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Macromitrium brevicaule Besch. 
Yahoué (Bernier). 
Macromitrium ptychomitrioides Besch. 
Fouembout et Mont Koghi, in silva, alt. 800—1200 m 
(Etesse). 
Macromitrium (Leiostoma) Le Ratii Broth. et Par. n. sp. 
Syn. M. salakanum var majus Besch. F1. bryol. Nov. Caled .p. 210. 
Pseudautoicum; robustiusculum, caespitosum, caespitibus 
laxiusculis, rigidis, rufescenti-viridibus, vix nitiusculis; caulis 
elongatus, repens, hic illic fasciculatim fusco-radiculosus, dense 
ramosus, ramis erectis vel adscendentibus, usque ad 2 em 
altis, dense foliosis, sterilibus plerumque simplicibus, fertili- 
bus saepe fastigiato-ramulosis, obtusis; /folia ramea sicca 
erecta, apice plus minusve distincete circinato-incurva, humida 
horride patula, carinato-concava, lanceolato-subulata, acutiu- 
scula, c. 3 mm longa, basi c. 0,6 mm lata, marginibus erectis, 
integerrimis, nervo rufescente, continuo, laevissimo, cellulis 
minutis, subquadratis, paulum incrassatis, minute papillosis, 
basilaribus elongatis, incrassatis, lumine angustissimo, semilu- 
nari, laevissimis; bracteae perichaetii internae erectae, palli- 
dae, plicatae, lanceolato-ligulatae, obtusae, c. 3 mm longae, 
integerrimae, nervo infra apicem evanido, cellulis omnibus, 
elongatis, valde incrassatis, laevissimis; seta vix ultra 5 mm 
alta, strictiuscula, tenuis, angulata, laevissima; theca erecta 
minuta, elliptico-oblonga, sieca deoperculata indistincte plica- 
tula, ore laevi, fusca; peristomium O; operculum longe subu- 
latum; calyptra (junior) fuscidula, nitidiuscula, nuda. 
In silvaticis montis Dzumac, alt. 1100 m et in monte 
Ouin, ad arbores, alt. 1000 m (Le Rat); Prony (Etesse). 
Species pulchra, distinctissima, a M. salakano peristomio 
nullo jam dignoscenda. 
+ Schlotheimia Baileyi Broth. 
Ad radices montis Malaoui, alt. 500 m (Le Rat). 
