226 S. O. Lindberg. 



9. Mnium japonieum ii. sp. Lindb. 



Bioicufu; foliis sat densis, longe et sat late decurrentibus, basi augustis, 

 superne late rhombeo-obovatis, longe aciiminatis, acnmine leniter recurvo, lato 

 et acntissimo distincteque flexuoso, limbatis, margine iisqiie ad medium late 

 recurvo et integerrimo, supra medium piano et deuse, longe simpliciterque 

 fimbriato-ciliato, inter serraturas incurviusculas distincte rotundato-repaudo ; 

 theca oblouga, leniter obliqua, stomatibus in coUo longo indistincte subim- 

 mersis; peristomio alto, dentibus longis acutissimis; operculo e basi conica 

 breviter et acute rostellato vel apiculato. 



Ifab. in ins. Nippon, q ad Fudzi, 3 Nov. 1S62, et fructiferum ad Se- 

 nano, 1S64. 



CcespUes sat densos formans. Caulis elatus, 4 — G cm. altus, ubique deuse et louge 

 fusco-radiculosus, e parte inferiore ramos arcuatos, apice acutos et ssepe radiculosos pre- 

 ferens. FoUa sat densa, in sicco statu quoque luteo-viridia, sicca undulata et flexuosa, 

 accrescentia, longe et sat late decurrentia, basi angusta, superne late rhombeo-obovata, acu- 

 minata, acumine leniter recurvo, longo, lato et acntissimo distincteque flesuoso, margine usque 

 ad medium late recurvo et integerrimo, ceteroquin piano, ubique limbato, limbo lato, inferne 

 a sex, superne a duabus seriebus cellularum formato, supra recurvaturam marginis ubique 

 dense, longe simpliciterque fimbriato-ciliato, inter serraturas sat incurviusculas distincte ro- 

 tundato-repando, nervo crasso, dorso lœvissimo, infra acumen dissoluto; celluke magnse 

 C/.j, — Y4(, mm.), in seriebus sat indistincte divergentibus dispositaj, angulato-rotuudîB, con- 

 formiter et sat valde incrassata? vixque inter se porosai, spatiis trigonis distinctissimis. 

 Bracteœ perichœtii longiores et acutiores, prœsertim in parte inferiore, cujus margines magis 

 reflexi, acutiores, remotius et brevius ciliat;c, serraturis multo magis incurvis, nervo in ultimo 

 acumine dissoluto vel continue. Vaghmla conico-oblonga, pistiliidia et paraphyses filiformes 

 copiosissima gerens. SeUe solitariœ vel geminaj, 3,5 — 4 cm. altae, pallido-rufœ, sat strict» et 

 rectai, in statu sicco flexuosœ. Theca pallido-brunneola, sicca nitidula et subrugulosa, oblonga, 

 distincte obliqua, curvatura setai subpeudula, leniter sub ore constricta, coUo longo, cellulis 

 sat magnis, angulato-oblongis, conformiter et valde iucrassatis, stomatibus in collo superfi- 

 cialibus vel indistincte subimmersis. Annulus latus, duplex. Peristonüum magnum; exosto- 

 /nium 16 dentés, longi et acutissimi, superne papillosi, lutei; endosiomium paullo brevius, 

 brunneum, papillulosum, membrana basilaris haud perforata, processus in carina valde Liantes, 

 apice filiformi-attenuati, cilia terna, jequilonga, sat dense uodulosa, interdum bifurca. Spori 

 sat magni, pallido-ferruginei, papillulosi. Operculum altum, e basi conica breviter et acute 

 rostellatum vel apiculatum, rufo-pallidum, siccum nitidulum, rostello rufo. Calyptra viridulo- 

 straminea, nitida, laivissima. 



Planta mascula nobis ignota. 



Mnium medium (synoicum) proximum, Mnium cuspidafum L., Neck, (cujus folia vix 

 decurrentia sunt) et Mnium insigne (dioica) species) facillime distinguuntur foliis remotioribus, 

 ovalibus — oblongis, longe et late decurrentibus, basi latis et margine vix recurvis, sed jam e 

 basi serratis, serraturis remotioribus, numquam incurvis, limbo angustiore et inter serraturas 

 haud repando, breviter apiculatis, nervo ad apiculum dissoluto, cellulis duplo majoribus, plus 



