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foliis c. 3 mm latis, strictis, complanatis, dense foliosis, 

 simplicibus vel subsimplicibus, obtusis; folia stipitis e basi 

 subsemiamplexicauli, late ovata sensim angusle acuminata, 

 nervö (?xcedente aristata, marginibus infima basi revolutis, 

 superne dense et irregulariter grosse serratis, ramea scari- 

 osa, sicca immutata, patentia, ovato-lanceolata, nervö ex- 

 cedente aristata, marginibus infima basi revolutis, superne 

 grosse et irregulariter simpliciter vel geminatim serratis, 

 nervö crassiusculo, in aristam brevem excedente, superne 

 dorso remote serrato, cellulis linearibus, angustis, basilari- 

 bus brevioribus et laxioribus, omnibus laevissimis; perichae- 

 tia in axillis infimis partis frondiformis, fusco-tomentosa, 

 bracteis erectis, internis e basi ovato-oblonga, vaginante, 

 profunde plicata in subulam longissimam, flexuosam fere 

 sensim angustatis, integris, nervö tenui; seta 2 — 3 cm älta, 

 flexuosula, sicca superne fortiter sinistrorsum torta, angu- 

 lala, sat tenuis, rufo-brunnoa, laevissima; theca erecta, sub- 

 cylindrica, symmetrica, cum coUo 4—5 mm longa, coUo 

 longiusculo, in setam sensim abiens, sicca laevis vel indi- 

 stincte sulcata, pallide fusca, aetate rufo-brunnea; peristo- 

 mium H. Reinioardtl; opercuhim colorc et longitudine the- 

 cae, e basi conica in rostrum arcuatulum longissimum et 

 aciculari-pungens angustatum ; calyptra cucuUata, paulum 

 ultra operculum producta, brunnea, apice fusca, basi inte- 

 gra, glabra. 



Patria. New Guinea, Milne Bay, in montibus prope 

 Mita, 2000' (W. Micholitz n. 130), Cloudy Mountains (n. 

 130 bis). 



Species pulcherrima, //. Reimvardti (Hornsch.) habitu 

 similis, sed seta brevi raptim dignoscenda. 



138. Hypnodendron (Euhypnodendron) auricomum Broth. 



Geh. n. sp. 



Dloicam; robustum, fusco-aureum, nitidum; caules e 

 rhizomate fusco-tomentoso gregarie egrediente.s, usque ad 7 

 cm alti, erecti, rigidi, crassi, alte stipitati, stipite foliis squa- 

 maeformibus adpressis obtecta, superne dense pinnatim ra- 



