68 Carol. Müller, 
integerrima concava involutacea e cellulis teneris parvis rhomboideis 
pellucidis basi purpurascentibus reticulata; perichaetialia minora 
appressa; theca in pedunculo breviusculo flavo-rubente tenui vix 
flexuoso nutans, e collo brevi cylindrico-oblonga purpurascens sub 
ore vix constricta, operculo conico, annulo revolubili; peristomium 
breve. 
Habitatio. Monte Boschberg prope Somerset East, in rimis 
scopulorum in dumetis: Prof. Mac Owan Ig. et misit. 
Foliis apiculatis nec pilosis fructibusque cylindrico-oblongis a 
Bryo oranico atque stellipilo jam distinctum. Sub No. 259 Cl. 
Rehmann in sua Collect. Musc. austro-afric. Bryum argenteum 
prope Capetown collectum edidit, quod huc pertinere videtur. 
45. Bryum (Argyrobryum) oranicum n. sp.; dioicum; ces- 
pites semipollicares luteo-argentici inferne nigrescentes laxe cohae- 
rentes; caules eleganter julacei teretes flexuosi apicem versus parum 
clavati obtusi parallelo-dispositi graciles,; folia caulina dense imbricata 
madore paululo erecto-patula pro surculo majuscula, e basi latiuscula 
in laminam brevem irregulariter cochleariformi-ovatam rotundate 
breviter acuminatam producta, nervo angusto intense purpureo apicem 
versus hyalino in pilum brevem tenuem acutum recurvum integerrimum 
protracto exarata, e cellulis majusculis laxiusculis teneris hyalinis 
rhomboideis basin versus majoribus parenchymaticis pellucidis vel 
purpurascentibus reticulata; theca in pedunculo breviusculo tenui 
rubente vix flexuoso nutans parva brevis turgide ovalis sub ore con- 
stricta, operculo conico obtusiusculo, annulo lato revolubili; peristo- 
mium perbreve: dentes externi valde incurvi et valde trabeculati, 
interni valde hiantes, ciliolis tenuibus parce appendiculatis; sporae 
minutissimae flavae. 
Bryum argenteum var. australe Rehm. in Musc. austro-africanis 
(1875—77) No. 260. 
Habitatio. Orange Freistaat, Kadziberg, c. fr. paucissimis: 
Dr. A. Rehmanın. 
Surculis elegantissime julaceis gracilibus parallelis, foliis purpureo- 
costatis breviter recurvo-pilosis ubique integerrimis atque theca tur- 
gide ovali minuta primo visu distinguendum. 
46. Bryum (Argyrobryum) stellipilum n. sp., dioicum, 
cespites lati argentei dense pulvinati semipollicares, caulis ramulis 
perfecte turgido-teretibus obtusis perbrevibus divisus; folia caulina 
dense julaceo-imbricata apice piloso recurvo-squarrosa ad summitatem 
surculi plus minusve stellatim distantia, e basi lata in laminam late 
cochleariformi-orbicularem vel ovatam brevissime rotundate acumi- 
natam producta, nervo angusto basi flavo superne hyalino in pilum 
plus minusve longum recurvum hyalinum teretem acutatum flexuosum 
remote denticulatum protracto, exarata, e cellulis majusculis rhom- 
