l\öll, Vorläufige Mittheilungen. 4'J1 



Myrinia (?) Dieckii Ren. et Card. sp. n. Caespicosa, sordide 

 viridis. Caulis depressus, mollis, elongatus, irregalariter ramosus, 

 ramis ascendentibus, curvulis, julaceis, attenuatis. Folia imbricäta', 

 -eoncava, ovato-lanceolata, subacuta obtusave, marginibus undique 

 planis vel basi revolutis, integris vel sinuolatis, costa lata, viridi, 

 interdum subbifurca, longe infra apicem desinente ; cellulis rhom- 

 boidali hexagonis (4 — 8 longioribus quam latioribus), laevibus, parieti- 

 bus angustis, alaribus quadratis, numerosis, omnibns valde chloro- 

 phyllaris. Folia perichaetialia aeuminata, apice obsolete denticulata. 

 Pedicellus rubellus, circa 7 mm longus. Capsula erecta, subcylindrica. 

 Dioica videtur. Flores masculi gemmiformes, antheridiis magnis, 

 oblongis, parapbysibus aequilongis. Cetera ignota. — Oregon : Mt. 

 Hood, Columbia, Hood River, ad populorum truncos, socia Leskea 

 polycarpa var. paludosa. 



Pseudoleskea stenophylla Ren. et Card. sp. n. Dioica an monoica? 

 öaespites valde intricati, lutescentes. Caulis gracilis, tenax, depressus, 

 valde radiculosus, irregulariter pinnatus, ramis gracilibus, attenuatis, 

 ascendentibus. Folia erecto-patentia, anguste lanceolata , sensim 

 'longeque aeaminata , integra vel superne obsolete denticulata, mar- 

 ginibus in parte inferiore revolutis, costa sat valida, viridi in acumine 

 evanida, cellulis incranatis, alaribus numerosis quadratis, mediis 

 sublinearibus truncatis, superioribus rhomboidali-ovatis, apice grosse 

 -et obtusa papillosis. Paraphyllia numerosa, triangulari-lanceolata 

 vel subulata. Folia perichaetialia interna vaginantia, oblonga, sat 

 subito acuminata, integra, nervo in acumine dissoluto rete lineari 

 laevissimo. Capsula in pedicello rubello laevi, superne dextrorsum 

 torto, 6 — 8 mm longo, erecta, aetate inclinata vel pendula, ovato- 

 oblonga, rufo-badia, sub ore leniter constricta. Peristomii dentes 

 brunnei, lineari-lanceolati, intus lamellosi ; processus in membrana 

 basilari brevi anguste lineari-subulati, integri, dentibus aequilongis. 



Flores masculi parvi, numerosi, gemmiformes Cascades: Washington, 



•Easton, Kitchelos Lake. 



Fontinalis anfcipyretica L. var. rigens Ren. et Card. Caulis 

 •rigidus, basi denudatus, ramis patulis divaricatis. Folia lutescenti- 

 nitida, remota, patentia, haud imbricäta, rigida, valde carinata. 

 •Habitu Hypno cordifolio aliquantulum simile. — Enumclaw 

 (Washington). 



Fontinalis mollis C. Müll. spec. n. Caulis mediocriter elongatus, 

 flaccidus, complanatus, latiusculus ; folia caulina viridissima. mollia, 

 laxe conferta, e basi brevissima recurva, angulis laxe et fuscidule 

 reticulatis ornata, late ovata, brevissime obtusiusculo-acuminata vel 

 obtusata et cucullata, integerrima, margine ubique erecta, nunquam 

 convolutacea, enervia, e cellulis perangustis, elongatis, tenuibus, valde 

 chlorophyllosis areolata; perichaetium molle inflato-ovale emersum, 

 e foliis squamato-appressis obtusissimis compositum, truncatum ; theca 

 immersa, ovalis, operculo brevi campanulato, conico, obtusato, carti- 

 lagineo obtecta; peristomii dentes externi elongati, stricti, robusti, 

 intense purpurei, dorso prominenti-trabeculati fissi, apice solum 

 cohaerentem fenestrato reticulatum, trabibus transversalibus, tenuibus^ 

 geniculatis, tenuiter asperulis ornatum sistentes. 



