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Ibliosis, pinnatim ramulosis; folia slipitis e basi subse- 

 miamplexicauli, late ovata sensim anguste attenuata, mar- 

 ginibus ereclis, ubique grosse et acute inaequaliter ser- 

 ratis, nervö tenui, ramea scariosa, sicca immutata, e basi 

 leniter excavata late ovata, acuta, c. 1,5 mm longa et 1 

 mm lata, marginibus erectis, ubique grosse et acute inae- 

 qualiter serratis, nervö tenui, infra apicem evanido, dorso 

 superne serrato, cellulis linearibus, distinctis, omnibus lae- 

 vissimis; perichaetia plura in axillis infimis partis frondifor- 

 mis; seta 3 cm älta, flexuosula, sicca superne fortiter sini- 

 strorsum torta, angulata, rufo-brunnea, nitidiuscula ; theca ho- 

 rizontalis, oblongo-cylindrica, c. 4 mm longa et c. 1,5 mm 

 lata, coUo crasso et brevi, costata, sicca sulcata, pachyder- 

 ma, rufo-brunnea; opercuhim e basi conica in rostrum stric- 

 tum, obtusum angustatum. 



Patria. British New Guinea, loco haud propius desig- 

 nat©, 9200', ubi anno 1^89 detexit Sir W. Mac Gregor. 



Species pulchra, cum H. Junghuhnii (C,-Mull.) Lindb. 

 comparanda, sed statura multo minore foliisque stipitis pa- 

 tentissimis, reflexis jam longe diyersa. 



186. Mniodendron densirameum Broth. n. sp. 



Dioiciim; laete viride, nitidum ; caules e rhizomate fu- 

 sco-tomentoso gregarie egredientes, 6—7 cm alti, erecti, 

 stricti, stipitati, stipite fusco-tomentoso, superne verticillatim 

 ramosi, prolifero-innovantes, ramis densissimis, 1,5 — 2 mm 

 longis, strictis vel arcuatulis, dense foliosis, simplicibus vel 

 subsimplicibus, obtusis; /o^ia ramea scariosa, erecto-patentia, 

 e basi subcordata ovato-lanceoläta, longe et anguste acu- 

 minata, c. 1,8 mm longa et c. 0,57 mm lata, marginibus 

 erectis, inferne minute, superne grosse serratis, nervö tenui, 

 cum apice evanido vel breviter excedente, dorso serrato, 

 cellulis anguste linearibus, punctulatis, marginalibus abbre- 

 viatis, basilaribus infimis brevibus, laxis, alaribus majoribus, 

 subquadratis, hyalinis vel aureis. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. British New Guinea, Brown River valley, ubi 

 a. 1897 detexit Mrs Musgrave (herb. Binstead). 



