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feuilles perichetiales plus grandes et la teinte vert-jaunatre. 

 42. Brachyiueniuin sipathuliroliuiii Ren. et Card, 

 (sp. nov.). — Dioicum, laxe eaespitosum, viiide, 

 inferne ferrugineum. Caulis erectus, simplex, 

 5-10 mill, longus, basi radiculosiis. Folia infe- 

 riora remota, parva, appressa, lale ovalo-subspa- 

 ihulata, brevifer acuminata, laxissime reticulata, 

 pellucida, latiuscule limbata, superne remote 

 dentata, nervo ferrugineo sub apice evanido; 

 eomalia mullo majora (3-4- mill. longa, 1 5/4- 

 2 mill, lata), madore erecto-palentia, siccitate 

 ereclo-contorta, spatbulaia, e basi oblonga valde 

 anguslata, lale ovata, subito constricta, breviler 

 acuminata, limbo lato distinctissimo concolori e 

 4-6 seriebus cellularum angustarum elongatarum 

 composito, in parte superiore acute dentata, 

 ubique circumducta, marginibus e basi ad 

 medium vel ultra valde revoluiis, costa rufescente 

 in cuspidem remotedenticulatam vel subintegram 

 excurrente; cellulis basilaribus laxis, oblongis, 

 subrectangulis, ceteris ovato-hexagonis, limbum 

 versus rbomboidali-hexagonis. Folia perichaelialia 

 externa comalibus similia, longius acuminata, 

 1-2 intima minora anguste lanceolata, longe 

 acuminata, subulata, limbo obsoleto. Gapsula in 

 pedicellopalliderubello, 10-15 mill, longo, erecta 

 inclinatave, clavalo-oblonga, lepioderma, badia, 

 collo aitenuato dimidio breviore, operculo bre- 

 vissimo, obtuse conico. Peristomium B, Pittieri. 

 Planta mascula ignota. 

 Sur la terre,dans les forets du Barba (no 5564). 



Voisin du iB. Pittieri Rep. et Card. ; en dififere par son inflo- 



