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sicca julacea, appressa, omnia margino recurva. Theca vetusta pli- 

 cata; Mitten 1. c. pag. 415. 



3. A. rubricaulis Mitten, Musci austro-americani, pag. 415. 

 Folia patula, subsquarrosa, concava, marginibus fere ad apicem 



reflexis recurvisque, nervo ultra medium evanido, cellulis basi ad 

 niargines pluribus oblatis, superioribus omnibus minutis, ovoideis; 

 perichsBtialia extema spathulata, subulato-acuminata, interna obo- 

 vata obtusa, retusave, vaginantia; nervo longe excurrente. Theca 

 sessilis leptoderma, operculo conico-acuminato ; peristomii dentibus 

 elongatis, subulatis, tenerrime papillosis obscuris; calyptra apice 

 scabra. 



In Brasilia centrali ad arbores leg. Claussen, Danicus; ab 

 amico Bauer, Berolinensi, accepi. 



Ab A. julacea differt: statura robustiore, foliis latioribus, 

 marginibus fere ad apicem recurvis, cellulis minoribus, perichaetiali- 

 bus latioribus, vaginantibus. 



Speciem quartam Americae tropicse paucis verbis adde: 



4. A. Caripensis Hpe. Minor, vix uncialis, gracilior, peri- 

 stomio brevi semper connivente, dentibus rimoso-pertusis. 



Inter Cryphamm filiformem prope Caripam legit Moritz. 



Gen. Cryphsea Bridel. 



1. C. Blumenauiana Hpe. herb. 



Minor, fusco - viridis , laxe repens. Caulis julaceus adscendens 

 1 lV2-uncialis, subpinnatim ramosus, ramis obtusiusculis, fasti- 

 giatis. Folia brevia, concava, squarroso - patula , sicca accumbentia, 

 e basi subcordata ovata, latere parce revoluta, acuminata, integerrima; 

 nervo pallido supra medium folii evanido; cellulis minimis, alaribus 

 dense aggregatis, rotundatis, griseis, tandem pellucidis, mediis ovali- 

 bus, dense seriatis, antice minimis densius aggregatis papillatis; peri- 

 chaetium parvulum laterale, folia convoluta, membranacea, late oblonga, 

 subspathulata integerrima; nervo pallido percursa, cuspidata, cellulis 

 basilaribus teneris sub-parallelogrammicis acutis, superioribus ellip- 



