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elongatts sypmoribus prominulis mtnutissimts ovalihus densissime congestis; nervo 

 lato mqm ad medium producto; foUis penclwlialibus nngustiorihus interionhm 

 ad apicem comtrictis nervo contmuo in cuspidem plus minus elongatum fiexuosam ad 

 apicem suhsinmtam producto; capsula immersa sessHi clUptico-ovata ad collum pau- 

 lisper coarctata et plicata; annulo specioso composito humido patulo; peristomit sim- 

 plicis dentibus 16 aiiguste et elongate pug ioniformibiis xnferne irabeculalis in parte 

 supertori temtisstme glanduloso-fimbriatis ; operculo e basi conica late umhonato cum 

 calyptra mapre basi parum incisa apice umbonata decidno. Antheridia 3-^ ovoidm 

 brevlter pedicellata. (Duby, loc.cit.) 



Madagascar., sine loco (fide Mitten, in Journ Linn. Soc, XXII, p. 3i 1). 

 Distribution geographiqoe : Angola, Usagara, Kiiima A'Djaro. 



GHVI'U.KA Molir. 

 (Brolhcrus, Muaci, p. 739.) 



Cbyph.ea RuTEXBERGii C. Miill., in Abliandl. naturwisseiis. Ver, Bremen, \U, p- ^10 (1881). 

 Renauldia DiCEiOTOMA C. MuH. , apud Ren., Prodr., p. 190 (1897), fide Brolherus, Musd , p. 743. 



Dioica. Saturate demum lutescenti-viridis. CauUs primarius repens, secundarius 



erectus ^-7 cent, alius dichotome rauiosus, intcrdum pinnatus ; rami rigldi subpaluli, 



6-8 millim, longi. FoUa laxe imhricafn subcomphnnta y erecto-patentia, cmtrava, 



2 millim. Jonga, ovata, hrevi acuminata acuta, hast huge decurrenfw, margimbus 



planis, pro more subincrassatis , superne irregulariler denlmdalis, costa vaUda 



Jlexuosa sat longe sub apice abrupte dissoluta; reti solidoy cellulis cllipticis oblique 



seriatis, marginalibus quadratis vel rliomheis recte serialis, hasHaribus rufescentibus , 



juxtacoslalibus infimis paucis longiorihus. PericJmlialia externa brevia ovala, Irevi 



acuminata, interna semivaginantia capsulam am plectentia elongate oblovga, satahrupte 



in cuspidem brevemparce denticulatam vel subintegram producta, 2 i/a mill, lou^ra. 



sub apice convolulacea , ecoslala, e cellulis subhyalinis Unmribus , flexmsis reliculatu, 



Capsula immersa brevissime pedicellata , obloiigo-njh'jidrica , 2 ija tntllim. longa^ 



demum castanea. Operculum conico-roslellalum. Calyptra parva campanulata ^ apice 



scaberula, operculum vix ohtegens. Pertstomiam duplex. Denies infra orificiuui 



oriundi, pallidi , minutissime granulosi , exlcrni anguste knceolati , 0,^5 mill longiy 



lamdlosi, tennissime traheculati, linea divisurali milky inlerni suhwquilongiy linealcs 



obsolete trabeculati, viarginibus erosuU. Spormlwves, diam. 2()-33 (x. (Renauld, 



be, cit.) 



HOL'SSeS &E UADiCASCAR. ^^ 



IHrKHKII UlTIOlILt. 



