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lato hyalino robusto integro sed asperulo plus minusve longo termi- 
natam producta, margine infero anguste revoluta, supero magis invo- 
lutacea, e cellulis grossiuscule rotundis incrassatis ad medium baseos 
ongioribus crenulatis areolata; perichaetialia externa similia sed 
longius robustius hyalino-acuminata dorso ubique asperula, interna 
margine ubique convoluto in cilia hyalina longa capillaria valde 
flexuosa similiter ramosa intricata divisa, e cellulis superne parum 
longioribus magis ellipticis basin versus longis angustis pellucidis 
latiusculis reticulata,; theca in pedicello perbrevi subsessilis breviter 
hemisphaerico-ampullacea macrostoma nec pyriformis, operculo conico, 
calyptra anguste conica aurea glabra tenerrima stylo brevi terminata 
breviuscula. 
Habitatio. Prom. bonae spei, in rimis scopulorum basalticorum 
summi montis Boschberg, Julio 1877: Prof. Mac Owan Ig. et misit 
eodem anno. 
Hedwigiae ciliatae simillima, sed theca ampullaceo -oblonga 
nec pyriformi conico-operculata jam recedens. 
188. Braunia (Eubraunia) Mac Owanianan. sp.; cespites 
bipollicares sordide lutescentes inferne nigrito-ferruginei laxe cohae- 
rentes; caules altiusculi elongati crassiusculi teretes paralleli obtusi 
simplices vel in ramos appressos dichotome divisi; folia caulina dense 
imbricata madore eleganter erecto-patula, majuscula robusta, e basi 
excisa aurantiaca in lJaminam firmam longiuscule ovato-oblongam 
regularem cochleariformi-concavam producta, margine ubique valde 
eleganter revoluta integerrima, acumine robusto brevi saepius palli- 
diori oblique vix denticulato coronato, e cellulis angustis parvis 
crenulatis areolata. Caetera ignota. 
Habitatio. Prom. bonae spei, Mte. Boschberg prope Somerset 
East, in fissuris irrigatis rupium basalticarum, 1877: Prof. Mac 
Owan, misit 1878 sterilem; Natal, Jammerlappen: J. Dittrich 1898 
lg. Hb. Arboreti Zoeschen - Dieck. 
Caulibus longis teretibus obtusis foliissque eleganter oblongo- 
acuminatis margine maxime regulariter revolutis a Br. dıaphana 
nob. toto coelo diversa. 
189. Braunia diaphana C. Müll.; caulis brevis vix pollicares 
repens, ramis brevibus complanatulis fasciculatim divisus; folia caulina 
erecto-patula madore squarruloso-patula, e basi excisa aurea late 
rotundate ovata, acumine robusto hyalino deplanato in pilum brevem 
tenuem excedente coronata, margine anguste revoluta, e cellulis valde 
incrassatis angulate rotundis basin versus longiusculis angustis palles- 
centibus areolata. Caetera nulla. 
Habitatio. Prom. bonae spei, sine loco natali: Pappe in Hb. 
G. Kunze. Sub Neckera diaphana nob. Syn. Musc. II. p. 105. 
