DE MADAGASCAR. 



63 



dicram=:lla Scb. 



(Brollierus, Musc'i, p. 3o8.) 



Subgen, I. Michodus (Sch.) Broth. 

 Musci. p. lioi) (1901). 



1. DiCBANELLA LIMOSA Bescll. , /'/. l/njol. 



MicRODus LiBiosus Besch. , Fl. hrijol. 

 [iG](i88o). 



Nos&i-Bc, ill Jiev. hnjoL, 1880, p. iH [•?]. 

 Hvmimi, etc., in Ann. Sc. iinf. Ho!., «'siV., IX. p. 3o'i 



Monoicus, grpgaru cespitosits- sorduk lutnscnns. Cauh's vix 1 centim. alhi^, 

 ramosus, innovans. Folia jtdacea, erecia, arete imhricata, injeviora breviaamn, 

 comalia majora, omnia tamen mtnutissima, Ugalato-lanceolata, ohtusa, tntegeirima , 

 ■marginibus in mio latere revohlis, superne diiplicatis, casta deplanaia; celluUs obo- 

 valibm vel hexagoms incrassatis. Folia pcrigonialia inftma late ovata, concava, 

 ahrupte acuminata. Folia per ichwtialia comaUbus aimilia, erecta. Capsnla in pedi- 

 cello rigidimculo luleo, 5-6 millim, longo erecta , junior elongate ovata, senior gh- 

 hom, anmdata, operculo capsulam a>quante, oblique, siccitate hortzonlali. Peristomii 

 denies minuti, ruf, apice grisei, rugidosi, pertusi vel irregulariter in duobiis crurt- 

 bm fosi. Calypta minutissima , basi integra. {J^eschoveWe, Fl.br t/oL Reunion, etc.) 



Zones inferieure et moyenne des for^ts : Nosy be (Boivia, Marie); Nosy Komba (Marie, 

 M"" R. Caille); Amboripolsy (Hildebrandt) ; for^s du versanl oriental (Cirod-Genet). 

 Analamazaotrii (R. P. Camboue), Alaotr3 (Voeltzkow); Ampasimbf? (cnmm' Dorr). R(5gi(m 

 des savanes occidentales : Mevatananii et Bakov (comm' Dorr). 



DiSTBiBDTioN GEOCRAPiiiyuE : Comorcs. 



Var. BBEViFOLiA Card. , var. nova. 



A forma genuina foliis brevioribus, hrevins acuminati^ plerisque oblusissimis 

 dtversa. 



Region des savanes occidentales. zone littoraie : Marovoay (Gb. Msthieu). 



2. Dicr.ANELLV MiscTA (Hpc) Jaeg. , Adumhr., I, p. 90 (1871). 



AONGSTROBMIA MIM'TA Ilpe, in Lmuwa, XXXVIII , p. 30(J (1 87/1). 



M1CRODU6 MLNUTLs Bescll., Ft. bfifol. Ucunioit , etc., in Ann. Sc. nal. Uot., iV .ler., I\, p. 3<)5 



[,7] (.880). 



Minima, vix trilinearis, rufescens. Folia caulina carinala elongate lanceolata, 

 obtusiuscula, integerrima, nervo ladusculo rufcscente apicr dissolulo, vcUulus basi- 



