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numerosis quadratis vel rectanglaribus c. 20-30/-« longis et c. 20/* 

 latis byalinis vol fuscis. Bractae perichaetii externa? e basi erects 

 patulse vel recurvatse; interna? sublato-lanceolata? apice breviter 

 acuminata? (acuminibus suberectis vel leniter recurvatis), c. 0.3 

 mm. longa>, eoncaviusclse, intégra?; nervis binis obsoletis vel 

 nullis; cellulis linearibus, c. 110—140,« longis et c. 7,« latis, basilari- 

 bus laxioribus rectanglaribus c. 50-80/i longis et c. 15,« latis. Va= 

 ginula eylindrica, e. 1.6 mm. alta. Setae. 1.5-1.7 cm. alta, erecta 

 et leniter flexuosula, rubura, Levis sicca torta. Theca erecta, ob- 

 longo-cylindrica, cum collo c. 3. mm. longa (collo 0.7 mm. longo) 

 et c. 0.9 mm. crassa, castanea, Levis; cellulis exotheci bexagonis 

 vel rectanglis, c. 30-10,« longis et c. 30,« latis, ad orificium in 

 seriebus duabus minutis c. 15«; stomatibus in collo paucitibus. 

 Annulus c. 70,« latus, lutescenti-fuscus. Exostomïi dentés lineari- 

 lanceolati, c, 0.4-0.18 mm. longi et basi c. 0.07 mm. lati, basi 

 rubiginosi transverse striati, dein longitudinaliter striolati, apice 

 lutescenti-fusci keves vel subla?ves, intus c. 20 lamellosi lutei; 

 endostomium processus dentium fere longituclinis, carinati in carina 

 anguste perforati, lutei, la?ves. Spori c. 15,« viricles, lseves. Oper= 

 culum e basi conicum longe et parce oblique rostratum (rostro 

 obtuso), c. 1mm. longum et c. 0.56 mm. in diam. Calyptra 

 cuculata, c. 2.4-2.8 mm. longa, viridula vel fuscescens. Matur 

 October. 



Hondo: Prov. Hidachi, Togyokusen in Tokiwa-hortum, 

 Mito-shi (Coll. Isaku Axdô! November, 1911; Septembri 12, 

 1912; October 17, ]913.). 



Nomen speciei in honoren Coll. Dom. I. Axrô. 



Species a congeneribus statur robustiore, foliorum forma etc, 

 faciliter dignoscenda. 



MSntodon Ohinafte Sir. OkamüRA. sp. nov. 



(Tab. XII.) 



Habitatio in truncis arborum silvaticarum. Robustiusculus, 



ctespitosus, c;espitibus laxiusculis nitidiusculis lutescenti-viridibus 



vel pallido-viridibus. Inflorescentia monoica. Caulis prostratus, 



c. 2-4 cm. longus, parce rubiginoso-radiculosus, laxe vel densiuscle 



