14 V, F. Brotherus. [LI 
Species Gl. commutato' (C. Mill.) Broth. affinis, sed sta- 
tura robusta nec non theca minuta, deoperculata microstoma 
oculo nudo:jam :dignoscenda. . 
Orthotrichaceae. 
+ Leratia neocaledonica Broth. et Par. n. gen. et sp. 
Dioiea; sat gracilis, caespitosa, caespitibus rigidis, fusce- 
scentibus, superne viridibus vel lutescenti-viridibus, haud niti- 
dis; caulis ce. 1 cm altus, erectus, strictus, inferne fusco-tomen- 
tosus, dense foliosus, simplex; folia sicca arcte adpressa, flexuo- 
sula, comalia interdum leniter spiraliter .contorta, humida 
erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula 
vel ohtusa, c. 3 mm longa, c. 0,6 mm lata, marginibus erectis, 
integerrimis, infima basi tantum fimbriis nonnullis longis prae- 
ditis, nervo crasso, infra summum apicem folii evanido, dorso 
valde prominente et dense verrucosö, cellulis minutis, incras- 
satis, lumine subrotundo, chlorophyllosis, dense verrucosis, ba- 
silaribus elongate rectangularibus, teneris, hyalinis, ad inser- 
tionem folii aureis, levissimis; bracteae perichaeti foliis subsi- 
miles; seta usque ad 2 cm alta, tenuis, stricta, lutea, laevis; 
theea erecta, elongate cylindracea, longicollis, leptodermis, fu- 
scidula, laevis, stomatibus in collo tantum positis, phanero- 
poris; peristomium simplex; exostomii dentes infra orificium 
thecae oriundi, late lineares, obtusi, sicci erecti, humidi apice 
incurvi, fusco-lutei, minute  papillosi, striolati; spori 0,025 
—0,040 mm, laeves; operculum e basi conica breviter crasse 
et oblique rostratum; calyptra cucullata, fere ad basin sporan- 
gi ”producta, albida, apice fusca,7 laevis.  Planta mascula 
ignota. 
Mont Dzumac, in silvaticis (A. Le Rat). 
Genus novum insigne, -Macromitrio proximum, sed notis 
supra datis optime diversum. | 
Genre dédié å M. A. Le Rat et Madame Louise Le 
Rat, les explorateurs zélés de YV'ile intéressante ou ils de- 
meurent. | 
