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cellulae exothecii orificium versus in 3 — 6 seriebus parvse, 

 rotundato-hexagonse, ceterse sat magnae, irregulariter hexa- 

 gonaB. Peristomium fundo purpureo, dissoluto, transfixo; dentes 

 externi circa 0.35 mm. longi, 0,06 mm. lati, e medio citius atte- 

 nuate, sordide lutei, superne hyalini, papillosi; scutula fere 

 quadrata; lamellae circa 16 ut in hemisynapsiis contractis, cum 

 perforationibus. Membrana peristomii interni ad tertiam partem 

 dentium producta, lutea, rimis et foraminibus pertusa; processus 

 in media parte carina? elliptice et ceterum anguste rimosi; cilia 

 rudimentaria. Operculum humile, conicum, apiculatum. Sporae 

 0.020 — 0.025 mm., luteo-virides, papillosse. 



In Eckero, insula Alandica, in litore maritimo, arenaceo, 

 prope pagum Torp 3 % 1897 legi. 



Bryum brachycarpum species nova. 



Synoicum, caespites sat densi, circiter 1 cm. alti, in maxi- 

 mam partem in arena sepulti, interne nigricantes, superne luteo- 

 virides. Caulis sat ramosus crebras emittens innovationes, in- 

 ferne nudas, superne densifolias. Folia in comam apicalem 

 conferta, ovato-vel elongato-lanceolata, margine plus minusve 

 revoluta, obsolete limbata, costa sat valida ad basin rubra, de- 

 inde rufa in cuspidem longiorem vel breviorem denticulatam 

 excurrens; cellulae basales rectangulares, ceterae elongato-hexa- 

 gonae. Seta circiter 1 cm. longa, crassa, fusca. Theca ad 2 

 mm. usque longa, circiter 1 mm. crassa, cernua— inclinata ra- 

 rius pendula regularis e collo perangusto, sporogonio breviore, 

 breviter pyriformis rufo-fusca— fusca, sicca sub ore non contracta; 

 cellulae exothecii marginales in 2 — 3 seriebus ovales, deinde in 

 5 — 6 seriebus majores, rotundato-hexagonae, ceterae hexagonae- 

 rectangulares. Peristomii fundus purpureus; dentes externi 0.25 

 — 0.30 mm. alti et 0.05 mm. lati aurantiaci, superne lutei, supra 

 medium cito angustati, papillosi, linea media tenuissima, scutula 

 rectangularia, usque ad 15-lamellati; membrana interna lutea, 

 dense papillosa, riniosa ad tertiam partem dentium producta; 

 processus fenestris oblongis — ovalibus instructi, superne rimosi 

 vix papillulosi; cilia rudimentaria. Operculum parvum, conico- 

 apiculatum. Sporae 0.030—0.035 mm., luteo-virides, papillulosae. 

 Fruct. mt. Julio. 



