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Cauc. major orc: [meretia, Atschara ad fl. Eion. 

 (Jane, major centr.: Gàrthalinia, in montibus supra Krtzknilvan; 

 Ossetia, Lnter Kobi et Abano ad fl. Terek. 



Talysch: Lenkoran (Haussknecht ex Jur. et Mild. 1. c). 



17. Mieliclihoferia Bobnsch. 



88. Mielichhoferia caucasica Schimp. n. sp. in sched. 



Syn. Oreas caucasica Lindb. in sched. 



Synoica; laxe caespitosa, caespitibus parvis, huinilibus. inferne rubescen- 

 tilms. superne pallide viridibus, aetate aurescentibus, nitidinscnlis; catdis ad 3 

 mm. asque altus. erectus, inferne dense radicnlosus, radiculis longis, verrucosis, 

 superne in ramis brevibus, fastigiatis, clavatis divisas, innovationibus gracilibus, 



6 7 min. longis, pallide viridibus; folia dense conferta, sicca adpressa, bumida 

 erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, lanceolata vel Uneari-lanceolata, nervo excur- 

 iviite longe cuspidata, marginibus mtegerrimis, fere ad apicem auguste revolutis, 

 nervo crasso, rufescente in cuspidem longissimum excurrente, cellulis leptoder- 

 niieis. hvalinis. rhomboideo-ünearibus 0,i 0,i2 mm. longis et 0,oio 0,012 mm. 

 latis. basilaribns infimis brevioribns; seta liasi geniculata, superne flexuosa, ad 



7 111111. usque älta, gracillima, basi ruina, superne paUida; theca subcernua, obo- 

 vata. microstoma, 2 nun. longa et 1 111111. crassa, collo brevissimo, leptodermis, 

 pallida, stomatibus copississimis, minutis, superflcialibus; annulas duplex, mar- 

 gini thecae adliaerens; peristomium simplex, dentibus angustissimis, ab una serie 

 cellularum formatis, hyalinis; operculum minutum, convexum, apiculo nullo. 



Caac. major or.: Dagestania media, ubi in speluneis (c. 1,800m.) 

 prope Karata pane legit !•'. J. RtJPEECHT. 



89. Mielichhoferia nitida (Fünck.) Boknsch. 



Syn. Oreas Mielichhoferi Brid. 



Ad rupes argillaceo-scnistosas a regione campestri usque in alpinam su- 

 periorem. Fertilis. 



Cauc. major occ: Imeretia. Oprtscheti ad fl. Rion; Svania, Len- 

 techi ad fl. Tshenis Tskhali: Radscba, inter Uzeri et Grlola, Mamisson ad 

 tontes fl. Dschandschacbi Tskhali. 



Cauc. major ctntr.: Ossetia, in montibus pr. Til). Lars et in monte 

 Zomorasch ad fl. Terek. 



