120 



spores 0'012 — 0'015 mm., ochraceous, quite smooth; operculum 

 convex-coDic, acutely apiculate, pallid. Male plant unknown. 

 " Eelated," says Mr. Brotherus, "to Br. alpinum and Br. 

 muehlenbeckii. It recedes from the former in the much laxer 

 areolation of the leaves and the vanishing nerve ; and is 

 distinguished from the latter by the purple capsule with thick 

 neck." 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Broth.— Professor V. F. Brotherus, of Helsingfors, Finland. 



Burch. — Dr. O. Burchard, of Hamburg. 



Geh. — Mr. A. Geheeb, who is working with Professor 



Brotherus on Baron Sir P. von Mueller's mosses. 

 Mitt. — Mr. W. Mitten, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England. 

 Vent. — Dr. G. Venturi, of Trento. 

 Wafnst. — Mr. C. Warnstorf, of Neuruppin, Prussia. 





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