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istomium duplex: exL e deutibus sedecim; int. membraiia 

 brevi reticulata subplicata, apice dentato-laciniata. Ca- 

 lyptra dimidiata. 



Brachjmenum pvlchrum ; densissime caespitosum, subramo- 

 sum, foliis late ovatis concavis reticulatis arete imbricatis 

 nitidis integerrimis, nervo longe excurrente pilifero, cap- 

 sula erecta pyriformij operculo conico obtuso. (Tab. 



XXXVIIL) 



Hab, In nemoribus, prope Swellendam, Afrlcse australis, 

 legit CL Mund. 



Caules subpoUicares, in csespites magnos densissime congest?, 

 subramosi, erecti, inferne valde tomentosi, radiculis ferru- 

 gineis intertextis. Folia dense imbricata, tenera, late 

 ovata, integerrima, reticulata^ pulcherrime nitida, nervo 

 ultra apicera in pilo longo, flexuoso, denticulato excurrente, 

 PerichcBtialia lanceolata in pilum longiorem attenuata. 

 Seta terminalis, uncialis, erectus, laevis, basi perichaetio 

 bulbiformi instructa. Capsula erecta vel paululum in- 

 clinata, subapophysata, pyriformis exannulata. Calyptra 

 mihi ignota. Operculum exacte conicum, obtusum. JPe- 

 ristomium duplex: ext e dentibus 16;, subulatis, trans- 

 - versim striatis, rubris, madore, patentibus : int. membrana, 

 dentibus brevier, erecta, flavo-fusca, subplicata, reticulata, 

 hie illic perforata, apice dentato-laciniata. Semina parva. 



viridia. 



Brachymeni 



nepalense 



hryoides^ Hook. The present plant, 



Hope, unquestiooably belongs to 



genus, and is an extremely beautiful species, forming large 



externally 



shining bright green leaves, each terminated by a long flexu- 

 ose hair point. Both in the general appearance of the 

 leaves and of the capsule, this plant has considerable affinity 

 with Leptostomim : but the peristome is near that of a Bryttm. 

 The outer teeth I find in this Brachymeniim to spread out 



