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lateralia ovalia, apiculo aeuto terminata, c. 1,5 mm. longa 

 et c. 0.7 b mm. lata, marginibus eroctis, apice serrulatis, 

 enervia, cellulis firmis, laxe rhomboideis vel oblongo-hexa- 

 ^onis, basin versus sensim longioribus, parco chloropbyl- 

 losis, alaribus uullis, omnibus laevissimis; bmcteae peri- 

 chaetii externae minutae, lanceoiatae, breviter aouminatae, 

 internae majores, e basi longe vaginante longe et anguste 

 aciiminatae, acumine reflexiusculo, remote denticulato; seta 

 2 cm. älta, erecta, sicca ilexuosula, tenuis, pallide rubra, 

 laevissima; theca cernua, asymmetrica, oblonga, curvatula, 

 sieca deopereulata sub ore paulum constricta, fuscidula, lae- 

 vis; annulus angustus, persistens; peristomium duplex, palli- 

 dum; exostomii dentes sicci e basi reflexa circinatim incurvi, 

 lanceolato-subulati, c. 0,6 6 mm. longi etc. 0,0 8 mm. lat i 

 dense lamellati, linea media flexuosa notati, albide limbati, 

 papiliosi; corona basilaris humilis, 0,io cm. älta; processus 

 longitudine dentium, carinati, anguste perforati, papillosi; 

 cilia 0; spori 0,0 12 — 0,oi5 mm., olivacei, laevos; opereidum 

 e basi alte conica breviter rostratum, rostro obliquo, ob- 

 tuso; calyptra (junior tantum visa) cucullata, albida, laevis. 



Patria. New Ireland, ubi m. Oct. 1893 detexit \V. 

 Micholitz. 



Species distinctissima, E. inflectenti (Brid.) habitu valde 

 siniilis, sed thecae forma et peristomii structura facillime 

 dignoscenda. 



88. Trichosteleum (Sigmatella) diaphanum Broth. 



Autoicum; robustiusculum, pallidum, haud nitidum, ra- 

 mulos involvens; caulis elongatus, repens, per totam longi- 

 tudinem fasciculatim radiculosus, densissime pinnatim ramu- 

 losus, ramulis aequalibus, complanatis, cum foliis c. 1,5 mm. 

 latis, vix ultra 5 mm. longis, erectis, strictis, densiuscule 

 foliosis, obtusis; folia diaphana, disticha, lateralia patula, 

 cymbiformi-concava, e basi breviter constricta ovata, brevi- 

 ter acuminata, acumine recurvatulo, marginibus erectis, ubi- 

 que denticulatis, enervia, cellulis elongatis, angustissimis, 

 dorso seriatim papillosis, basilaribus infimis laxis, hyalinis, 

 alaribus paucis, vesiculaeformibus, aureis; bracteae perichartii 



