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dense imbricata madore erecto-patula, e basi angustiore in laminam 
minute ovatam acuminatam flexuose breviter subulatam attenuata, 
superne tenuiter denticulata, nervo obsoletissimo mediano angu- 
stissimo vix notata, e cellulis minutis elliptico-rhomboidalibus siccitate 
valde incrassatis densis areolata concava; perichaetialia vix majora 
appressa ovata subula brevi terminata; theca in pedicello perbrevi 
flavo erecta minutissime ovalis verruculosa rubra ore angustissime 
constricta, operculo minuto oblique rostellato; peristomii dentes 
perbreves incurvi lanceolati; sporae lutei mediocres, 
Habitatio. Transvaal, Utombi inter Kook River et Sand 
River, ad arbores vetustas, Hypnodonti transvaliensi associata, 
Aug. 1884: Dr. Wilms in Hb. Jack, qui misit 1889, 
Ramulis julaceo-teretibus, foliis tenuiter denticulatis siccitate in- 
crassato-areolatis atque operculo oblique rostellato facile distinguenda. 
214. Fabronia perciliata n. sp.; monoica; cespites veluti 
afflati pallide virides intricati; caulis pertenuis capillaris longiusculus 
vagans valde flexuosus inferne breviter ramulosus; folia caulina 
minuta imbricata madore erecto-patula, e basi angustiore rotundata 
in laminam anguste ovatam vel oblongam plus minus longe subulato- 
acuminatam acutatam producta, margine erecto dentibus teneris 
brevibus vel longioribus acutis plerumque recurvulis usque ad subulam 
ciliata, nervo indistincto reticulato-obsoleto brevi vix carinato-exarata, 
e cellulis parvis tenerimis pellucidis angustis longiusculis ad alas 
basilares permultis parenchymaticis reticulata; perichaetialia similia 
minus ciliata; theca in pedicello perbrevi flavo tenerrimo erecta 
minutissime ovalis. Caetera ignota. 
Habitatio. Transvaal, Leydenburg, Aprili 1887, c. fr. vetustis 
vel delapsis: Dr. Wilms in Hb. Jack, qui misit 1889. 
Teneritate partium omnium, theca minutissima foliisque perciliatis 
primo visu cognoscenda. 
215. Fabronia Rehmanni n. sp.; monoica; cespites valde 
fructiferi latissimi depressi humiles pallide virides pulvinato-densi 
valde intricati; caulis tenuis flexuosus perpusillus ramulosus; folia 
caulina minuta conferta madore surculum plumosulum tenuem sistentia 
patenti-patula saepius parum homomalla, e basi latiuscula breviter 
ovato-acuminata plerumque integerrima rarius hic illic parum denticu- 
lata, nervo indistincto brevi rotata, e cellulis parvis brevibus reticulata; 
perichaetialia dense appressa longius acuminata; theca in pedunculo 
breviusculo flavo stricto erecta globoso-ovalis juventute praesertim 
verruculosa collo destituta, operculo minuto cupulato; peristomii dentes 
breves lanceolati rufi. 
Habitatio. Africa australis, Houtbay, ad arbores; locis simili- 
bus prope Capetown, Sept. 1875: A. Rehmann. 
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