
pentagonae, inferiores oblongo-quadratae; seta pallida, oblique 
inclinata, ca. 3,2 mm longa; capsula ovata, fere symmetrica, gym- 
nostoma; operculum conico-rostratum, ca. V* a longitudine urnae; 
calyptra cucullata. 
New-Zealand: „On damp ground, Port Lyttelton Hills coll. 
