359 r 
laxe erecto-patula siccitate laxze conferta« haud 
contorta, haud vel viw recurva, e basi longiuscula 
spathulatä late ovata rotundata sed in acumen bre- 
vissimum plerumque parum inaequale recurviuscu- 
lum producta, nervo valido rubente dorso tenerrime 
papilloso in aristam recurviusculam plus minus lon- 
gam superne hyalinam serrulatam rarius brevem 
integram protracto exarata. aperta planiusculo- 
concava haud complicata. margine parum flexuoso 
paulisper revoluto apice erecto integra vel cellulis 
protuberantibus papillosis veluti crenulata, ce cellu- 
lis basi elongatis pellucidis laxis mollibus margine 
minoribus apicem versus grosse hexagonis punctu- 
latis diaphanis juventute valde granuloso - chloro- 
phyllosis mollibus areolata; perich. strietiora; the- 
ca in ped. elongyato intense rubro dextrorsum valde 
contorto erecta cylindrico-oblonga brunnescens lon- 
giuscula vix curvata, brevior et amplior,, ore an- 
gusto, annulo latiusculo , operculo conico-acuminato 
rectiusculo pallidiore, calyptra slabra, peristomio 
ad medium usque tubulari albido pulchre tessellato 
vel grosse reticulato inde rubello pluries dextror- 
sum contorto. 
B. Preissiana Hmp. Linn. XXVlil. p. 204. 
Patria. Australia felix, Latrobe River in mon- 
tosis: Dr. Ferd. Müller 1855. 
A B. Preissiana notis superne exactius decla- 
ratis, a B. flezimarginata habitu proxima foliis 
longe aristatis jam longe recedens. 
Gen. Trichostomum. 
Trichostomum (Desmatodon) Thomsoni C. 
Müll. ; monoicum ; antheridia nuda paraphysibus sub- 
clavatis aureis breviter articulatis foliisque minu- 
tissimis aureis paueis cincta; habitus Tr. Laureri; 
folia dense imbricata, e basi oblonga ventricoso- 
dilatata ligulato-ovata obtusissima wel brevissime 
acuminata nec apiculata, carinata ante apicem 
cucullato-concava, margine apice excepto viz wel 
anyustissime revoluta et sublimbata integerrima 
papillis solum asperula, nervo ante apicem cucul- 
latum evanido percursa. e cellulis basiö laxis sed 
amplioribus nec elongatis superne aequaliter hexa- 
gonis densis firmioribus minoribus nec laxis tene- 
ris, massa granulosa grisea nec chlorophyllosa 
conflata repletis areolata; perichaetialia obtusa 
caulinis similia; theca in ped. breviusculo apice 
arcuato nutans ovalis parvula pallide olivacea, oper- 
culo robustiore e basi conica subulato-rostrato ob- 
liquiuseulo; perist. dentes sinistrorsum bis fere tor- 
ti, e membrana brevissima longiores magis capil- 
lares multo teneriores ad basin usque valde irre- 
gulariter 2—3 vel multifidi, pallide aurantiaci, eru- 
ribus inferne pro more anastomosanti- cohaeren- 
tes nodosiuscenli. 
Desmatodon Laureri Wils. in Hb. Ind. Or. No. 
273. et Mitten in Proceed. of the Linn. Soc. 1859. 
Suppl. p. 37. 
Patria. Tibet. oceid. alpin., valley south east 
of salt lake, 16,000 ped. alt., ubi T. Thomson legit. 
Ex Mitten in Himalaya oceident., Kumaon: Strachey 
et Winterbottom. 
Tr. Laureri affinissimum foliis valde revolutis 
haud limbatis apiculatis multo laxius et tenerius re- 
ticulatis Jam certe diversum. Species pulcherrima, 
Trichost. Laureri alpium europaearum in montibus 
Emodieis perfecte repraesentans. 
Gen. 
M. Owahiense C. Müll.; monoicum; late inter- 
Macromitrium. 
| texte cespitosum humile gracillimum, longe prore- 
pens ramulis pinnatim dispositis brevissimis gra- 
ceillömis sterilibus sensim minoribus instructum inde 
in stolonem elongatum vadicantem secundifolium 
protractum; ramuli fertiles ante stolonem illum 
egredientes breves apice fastigiatim divisi virentes 
dein sordide fuscescentes madore haud 
turgescentes sed graciles; folia crispatula humore 
erecto - patula apice incurva, multo minora angu- 
stiora lanceolata breviter acuminata nervo ezcur- 
rente acuta nec pungentia, profunde carinata ad 
nervum basilarem ferrugineum parum latius con- 
cava, margine erecto deplanato vel reflexo integer- 
rima, e cellulis laevibus diaphanis apice quadratis 
mox longioribus pariter incrassatis basi elongatis 
luteis vel aureis areolata; perich. multo minora 
non cuspidem ezsertum sistentia late lanceolata, 
intima nervo longius protracto tenuiter cuspidata; 
theca in ped. elongato flexili rubente laevi erecta 
angustissime cylindrico - oblonga parva distincte 
sexies sulcata nec ore plicata nec sub orificio ven- 
tricose turgescens, peristomio longe infra orifi- 
cium constrictum oriundo simplici, e dentibus lan- 
lutei vel 
 ceolatis pallidis asperulis brevibus sicceitate immer- 
so-incurvis composito, calyptra nuda fusca laevi. 
M. Reinwardti Sulliv. in Wilkes Explor. Exped. 
Bot. Musc. p. 7 forsan huc revocandum. 
Patria. Insula Oahu: Didrichsen in Exped. 
transatl. Danica; Jo. Lange amice donavit. Ex in- 
sulis Sandwicensibus et Societatis aliis Cl. $ulli- 
vant accepisse videtur. 5 
M. Reinwardti quasi diminutivum, sed primo 
visu gracilitate omnium partium magna distans, cae- 
teris notis supra datis satis differre videtur. The- 
cas deoperculatas solum 3 observavi. Gemmula an- 
therigera speciei prioris, foliis vix crenulatis. 
(Fortsetzung folgt.) 
