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75. Schlotheimia pilicalyx Broth. Geh. 

 Dioicum; robustum, caespitosum, caespitibus fusccs- 

 eenti-rubentibus, superne pallide fuscescenti-viridibus, molli- 

 bus, nitidis; caulis repens fuseo-tomentosus, dense ramosus, 

 ramos robustos, breviores, simplices vel longiores, usque ad 

 4 cm. altos, ramulosos, dense foliosos, obtusos, parce radi- 

 eulosos emittens; folia ramulina sicca laxe imbricata, pul- 

 chre spiraliter torta, humida erecto-patentia, canaliculato- 

 concava, elongate ligulata, obtusa, nervö excedente piliformi- 

 cuspidata, 3 — 4 mm. longa et 0.6 — 0,7 5 mm. lata, rugulosa, 

 pellucida, marginibus basi paulum revolutis, integerrimis, 

 nervö tenni, rubro, in pilum longiusculum, rufescentem, te- 

 nuem, flexuosulum, laevem producto, dorso laevi, cellulis 

 rhomboideis, incrassatis, basin versus sensim longioribus, 

 basilaribus linearibus, grosse papillosis, infimis fusco-aureis; 

 bracteae perichaetii foliis similes, sed majores, longius pili- 

 ierae, dorso laeves, cellulis minutius papillosis; seta 6 mm. 

 älta, erecta, dextrorsum spiraliter torta, pallide rubra, laevis- 

 sima; iheca erecta, oblonga, 1 mm. älta, plicata; annulus 0; 

 péristomium duplex; exostomii dentes c. 0,3 5 mm. longi, ob- 

 tusi, opaci, sordide lutescentes, linea longitudinali exarati; 

 endostomii processus dentibus breviores et angustiores, lu- 

 tescentes, pellucidi, papillosi, striati: spo-HO,0 2 — 0,025 mm., 

 virides, papillosi: operadam conicum, breviter rostratum; 

 cälyptra fusca, laevis. 



Patria. Nova Guinea, in cacumine montium Owen 

 Stanley Range legit Sir W. Mac Gregor, sub numeris 7 

 et 10 com. Sir F. von Mueller. 



This very remarkable species resembles Macromitrium 

 longipilam A. Braun, and is, consequently, larger than any 

 other species known within its genus. It is, moreover, 

 easily recognised through its hairy leaves and its roughly 

 papillous basilar cells. 



