Mad Amel Me in. Fuss EEE Zi, 2 Ai = a BA iin 4 
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laxius reticulata in laminam anguste lanceolatam breviusculam dia- 
phanam superne dentibus remotis acutis majusculis fuscatis usque ad 
summitatem aculeato-serratam producta, dorso apicis denticulis multo 
minoribus radulae instar obtecta, nervo lato opaco-lamelloso in apicem 
brevem robustum subabruptum dense serratum excedente percursa, 
e cellulis incrassatis areolata; calyptra brevis lurida. Caetera ignota., 
Habitatio. Transvaal, Omtombi inter Delagoa-Bay et Lyden- 
burg, Aug. 1884: Dr. Wilms. Hb. Jack mis. 1889. 
E tenellis pulchellis affınitatis suae, surculo simplice eleganter 
flexuoso gracili teretiuscula facile distinguenda species. 
32. Polytrichum (Eupolytricha juniperifolia) trichodes 
Rehm. in Musc. austro-african. No. 277, caules gregarie cespitosi 
1—2-pollicares, e basi perbrevi nudiuscula in surculum strictiusculum 
vel parum flexuosum subgracilem ferrugineo-viridem simplicem caudi- 
formem exeuntes; folia caulina dense imbricata apicem surculi versus 
usque ad summitatem recurvo-patula, madore magis erecto-patula, 
e basi longiuscule anguste vaginata longe et anguste fusce laxiuscule 
reticulata in laminam angustam plus minusve elongate subulatam 
ferrugineam producta, superne dentibus aculeiformibus remotis fuscis 
grossiuscule serrata, nervo laminae partem maximam occupante in 
aristam integram longam robustam abruptam excedente percursa. 
Caetera nulla. 
Habitatio. Natal, Inezanga: Dr. A. Rehmann. 
33. Polytrichum (Catharinella) transvaaliense n. sp.; 
surculi perbreves simplices gregarie cespitulosi paucifolii sordide fuscati 
rigidi; folia minuta dense intricata madore erecto-patula, e basi brevi 
vaginata lutea laxe hexagono-reticulata in Jaminam brevem robuste 
lanceolatam producta, apicem versus indistincte breviter ubique 
dentata, apice veluti abrupto-obtusiuscula, nervo latissimo laminam 
superiorem omnino fere occupante densissime lamelloso percursa, 
superiora et perichaetialia longius vaginata; theca in pedunculo pro 
plantula longiusculo crasso flavo arcuato-flexuoso glabro parva sub- 
erecta vel inclinata vel nutans cylindrica ore dilatato constricta leviter 
sulcata, calyptra parva ochracca, peristomii dentes breves angusti 
remoti rubiginosi. 
-Habitatio. Transvaal, in minis auriferis prope Spitzkop, Aprili 
1887, c. fr. deoperculatis et junioribus. 
Polytricho Borgenii Hpe. ex Natal, Bot. Zeit. 1870, No. 3 
proximum et simile, sed multo robustius. 
34. Catharinea (Atrichum) androgynaC. Müll. Syn. Musc. I. 
p. 193; androgyna vel synoica;, folia e medio lamellis ca. 5 usque 
ad summitatem obtecta. 
Habitatio. Prom. bonae spei, in sylvis Knysnae: Dr. A. Reh- 
mann, Coll. Musc. A. A. No. 265; Montagu-Pass, Oct. 1875: idem; 
