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114. Splachnobryum Lixii Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; robustum, caespitcsum, caespilibus usque ad 

 2 cm altis, densiusculis, mollibus, viridissimis, inferne pal- 

 lesceritibus; caulis erectus, strictus, basi parce radiculosus, 

 densiusciile foliosus, crassiusculus, rubens, simplex; folia 

 sicca contracta, difficiliter emollita, huraida erecto-patentia, 

 planiuscula, subaequalia, elongate oblonga vel spathulato-ob- 

 longa, rotundato-obtusa, c. 3 mm longa et c. 0,8 mm lata, 

 marginibus e basi ad medium folii vel paulum ultra revo- 

 lutis, integerrimis, limbata, limbo angusto, biseriato, e cel- 

 lulis elongatis composito, nervö viridi, infra summum api- 

 cem evanido, ceilulis laxis, ovali-hexagonis, inferne sensim 

 longioribus, basilaribus oblongis, parce chlorophyllosis; seta 

 o mm älta, tenuissima, flexuosula, pallida; theca erecta, 

 anguste cylindrica, c. 1 mm älta. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Nova Guinea, Yule, ubi a. 1890 detexit Lix 

 (Herb. Bescherelle). 



Species distinctissima, statura robusta et foliis limba- 

 tis facillime dignoscenda. 



115. Bryum (Rhodobryum) russulum Broth. Geh. n. sp. 

 Dioicum; sat robustum, rigidum, laxe caespitosum, 



rufescens, nitidiusculum ; ca?<//ö' cum innovationibus ad 5 cm 

 usque altus, fusco-tomentosus, 3— 4-verticillatus, verticillis 

 rosulatis, internodiis fusco-tomentosis, simplex; folia coria- 

 cea, difficiliter emollita, patula, obovato-vel oblongo-spathu- 

 lata, apiculata, marginibus ultra medium folii revolutis, su- 

 perne minute serrulatis, limbata, limbo 3 — 4-serJato, c cei- 

 lulis elongatis, augustis composito, apice angustiore, ceilulis 

 hexagono-rhomboideis, in medio folii O, loo — 0,i2 5 mm lon- 

 gis et c. 0,0 2 5 mm latis. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. New Guinea, Mt Dayman (W. Ar mit junior). 



Species cum Br. r/if/aiifeo (Hook.) comparanda, sed 

 statura minore, foliis minute serrulatis jam dignoscenda. 



116. Bryum (Eubryum) appressifolium Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; caespitosum, caespitibus densis, rigidis, 1,5 

 cm altis, lutescentibus, nitidiusculis; c.iulis erectus, strictus, 



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