22 P. DUNEN, MOSSES FROM THE WEST COÅST OF AFRICA. 



r.amea patentia, laxe imbricata, turgide canaliculata, oblonga, alis rötundatis, apicera versus 

 convolutaceo-acuminata, marginibus integerrimis, planis, summo plerumque conniventibus, 

 ecostata; cellulce elongata\ angustissimae, basales multo breviores et latiores, parietibus 

 incrassatis et interruptis, aureo-brunneae ; ramulina minora, praecipue breviora et igitur 

 subcoehleariformia, distincte spiraliter quinque-seriata, marginibus interdum summo minu- 

 tissime serrulatis, ceterum foliis rameis similia; bractece perichcetii late lanceolatxc, longe 

 acuminata. 1 , convolutaceo-vaginantes, erectae, capsulam superantes, ecostata 4 , marginibus 

 integerrimis, cellulis elongatis, angustissimis, parietibus incrassatis, basalibus multo brevio- 

 ribus et latioribus, aureo-brunneis; vaginula subobconella vcl subcylindrica ; seta brevis- 

 sima, circiter 0,4 mm. crassa; theca immersa, fusco-badia, ovata, circiter 1,7 mm. longa et 

 l,o mm. crassa, laeyis, sicca sub ore haud constricta ; peristoimum simplex, pallide flavum; 

 dentes 16, 0,24 mm. os capsulae superantes, 0,026 — 0,o.;t mm. lati, humidi concave inflexi, sub- 

 conniventes, sicci erecti, subtrabeculati, lamellosi, linea media notati; operculum conicum, 

 vix rostratum; calyptra campanulata, longe acuminata, acumine plerumque curvato, ad os 

 capsuhc producta, margine inflexa et igitur operculum perfecte includens; cetera ignota. 



Habitat in Camerunia in truncis arbornm, ubi ad Batoki pagum ni. Octobri a. 1890, ad 

 Bibundi eniporium c. fr. ni. Angnsto a. 1891 et c. fr. immaturis ni. Jnlio a. 1892, ad Kittam em- 

 porium m. Angusto a. 1892 legi. 



Not seldom fonnd, but only in the inimediate vicinity of the sea. 



32 , n ,. ,.18 , 18 , , . 32 



l<ig. a tona ramea — ; o folia raiuulma — ; c capsula calyptrata — ; a pars capsulae supenor — ; e pe- 



• , . o 18 . , . , .. 18 , 18 , „ ,32 



ncbjetiurn cum fructu — ; / bracteae penchietn — ; g capsula oj)erculata — ; n nos masculus — . 



Pl. II. fig. 13 pars peristomii ; 



Pl. V. fig. 7 planta niagn. nat. 



Eriocladium trachypterum C. Muller n. sp. in litt. 



Dioicum; caBspites latissimi, molles, laxissimi, penduli, juventate läste virides, adulti 

 apicem versus pallide virides vel lutescentes, vix nitidi, ceterum umbrini; rami iry/vymr// 

 usque ad 45 cm. longi, flaceidi, vage curvati, complanati, remote et irregulariter pinnati, 

 ramulis plurimis brevibus, patentissimis, complanatis, vage curvatis, simplicibus et obtu- 

 sissimis, nonnullis longis, subpendulis, ramulis paucis, brevissimis, patentissimis ornatis; 

 folia ramea prim aria. remota, erecta vel erecto-patentia, e basi ob ålas impressas contracta 

 in laminam latiuscule lanceolatam, longissime acuminatam, extremum pilifornaem et flexu- 

 osam producta, semiamplexicaulia, subcanaliculata, marginibus planis, supcrne plerumque 

 sinuato-undulatis, ubique minutissime denticulatis, nervö tenui ad medium folium vel 

 paullum allius producto; cellulce elongata 1 , angustissimae, papillosae, basales breviores et 

 latiores, Isevissithse, parietibus parum incrassatis, interruptis, alares rotundate subrect- 

 angulares, epapillosie; folia ramulina densiora, pateiitissima, distichacea, sicca subconvoluta 



