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Supplenientuin I. 



2. FABIIONIA OCTOBLEPHARIS Schleich, monoica, lare caespitulosa; caule longiore repente- 

 viridi, fragili; foUis palulis et horizontali-expansis, obovato ' rhombeis , sensim acutninatis, subpili- 

 formi-aplculatîs, margine usque ad basin quadrato-arcolatam grosse et irregulariter subciliato-den- 

 tatis, Costa brevi obsoleta vel nulla, capsula ovali collo suffidla, leptoderma, pallida, opereulo mam- 

 millari, peristomii dentibus octo bigeminatis , atro-rufis , siccitate ex erecta basi recurvis , haud 

 reflexis. 

 Fabronia octoblepharis Schleicher Crypt. helvel. exsiccal. — Schwaegb. Suppl. I, P. Il, Tab. XCIX, 



f. a, b (jcon. pessma!}. — C. Müller Sytiops. II, p. 33. 

 Fabronia ciliaris Brid. Mant. Musc. p. 125; ejusd. Bryol. univ. II, p. 171. 



Habit. In Helvetiae ineridionalis convallibus ubi ad rupes et muros Schleicher et Thomas primi 

 legerunt; prope Meran Tyrolis ineridionalis iiyeme 1852—1853 cl. Bamberger ad muros niime- 

 rosis exemplaribus fructibus perfectis onustis legit nobiscum bénévole donavit. 



Matur. Hyeme. 



Tab. Suppl. I. Caespituli laxiusculi, laete viridesy sericei. 



CauHs uncialis deraissus, vage ramosus, paiiide viridis, mollis, parce radiculosns (Fig. 1, 1 b). 



Folia remotiora, patula, bic illic subsecunda (l b), obovato-iliombea, acuminata, longe apiculata, 

 subciliato-dentafa, paite inferiore intégra, costa brevi obsoleta viridi vel nulla (Fig. 2 — 6); reticu- 

 latio laxe bexagono-rhomboidea, basi minore qnadrata (5b). 



Flores monoici; masculi femineis approximati (i5î), gemmiformes, crassiusculi , 18-phylli (7), 

 foliis perigonialibus tenerrimis, ecostatis, apice dentatis, longe acuminatis (S, 9, 10), antheridiis ob- 

 longis pallidis, paraphysibus tenerrimis paucis (11); floruni femineorum archegonia 4 — 5, eparaphy- 

 sata (12), folia perichaetialia intima breviora, ex apice truncato subulato-acuniinata (12, 14). 



Fructus in caule primario sparsi. Periciiaetium in ramulo brevissimo crassiusculo radicante brève, 

 laxe imbricatuni, 12-phyllum (15); folia perichaetialia tenuia, pallida, ovato-oblonga, caulinis brevius 

 apiculata, ad medium niarginem ciliato-dentata (16, 17). Vaginula oblongo-cylindrica, viridis apice 

 brunnea, nuda (18). Calyptra angusta, usque ad apicem fere fissa (19). Capsula in pedicello pal- 

 lida sinistrorsum tortili, minuta, ovalis, collo distincte sufîulta (20), pallide straminea, mollis, cellu- 

 lis convexo-prominulis subpapillosa (26, 27), opercule mammillari, sicca truncata sub ore vix cearc- 

 tata (22). Peristomii dentés 8 bigeminati , triaugulari-lanceolati obtusi vel apice bifidi, solidi, rufo- 

 brunnei, punctulate-striolati (24, 25), laeves, humidi borizontaliter conniventes (21), sicci erecto- 

 incurvi (22), in capsulis senioribus erecte-recurvis ad medium usque bifidi (23). Capsulae mem- 

 brana laxe subquadrate undulato-reticulata, cellulis extus convexis (24). 



