BOTANIS 
HE ZEITUNG. 
311. Jahrgang. 
Den 21. Januar 1853. 
3. Stück. 
Inhalt. Orig.: C. 
Etymologisch-botanisches Handwörterbueh. 2, — 
d. Gambiafluss hinauf. 
R. 
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Musci Neilgherrenses. 
Descripsit Carolus Müller. 
(Fortsetzung.) 
24. (135b.) Br. velutinum C. Müll.; dioicum; 
cespites maxime compacti pulvinati, tomento fusco 
intertexti, Javo-incani, velutino - sericei, Juventute 
virentes; caulis madore perfecte julaceus,, ramulis 
similibus erectis appressis divisus; folia ramulina 
appressa, cochleariformi-oblonga et concava, nervo 
crasso flavido in cuspidem piliformem albescentem 
brevem vix denticulatam flexilem excedente, mar- 
sine integerrimo erecto, cellulis firmiusculis subam- 
plis, utriculo primordiali plicato instructis, basi ma- 
jJuscule quadratis, mollibus; caulina vel perich. ma- 
Jora, basi purpurascentia, brevius cuspidata, sae- 
pius evanidinervia, cellulis inanibus pachydermibus; 
theca in ped. semipollicari ochraceo rubente erecta 
clavato-oblonga, brevicolla, ochracea, operc. minute 
conico, perist. d. ext. reflexi, siccitate conniventes, 
hreves, carnosi, lanceolati, inferne brunnei, summo 
apice obtuso hyalini, infra orificium oriundi, interni: 
nembrana brevis flavida truncata, 
A Br. pulchro et Koratrano ramis graciliori- 
bus et colore primo adspectu jam differt. Br. lepto- 
stomoidi haud dissimile, sed caule perfecte julaceo 
jam recedit. 
25. (142b.) Br. trematodonteum ©. Müll.; mo- 
noicum; antheridia in axillis foliorum superiorum 
nuda; caules gregarii vix cespitulosi, perbreves sim- 
plices; folia pauca, comam parvam apertam sisten- 
tia, stricta , longiuscule lanceolata acuta, subangu- 
sta, margine ultra medium anguste revoluto, apice 
serrulato erecto, nervo crasso flavido canaliculato 
excurrente, cellulis angustissimis elongatis densis 
subincrassatis, basi infima quadratis laxioribus; 
theca in ped. plus minus elongato subflexuoso ru- 
bente inclinata, e collo elongato gibboso-cylindra- 
Müller Museci Neilgherrenses. — 
Lit.: Wittstein 
Grosz eine Fahrt 
Schenck über die Cenien. — 
Not.: Mason über Madeira. 
nn ae 
cea trematodontea, longa, fuscescens, anguste an- 
nulata, operc. concolori oblique conico parvulo; 
perist. d. ext. lanceolati, pallide Iutei, inferne tra- 
beculati, superne rugulosi, interni e membrana te- 
nera rugulosa pallida brevi anguste lanceolati pal- 
lidi rugulosi aequilongi vix perforati, ciliis singulis 
rudimentariis interjectis. 
Br. flexuoso proximum, sed characterihus typo- 
graphice distinctis certe distans. 
Zwei Arten der Montagne’schen Aufzählung: 
Brachymenium Nepalense und Br, Weisia, olne 
Zweifel eigene Arten, weiss ich nicht unterzu- 
bringen. 
.„ Tribus XVI. 
Gen. VI. Dicranum. 
26. (58b.) D. involutum -C. Müll.; dioicum; 
cespites lati, densi, rigidi, plus minus alti, ex ni- 
gricante sordide lutescentes vel virentes; caulis 
sterilis elongatus inferne nigricans robustus subpa- 
tentifolius, superne in ramos plerumque duos lon- 
gos attenuatos subfiliformes sordide coloratos stri- 
etissimos divisus; fertilis parte inferiore patentifo- 
lia tandem julacea alta, apice coma subrosulata 
simplici vel innovationes longiusculas julaceas ar- 
cuatas singulas vel plures exserente terminatus; 
folia caulina inferiora erecto-patentia, superiora 
appressa angustiora magis subulata, omnia strictis- 
sima cymbiformi-lanceolata acutiuscula, summo 
apice parum denticulata, margine superne distincte 
involuto, nervo lato deplanato laevi vel dorso api- 
cis scabro; cellulae oblique seriatae valde incras- 
satae, minute oblongae, inferne magis rectangula- 
res, alares in ventrem subdistinetum congestae hya- 
linae vel fuscae laxae; perich. intima e basi con- 
volutacea lata tenera pellucide elongata et laxe re- 
ticulata subito fere in subulam breviusculam conca- 
vam attenuata, incrassate areolata; thecae aggrega- 
tae terminales, in ped. flavis cygneis laevibus, el- 
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Diceranaceae, 
