Br. pachypomati proximum, sed caracteribus 
typographice distinctis jam refugiens et Br. Crü- 
geri quoad colorem caulium affınius. Planta mas- 
cula humilis, flore crassiuscule gemmaceo terminata 
simplex; fol. perig. late ovato-lanceolata, excur- 
rentinervia, omnino vel basi purpurascentia, basi 
valde concava; antheridia turgida, 
d. Peristomium Brachymeniü, 
17. (108c.) Br. rugosum C. Müll.; dioicum, 
perbreve cespitulosum; caules ramique dense foliosi 
breves teretes fragiles; folia ramea oblongo-lan- 
ceolata, nervo crasso flavido dein fuscescente lon- 
siuscule excedente acute pungentia, integerrima, 
concava, margine erecto, cellulis parvis pellucidis; 
perich. nervo crassissimo brunnescente strictissimo 
longe pungentia; theca in ped. pro plantulae bre- 
vitate longo purpurascente inclinata, globosa, ochra- 
cea, ad basin versus valde rugulosa, ad insertionem 
impressa, late annulata, operc. minute conico nec 
Tumido ochruceo, ore orbiculari minuto nunquam 
amplo truncato; perist. d. ext. breves, irregulari- 
ter lanceolati, inferne rubiginosi, superne pallidi, 
medio veluti perforati, interni obsoletiz: membrana 
tenera aurantiaca in dentes ciliaque rudimentaria 
producta, 
Br. pachythecae et coronato haud dissimile, 
sed caracteribus laudatis jam toto coelo distans, 
cum perist. Brachymenii. Species pulchella memo- 
rabilis. 
18. (113.) Br. exile Dz. et Molkb. (Syn. 1. p. 
311.). 
Patria. Montes Neilgherrenses circa Avalan- 
chy copiose legit B. Schmid inter Bryum Schmi- 
dii et Polytricha, 
19. (113b.) Br. flaccidisetum C. Müll.; dioi- 
cum; cespites humiles densi lutei; caulis fertilis 
perbrevis basilaris, ramulis paueis humilibus subte- 
retibus sericeo - luteis gracilibus obtusiuseulis ramo- 
sus; folia ramulina appressa parva, e basi latiuscula 
truncata subovato-lanceolata, nervo flavo cras- 
siusculo excedente acute flavo-pungentia, concava, 
margine integerrimo erecto, cellulis lazxiusculis 
elongatis pellucidis , hasi quadratis laxioribus, 
omnibus inanibus veluti flaccidis; caulina vel pe- 
rich, similia, sed majora et margine angustissime 
revoluta; theca in ped. praelongo gracillimo fle- 
zuoso flaccido rubente erecta, parva, madore in- 
elinata, anguste ceylindraceo-pyriformis brevicollis, 
ore coarctata, coriaceo - fusca, late annulata, oper- 
culo minute conico; perist. d. ext. brewiter lanceo- 
lati, hyalini, trabeculati, sed tenues veluti obso- 
leti, membranam internam vixz superantes; interni 
in membrana pallide aurantiaca rudimentarü, ci- 
liis binis rudimentariis interjectis. 
u — 
Species pulchella, habitu Br. flexuoso et co- 
arctato similis, ab illo foliis integerrimis pungen- 
tibus, ab hocce foliis late lanceolatis, flavinervihbus, 
theca longissime pedunculata atque majore Jam sat 
distincta. 
”*20. (118.). Br. argenteum L. 
In montibus ad terram, ligna et cortices fre- 
quentissimum: Perrottet, Schmid. 
21. (121b.) Br. Schmidii C. Müll.; dioicum; 
Br. julaceo simillimum, sed folia caulina ovalia in- 
tegra basi e cellulis distinete pellueidis laziuscu- 
lis supra maxime incrassatis veluti in membranam 
llavam conflatis flavioribus composita, nervo eT- 
currente llaviore crassiore percursa, minora; pe- 
rich. caulinis multo majora magis lanceolata, stru- 
etura simili praedita, excurrentinervia; theca in 
ped. plus minus elongato inelinata vel pendula, e 
collo brevi pyriformi-ovalis, siccitate ante oper- 
culum constricta fusca, operc. conico majusculo 
acuto concolori; annulus latus; perist. Br. julacei. 
*22. (130.) Br. leptostomoides C. Müll. Syn. 1. 
p.. 321. 
Brachymenium pulchrum Mont. 1. c. No. 47. 
Ad Rhododendra in montibus excelsis, 2900 metra 
altitudine supra mare circa m. Dodabetta a Perrot- 
tet lectum. 
23. (132 c.) Br. clavariaeforme C. Müll.; dioi- 
cum; vcespites humiles laxae, inferne tomentosae, 
virentes; caulis fertilis parvus madore comam par- 
vam laxifoliam subrosulatam sistens „ innovationes 
2—3 bhreves similes efficiens; folia ramulina e basi 
angustatä oblongo -ovata, spathulaeformia, sic- 
citate subtorta, carinata, margine ad apicem usque 
fere tenuiter revoluta et anguste limbata, apice 
argute denticulata, e cellulis pulchello rhombeis 
parvulis, utriculo primordiali plicato saepe instru- 
ctis, virentibus vel pellucidis areolata, nervo cari- 
nato virente excedente longiuscule et acute cuspi- 
data; caulina vel perich. inaequalia, valde plicata, 
longius cuspidata, margine magis revoluta, pellu- 
cide reticulata, rubentinervia; theca in ped. semi- 
pollicari rubente erecto, madore arcuato -flexuoso, 
erecta, oblongo-clavaeformis majuscula, pallens 
dein fusca, late annulata, operc. minute conico au- 
rantiaco; perist, d. ext. latiuscule lanceolati, in- 
ferne lutei subglabri, superne rugulosi grisei, la- 
mellis cristatis intus vix notati, geniculato -reilexi, 
carnosi ; internum: »membrana brevis truncata, 
Br. Hornschuchiano habitu simillimum, sed no- 
tis cursive impressis jam longe distans. Variat fo- 
liis in spiram contortis densius confertis, breviori- 
bus latioribus minus spathulatis et theca minore, 
Fortsetzung folgt.) 
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