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llum inscrtac, parvac, ovatne, truiicatac, filamcnto brcyissl- 

 mo suffultac, rcticulalao, riifae. Flores fociuiuci in apice 

 caulis in capitulum cougcsli. FoIIa perichactialia, iuter om- 

 nia snprcma, pislilla et paraphyscs confertissima circum- 

 dantia: exteriora maxima, lauccolata^ acuta, basi concava, 

 apiccm Tcrsas serrulata, rnfosccntia; nervo rufo supra me- 

 dium dissolnto; rcliquis caulinis similia. Pislilla pauca, 

 gracilia, germine oblonge - cyiindrico purpnrascente, slylo 

 filiformi fcre duplo longiorl rufo, stigmatc dilatato eraargi- 

 nato. Paraphyses paocissimac, filiformes^ gracillimae, qua- 

 driarticalataCj hyalinac. Vaginula oblonge -cylindrica, nuda, 

 brunnea, apice fusca. Seta 3 — 4 lin. longa, plcrumipie 

 valdc arcuata, rarius apice curvata, siccitate tortilis, lacvis, 

 pnrpurascens, supernc pallidior, Capsula pendula vel hori- 

 zontalis, clarata, siccitate plerumque clongato-pyriforrais, 

 snbaequalis, laevis, viridi-brunnoa vel pallidc ferrngiuea, 

 orc angustato parum obliquo fcrrugineo. Aunnlus triplex: 

 cellalae seriei extcrioris minutae, subrotundae, liyalinae, 

 interioris majores ovatac, ferrngineac, intimae duplo majores 

 oblongae, liyalinae. Peristomiura siraplcx, internnra, 16-den- 

 tatnm: dcntcs horizontales, lUviidiam jiartcm latiludinis 

 oris longi, solitarii, filiformes, tencrrimi, hast snhito dila- 

 tati , fragillimi, brcviter et obscnrc articulati , intcrduni pa- 

 rnm flexuosi, subnodosi, solidi, pallide-lutescentcs. Oper- 

 culum hemispliacricuiu, mamniTliatum, ferrugiueum, mamrailla 

 minutiasima fuscesceutc. Calyptra longa, juventntc cyliudri- 

 co-subulata^ scncctulc dimidiata, fere ad apiccm fissa, lae- 

 visj straminea, apice extremo iuscescens. Semina parva, 

 subglobosa, pallide-yiridia. 



Der Mielichhoferia brcvicaulis Ursch. (Fl. brasil. fasc. 

 1. p. 8. tl I. f. II.) sehr nahe verwandt, allein durch klei- 

 nere Statur, schmälere Blätter mit gedrängteren, schmülcreii 

 Zellen und früher verschwindenden Nerven, den meist bo- 



