250 S. O. Lindberg. 



Inter Climacia ill. Bkidel posuit elegantissimam Leskeam sulcatam Hook. Musc. exot. II, tab. 

 164, aliquantulum dubitans tamen ipse, in sua Bryol. univ. II, p. 274; re vera nihil com- 

 mune in systemate naturali cum hoc génère possidet, sed genus proprium distinctissimum 

 consideranda est, cujus, ut solum ad prsesentem diem monotypi, affinitas nondum clara nobis 

 videtur, ut partim ad Meteorium, partim ad Hypnodendron (ex. gr. H. Reintvardli) nutans, op- 

 time tamen ab illo diversum habitu erecto et rigido, theca erecta, longa, sulcata et alte se- 

 tata calyptraque longa et angusta etc, ab hoc, magis affini, genere distinctum habitu plane 

 alieno, theca erecta, cndostomio leskeaceo etc. Geueri cui nomen Braithwailea dåre voluraus 

 in honore amicissimi Doctoris R. Braitiiwaite. 



53. Hypnum (Brachythecium) auriculatum n. sp. Lindb. 



Dioicimi, sat robustum et rig-icliim, arcuato-cleflexum, flavum, niticlum; 

 caule subpinuato-ramoso, densifolio; foliis sat scariosis, subsecunclis, pro- 

 funde plicatis, basi aunculatis, late cordato-lanceolatis, sensim acutissimis, 

 marg-ine subplauo et ubiqiie serrato, nervo dimidiato, tenni, vulgo inpequaliter 

 bifurco; bracteis pericha;tii brevibus, hand plicatis, latissime obovatis, acu- 

 mine longissimo et reflexo, serratis, enervibus; seta brevi, scaberrima; theca 

 minuta, cernua, subglobosa; annnlo duplici; operculo magno, conico, rostello 

 crasso, deciirvo. 



Hab. ad Dui, inter Dicranuni majus, fertile, Aug. 1861, Glehn. 



Cœspites laxos, flavos vel subaureos et nitidos efformans, sat robusta et rigida, 6 — 10 cm. 

 longa et 2 mm. crassa. Caulis haud paraphyllifer, basi suberectus, medio horizontalis api- 

 ceque arcuato-deflexus et nigro-radiculosus, postea vulgo adscendens apiceque denuo arcuatus 

 et radiculosus, subpinnatus, ramis erectis apice horizontalibus vel arcuato-decurvis, attenuatis, 

 1 — 2,5 cm. longis. FoUa subscariosa, densa, patcntia, secuuda, coucava, profunde pluripli- 

 cata, superne canaliculata, breviter, sed latius decurrentia, late cordato-lanceolata, basi auriculata, 

 auriculis magnis et subplanis, sensim acutissima vel fere subuliformia, margine hic illic pauUum 

 solum recurvulo, ceterum piano et jam ex infima basi auricularum dense serrato, nervo tenui, 

 infra — vix supra medium dissoluto, supra basin vulgo bifurco, crure uno multo breviore et 

 teueriore, dorso laivissimo haud prominente; cellukc parum incrassatœ, lœvissimai, auriculares 

 irregulariter quadrataj, majores, ceterum lougaî et angusta;, prosenchymaticaj, serpentinaj. Pe- 

 richwda nonnuUa in parte basilari caulis axillaria, sat magna, parum nigro-radiculosa. 

 Braclcic eorura subscariosœ, stramineo-Iuteai, nitida;, 12 — 18, haud plicat:e, e basi breviter 

 vagiuante et latissime obovata vel subrhombea abruptissime attenuatœ in subulam longissimam, 

 reflexam et flexuosam, subfiliformem, margine piano, supra partem latissimam remote serrato, 

 énerves, cellulis Iaxis, rectangularibus, mediis et superioribus elongate rliombeis. Vagimda 

 oblongo-conica, paraphyses longas et pistillidia copiosissima gerens. Sela 7 — 8 mm. älta, 

 sat crassa, brunneo-purpurea, flexuosula, sinistrorsum torta, densissime scaberrima. Theca 

 minuta, 1,75 mm. longa et 1,25 mm. crassa, brunnea, late ovalis vel subglobosa, cernua et 

 obliqua, pachydermis, cellulis sat minutis, irregulariter rectangularibus, valde incrassatis, sto- 

 mata pauca, superficialia, basilaria. Annulus latiusculus, duplex. Peristomium majusculum; 

 exostomimn brunneo-luteum, dentés sedecim, magni, dolabriformes, acutissimi, hyalino-limbati, 



