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E. (Cupressina) adnatum Broth. n. sp. 
Autoicum; tenellum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, depressis, arbo- 
rum cortici arcte adnatis, viridissimis, nitidulis; caulis elongatus, repens, 
per totam longitudinem fusco-radiculosus, vage ramosus, ramis elongatis, 
dense et regulariter pinnatim ramulosis, ramulis patentissimis, valde com- 
planatis, aequalibus, vix ultra 5 mm longis, versus apicem caulis longi- 
tudine decrescentibus, dense foliosis; folia disticha, falcatula, ramea ovata, 
breviter sed anguste acuminata, marginibus erectis, minute dentieulatis, 
enervia, cellulis anguste oblongis, chlorophyllosis, ramulina breviora, 
acuta nec acuminata; bracteae perichaetii intimae e basi vaginante in 
acumen angustum, elongatum, denticulatum, attenuatae; seta l cm alta, 
apice cygnea, tenuissima, purpurea, laevissima; theca nutans, minutis- 
sima, obovata, sicca deopereulata infra orifieium contracta, suburceolata, 
fusca, laevis; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes lanceolato-acuminati, 
c. 0,35 mm longi et c. 0,06 mm lati, dense et alte lamellati, rufi, apice 
hyalini, scaberuli; endostomium sordide luteum, papillosum; processus 
dentibus aequilongi, carinati, angustissime perforati; eilia singula, brevia; 
operculum convexum, acute apiculatum. 
Salomons-Inseln: Simbo, an Baumrinde (Micholitz, am 1. Okto- 
ber 1897). 
Species elegantissima, E. Chamissonis (Hornsch.) habitu simillima, sed foliis ova- 
tis, breviter acuminatis, cellulis anguste oblongis dignoscenda. , 
E. plano-faleatulum Broth. in Engl. Jahrb. XVII. 481 (1893). 
Kaiser Wilhelmsland: Gogolfluss (Lauterbach und Kaernbach, 
im November 1890). — Ist endemisch. 
E. (Cupressina) subsparsipilum Broth. n. sp. 
Dioieum; robustiusculum, caespitosum, caespitibus laxiuseulis, late 
extensis, depressis, viridi-flavescentibus, nitidis; caulis elongatus, repens, 
flexuosus, vage ramosus, ramis elongatis, repentibus, dense et regulariter 
Pinnatim ramulosis, ramulis brevibus, vix ultra 5 mm longis, horizonta- 
libus, strietiusculis, complanatis, dense foliosis, obtusis; folia disticha, 
falcata, sicca plicatula, caulina e basi late truncata lanceolato-acuminata, 
marginibus erectis, minutissime serrulatis, nervis binis, brevibus vel ob- 
soletis, cellulis elongatis, angustis, basilaribus infimis brevibus, laxis, 
alaribus paucis vesiculiformibus, ramulina angustiora, brevius acumi- 
nata, distinetius serrulata; bracteae perichaetii internae e basi vaginante 
subito in acumen subloriforme, denticulatum attenuatae; seta 2 cm alta, 
flexuosula, tenuis, lutescenti-rubra, laevissima; theca pendula, ovalis, 
Sieca sub ore haud constrieta, atropurpurea; operculum e basi conica 
apieulatum; calyptra glabra. 
Neu-Guinea: Sattelberg (Lauterbach n. 527)). 
Species statura E. sparsipilo (Br. jav.) similis, sed seta breviore et calyptra glabra 
dignoscenda. 
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