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Vulkan - Gebiet: Ninagongo, I^ava des Gipfel-Kraters 3500 m i,i. M. 

 (reichlich fruchtend im Sept. 1907 — n. 2013). 



Species pulcherrima, cum nulla specie africana commutanda. 



Mielichhoferia (Eumielichhoferia) subbasilaris Broth, n. spec. — Paroica; gra- 

 cilis, caespitosa, caespitibus usque ad 3 cm. altis, compactis, fusco- tomentosis, 

 laete viridibus, opacis; caulis erectus, fertilis ramis elongatis, strictiusculis, longe 

 ultra basin nudis, dein densiuscule foliosis; folia ramea sicca imbricata, humida 

 erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, oblongo-lanceolata, breviter acuminata, acutis- 

 sima, marginibus erectis, superne serrulatis, nervo crassiusculo, infra summum 

 apicem folii evanido, cellulis elongate et anguste rhomboideis, basilaribus rectan- 

 gularibus; seta usque ad 2,5 cm alta, tenuissima, rubella; theca subhorizontalis, 

 cum collo sporangium subaequante anguste et elongata clavato-p^^riformis, 

 paulum asymmetrica, hand curvata, fusca, Caetera ignota. 



Vulkan-Gebiet: Karisimbi, Bambuswald am SiidfuB, trockene Waldwiese 

 an Lavablocken, ca. 2400 m ii. M. (mit alten Friichten im Sept. 1907— n. 2056). 



Species M. hasilari Bryol. eur. affinis, sed caespitibus elatis, compactis, 

 tomentosis necnon theca hand curvata oculo nudo jam dignoscenda. 



Stableria aethiopica (C. Miill.) Broth. — Vulkan-Gebiet: Ninagongo, 

 Con»is-\Vald am Siidkrater an Baumrinde, ca. 2800 — 2900 m ii. M. (fruchtend im 

 Sept. 1907 — n. 2031). 



Bisher bekannt von Abyssinien. 



Orthodontium brevifolium Broth, n. spec. — Antoicum; caespitosum, caespi- 

 tibus densis, mollibus, pallide lutescenti- viridibus, nitidiusculis; caulis usque 

 ad I cm vel paulum ultra longus, erectus, fusco-tomentosus, densiuscule foliosus, 

 innovando ramosus vel simplex; folia plus minusve distincte recurva, sicca vix 

 flexuosa, carinato-concava, lanceolato-linearia, breviter acuminata, acuta, margi- 

 nibus erectis. integris, nervo tenui infra apicem folii evanido vel continuo, cellulis 

 elongate linearibus, basilaribus laxioribus; seta c. 1,5 cm alta, tenuissima, sicca 

 flexuosula, lutea vel pallide lutescenti-rubra ; theca erecta oblonga, collo longius- 

 culo, leptodermis, sicca plicata, pallida, aetate fuscescens; peristomium duplex; 

 exostomii dentes lineari-lanceolati, obtusi, pallide lutei, laeves; processus laeves ; 

 spori 0,015 — 0,018 mm, ferruginei, papillosi; operculum e basi convexo-conica 

 breviter rostratum. (Taf. XIII, Fig. 25.) 



Kilimandscharo: unterer Regenwald bis gegen 2600 m ii. M. an mo- 

 dernden Stammen (A. Bngler im Okt. 1902 — n. 1735). 



Ruwenzori: Butagu-Tal, Ericaceen-W^ild an modernden Stammen, ca. 

 3300 m ii. M. (fruchtend im Febr. 1908 — n. 2645). 



Species a congeneribus foliis multo brevioribus, ref lexis oculo nudo jam 

 dignoscenda. 



Pohlia elongata Hedw. — Rugege-Wald: Waldmoor ca. 1800 m ii. J\I. 

 (fruchtend im Aug. 1907 — n. 818). — Vulkan-Gebiet: Ninagongo, Lava des 

 Gipfelkraters, ca. 3500 m ii. M. (fruchtend im Sept. 1907 — n. 201^). 



