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3. Polytrichum (Catharinelld) Borgemi Hpe. 

 Humile , subunciale, dense aggregatum , in- 



tense rubiginosum. Caulis brevis erectus, laxe 

 foliatus. Folia sicca convoluta, incurva, liumida 

 erecto-patula strictiora, inferiora breviora, co- 

 jualia longiora, e basi vaginante tenera latiore 

 oblonga, pellucida, cellulis parvis subquadratis, 

 vel indistincte polygonis in latere superiori 

 dense aggregatis, minimis, angulato-punctatis ; 

 lainina lanceolata superne plus ininusve sinuato- 

 denticulata, nervo dilatato opaca, dorso glabra. 

 Seta erecta parce superne tortilis caulein duplo 

 vel triplo superans. Theca oblique minor ur- 

 ceolaris, vel major obovata aperta urniformis, 

 sub ore paulisper contracta, junior intense cuprea, 

 laevis, vetusta deoperculata sexies angulata; 

 operculo convexo subula brevi apiculato. Pe- 

 ristomium pallidum 32-dentatum, dentibus bre- 

 vibus, anguste lingulatis albo-marginatis, striatis, 

 basi sinuatim in membrana brevi conjunctis. 

 Calyptra pallide aurantiaca thecam totam in- 

 volvens. 



Prope Umpumulo 8. Mart. 1867 leg. Borgen. 



Polylricho subtortili minori ex India orientali 

 proximmn, differt: reticulo foliorum et operculo 

 subula recta longiore coronato. 



4. Chryso - Hypnum patens Hpe. 



Monoicum, laxe caespitoso - prostratuni , ru- 

 fescente uitens. Caulis irregulariter pinnatim 

 ramosus; ramis brevibus subcompressis. Folia 

 undique laxe subdisliche imbricata; squarroso- 

 patula, caulina horizontaliter adfixa, e basi sub- 

 cordata acuminata, nervo furcato notata, ramo- 

 rum minora, concava, ovata, brevius acuminata, 

 nervo furcato vel obsoleto, paulo evidentius ser- 

 rulata, cellulis anguste parallelogrammis abbre- 

 viatis, nodulis prominentibus splendentibus inter- 

 ruptis, flavescente diaphana punctata} perichae- 

 tialia pallida, erecta, subintegerrima , inferiora 

 minora , superiora ovato - lanceolata longe acu- 

 minata, setaceo-cuspidata, enervia, cellulis 

 laxioribus, nodulis remotis interruptis, hyalina 

 pellucida. Seta brevis vix seiniuncialis, adscen- 

 dens, gracilis. Theca adscendente horizontalis 

 oblique ovata, ore nee contracta, rubra, sub- 

 apophysata ; operculo conico brevi acuminato. 

 Peristomium duplex ; dentibus ext. rufescentibus 

 lanceolatis, anguste trabeculatis, apice toruloso 

 acuininatis, linea media nullaj interius mem- 

 brana flavescens: cruribus cariuatis laxe trabe- 

 culatis integris, ciliis binis capillaribus inter- 

 positis. Calyptra cucullala pallida pilosiuscula. 



Hab. pr. Umpumulo 3. Jan. 1867 legit 

 Borgen. 



Ab Hypno\ekgantulo Hook, inflorescentia mo- 

 noica, statura graciliore, colore rufescente, foliis 

 laxins imbricatis, textura densiore, seta breviore 

 et theca subapophysata , minus curvata breviore, 

 sub ore nee constrieta differt. 



5. Fissidens Borgenii Hpe. 



Dioicus, pusillus, cortice fibrillis fuscis ad- 

 natus laxe cespitans, fronde simplici 6 — 12- 

 juga humida pallide viridi adscendente oblonga, 

 sicca apice deftexa. Folia inferiora minora, 

 terminnlia majora oblongo- lanceolata integer- 

 rima, immarginata, nervo hicido percurrente 

 apiculata; lamina ad medium folii producta lan- 

 ceolata, obtusiuscula, toto latere hiante in foliis 

 inferioribus subaequante patula, cellulis dense 

 aggregatis minimis subgramilatis folium totum 

 griseo - opacum. Seta apicalis refraeta, adscen- 

 dens, tenera, pallida, fronde in aequans, vel bre- 

 vior apice curvata. Theca anguste elliptico- 

 cylindrica, pallide rubens, sub ore constrieta, 

 erecto- horizontalis, operculo conico - subulato, 

 parce oblique rostrato, vix thecam metiente. 

 Peristomium humidum connivens, siecurn radiatim 

 expansum sanguineum: dentibus elongatis, basi 

 valde cristatis, ad medium bifidis, laciniis seta- 

 ceis torulosis. Calyptra cucullata parva, vix 

 operculum obtegens, pallida. 



Prope Umpumulo 1867 leg. Borgen. 



6. Fissidens lanceolalus (Bruch.?) Hpe. 

 Dioicus, major, fere uncialis, pallide viridis, 



basi fusco - fibrillosus caespitoso - adnatus. Caulis 

 ftabellato adscendens , fronde euneato - oblonga 

 polyphylla. Folia sicca decurve Jiomomalla, apice 

 circinato - convoluta , humida distiche pinnatim 

 explanata, inferiora remota breviora, carinato - 

 patula, versus apicem fröndis aecrescente ma- 

 jora, coutinua, perichaetialia inaxima, erecto - 

 patentia , elongato- lanceolata, integerrima, nervo 

 lutescente percursa , acuta , immarginata , saepe 

 margine dilutiora, pseudo-limbata, cellulis dense 

 aggregatis granuloso-papillatis, obscure griseo - 

 diaphanis; lamina lanceolata acutiore, toto latere 

 aperta, supra medium folii edueta, cellulis lae- 

 vioribus dilutiore. Frous mascula femineae con- 

 formis, flores ad latera rachis seriatim inserti, 

 bulbiformes, foliis perigonialibus carinatis, e basi 

 cordata vaginante inclusi, abrupte lanceolato- 

 acuminatis, integerrimis, lucide nervosis, cellulis 

 laevioribus diaphanis. Seta apicalis adscendente 

 erecta, semiuncialis, flavescens. Theca obovala 

 (junior) sub ore constrieta, operculo e basi con- 

 vexo oblique rostrato, thecam subaequante. Ca- 

 lyptra deest. 



