

DE MADAGASCAR. ^55 



8. EcTROPOTHECiLM MADRiTi.vMM RcH. ct Card., aputl Par. , IrnL hryol. Suppl, p. iSy (1900). 



E. ARCuATtiM Ren. el Curd. , Musci cxot. , in tnll. Soc. hot. Belg. , XXX.V, 1 " part. , p. 3 2 4 [9 1 2] 

 (1897). ^en., Prodr., p. 253 (1897); noa (Suliiv.) Mitt. (1873). 



AtUoicuniy ah ^E. intertexton Rm. et Card. slmiUwio dijfert : foliis densiorihus, 

 hand patulisj magts arcuato-falcatulis, plerumque ht'ionhus, apice vii/ius disdncle 

 serrulatisy tantum smuato-denticidatis , reti ImvisstmOy foliis penchmtiah'hus suhinte- 

 gris^ pedicelloque hveviore, 8-1 mill, longo. 



Zone du Plateau cenlrai : A'oliilenu (Coudert: herb. Mus. Par. , det. Brolherus). 

 DiSTRiBiTiOxN GKOCiiAPHiQUE : Maurice. 



PI. 115. — 1 (sub uom. Ectropothecinm arcualum). — a, feuilles caulinaires lal.'rales x ho. 

 a', feuilie caulinaire m^diancx '10. i,sommet de ia fenillex 170. c, cellules moyennesx3oo. 

 d, cellules alairesx3oo. e, foliole p(^rich(;tiale x ho. 



IIYPNUM Hedw. pro pane. 

 (Stereodos Milt., Brotbcrus, Musci, p. 1067.) 



1. Hypsum ciiPREssiFOR«E Hedw. (ex Linn.), Sp. Muse, p. 991 (1801 ). Sch., S'jti. Mitsr. ctirop., 

 ed. 9, p. 755 (1876). 

 STEREono\ cLPRESSiFORMis AHtt. , Muscl aiisfro-fimer. , p. 53^1 (i8()9). 



HvPXCM AFROCUPRESSI FORME C. MUll. Ct 11. LATOCESl'iTlJSLM G. MuII. , OpuJ Wrigllt, III Jimriiul of 



Bol., XXVI, p. 267 (1888), nomina sola. 



Longe lateqae cwspilosum; cwspiles sapius circuhires adpressi, fudigiaii vcl m 

 medio tnmescentes, molles, pallide v(*l olivacpo-virideSj in aprin^ fmcpacontea plus 

 minus sericeo-nitidi. CauUs adrepens ramosus plus minus regnlariler pinnalo-ramu- 

 losus, ramulis ad cwspilis circuit um adpresso-paluh's, in medio erectis. Folia dense 

 conferla, supra hipnrtito-imhricata , dextram ainistramque versus deorsnm fafrata^ 

 ovate- et ohlongo-hnceolata , tenui-acmninata , concava, margine leniter I'ecurva, ad 

 ' a}iguIos decurrenles auriculato-excavata, integerri/na vel apice minute serrata, costa 



gemella hrevi ohsoleta, areolatione angustissitna vermiculari-Uneari , ad auguhs qua- 

 drata hyalina vel aureo-lutescente. Perigonii folia suhsquarrosa , ^jer/rAfc/a laxe in- 

 cumhenlia e medio patentia, intinui subvaginantia , angustc acuminata, apice minute 

 serrulata, pUcispaucis. Capsula suherecta vel tncurvo-cernua , ohlonga et ojlindrira, 

 hadia, sicca vacua snh ore leniter coarctata, cwterum wquahs suherecta. Operculum 

 e hasi convexa hreviter tenuirostre. Annulus e triplici serie ccllularum composituSy 

 mhpersistens. Peristomii denies inferne ferruginei, mpcrnc pallide lufoscenles, last 

 alfius conflnentes; processus pertmi, cilia singula vel himtta, plus minus perfecta, 

 Sporm viridi-ferruginew. (Scliimper, loc. dt.) 



