136 Carol. Müller. 
Habitatio. Prom. bonae spei, ad flumen Towriver, Nov. 1875: 
Dr. A. Rehmann. 
Surculo prostrato molli sericeo-folioso foliisque membranaceo- 
teneris planiusculis maxime patulis primo adspectu species propria 
elegans. 
228. Brachythecium minutirete n. sp.; dioicum; cespites 
lati decumbentes laete virides intricati laxi; caulis vage ramosus, 
ramis tenuibus flexuosis curvulis densifoliis; folia caulina majuscula 
indistincte secunda madore laxiuscule patula, apice ramuli involutacea 
cuspidem curvulam sistentia, e basi excisa impressa cellulis alaribus 
multis densis griseis vel opacis perminute parenchymaticis praedita in 
laminam latiuscule ovatam in acumen robustum strictum nec acutum 
nec subulatum exeuntem producta margine basali distincte revoluta 
ubique integerrima, nervo basi latiusculo deinque angustissime evanes- 
cente exarata, regulariter concava, e cellulis brevibus densis viri- 
dissimis saepe opacis areolata; perichaetialia e basi appressa vaginacea 
in subulam longam strictam vel ad basin calycis reflexam protracta 
laxius reticulata; theca in pedunculo brevi crasso rubro glabro in- 
clinata breviter oblonga pachyderma rubra exannulata, operculo 
conico acuto, peristomium longiusculum angustum, externum tenuis- 
sime dense trabeculatum rubiginosum, internum flavum parum hians, 
ciliolis binis brevibus nodosis. 
Habitatio. Prom. bonae spei, Somerset East, Mte. Boschberg: 
Prof. Mac Owan in Hb. Georg Winter 1883. 
Brachythecio afro-velutino ex habitu persimile, sed areo- 
latione folii minuta densa jam diversum., 
229. Brachythecium afro-salibrosum 'n. sp.; dioicum; 
cespites lati decumbentes rigidiusculi e sericeo-lurido sordide lutei 
intricati; caulis in ramificationem tenuem pinnatam ramulis curvulis 
tenuiter teretiusculis maxime fasciculatim divisus seu vage ramosus; 
folia caulina robusta majuscula, e basi utrinque impressa in laminam 
lato-ovatam profunde pluries plicatam longe acuminatam subinte- 
gerrimam attenuata, nervo angustissimo in acumen evanescente cari- 
nato-exarata, margine convexo-revoluta, e cellulis angustis densius- 
culis areolata,; ramulina multo minora angustiora minus plicata distinc- 
tius denticulata; perichaetialia e basi vaginacea laxe reticulata in 
acumen longissime subulatum protracta; theca in pedunculo perbrevi 
crasso rubro flexuoso glabro inclinata majuscula, e collo plerumque 
strumoso brevi turgide cernuo-oblonga pachyderma rubra, operculo 
robusto conico-cupulato obtusissimo, annulo nullo; peristomium ex- 
ternum robustum luteum, internum angustum vix hians flavidum, 
ciliolis binis nodosulis brevibus interjectis. 
Habitatio. Africa australis, respublica Oranica, Kadziberg : 
Dr. A. Rehmann, Coll. No. 383b; sub Brachythecio Dicksoni 
