REVUE BRYOLOGIQUE Q 



11 vaudrait done mieux nornmer la nouvelle espece 

 Eurlu/nchium lusUanicum parce que la coiffe, qui est 

 mitriforme dans le Lepidopilum, manquait dans mon 

 echantillon communique par M. Machado. 



Linkcepin^ (Suede), decembre 1898. 



N. C. KiNDBERG. 



Brya nova 

 Bryinn ovarium 



Synoicum, laxe caespitosum,arenanum,caespitesmolles, 

 humiles, vix 1 cent, alti^superne viridi-Iutescentes, inferne 

 lutescenti-fusci, tomento radiculoso rufo intertexti ; inno- 

 vationes breves inferne fere nudae. Folia adcomam apica- 

 lem conferta, caulina superiora a basi rubescente ovato- 

 lanceolata; margine revoluto integro, vixmarginata; nervo 

 sat valido supra basin luteo, plerumque in cuspide se 

 dissolvente, interdum in cuspidem longiorem fere inte- 

 gram excurrente; cellulis infimis rectangularibus, supe- 

 rioribus elongate bexagonis. Folia inferiora superioribus 

 minora, concava. Seta 1-2 cent, alia, rubra ; theca 2-3 mm. 

 longa, circa 1 mm. crassa, nutans vel pendula, rubescens, 

 rcgularis, clavato-pyriformis, sicca sub orificio non con- 

 Iracla, collum sporangio brevius siccitate plicato-contrac- 

 tum; cellulae exothecii orificium versus in 3-6 seriebus 

 parvae, rotundato-hexagonae, ceterae sat magnae, irregu- 

 lar! ter hexagonae. Peristomiumfundo purpureo, dissoluto, 

 transfixo ; dentes externi circa 0,35 mm. longi, 0,06 mm. 

 lati, e medio citius allcnuati, sordide lutei, superne 

 hyalini, papillosi ; scutula fere quadrata; lamellae circa 16 

 ut in hemisynapsiis contractis, cum perforationibus. Mem- 

 brana peristoniii interni ad tertiam partem dentium pro- 

 ducta, lutea, rimis et foraminibus perlusa; processus in 

 media parte carinae elliptice et ceterum anguste rimosi ; 

 cilia rudimentaria. Operculum humile, conicum, apicula- 

 tum. Sporae 0,020-0,025 mm. magnae, luteo-virides, papil- 

 losae. 



Habit, in Eckero, insula Alandica, in litore maritimo, 

 arenaceo, prope pagum Torp 30/0 1897 legi. 



Brynin contraclnm Bom. 



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Syn. Bryum insularum Philib. in shed.'? 



Synoicum, caespiles dcnsiores, 1-2 cent, alii, virides, 

 inferne atro-fusci. Caulis eircai cent, altus; inno/alionibus 

 brevibus, superne densifoliis. Folia in caulefeitili adcomam 



ai)icalem conferta, linoari-lanceolafa et lougo cuspidata, 

 paulum decnrrentia, margine late revoluto 3-5 seriebus 



