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P. DUSEN, MOSSES EROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. 



Neckera (Rystophyllum) SUbremota C. Mi lleb n. sp. in litt., collected ou the Caraerorjs 

 Mountain at the height of 2,500 m., differs from N. remota Bk. & Sch. only in its broader externa] peristormäl 

 teeth; scarcely distinguished from this spccies. According to W. Mitten, G. Mann collected N. remota on the 

 Cameroons Mountain at the height of 2,130 m. 



Neckera spuriotruncata C. Muller n. sp. in litt. 



Autoica, laxe csespitosa, rigidiuscula, sordide viridis, extremum viridis vel lutescente 

 viridis; rami primarii usque ad 16 cm. longi et cura foliis 3,5 mm. lati, stricti vel ar- 

 cuati, superne interdum arcuate deflexi, summo leniter attenuati, complanati, reiriote et 

 irregulariter pinnati vel bipinnati, ramulis longioribus vel brevioribus, patentibus vel 





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patentissimis, tum obtusis et vix attenuatis, tum leniter attenuatis, rarissime in flagellum 

 productis, complanatis; folia disticha, patula, imbricata, sicca utroque latere plus minusve 

 revoluta, humida plana, stricta, e basi compressa in laminam subasyrnmetricam, oblongo- 

 lingulatam producta, marginibus uno latere e basi ad medium folium vel altius inflexis, 

 ceterum planis, apice erosulis, alis rotundatis, minutissime serrulatis vel denticulatis, in- 

 terdum integris, nervö valido, leniterrime curvato, interdum flexuoso, longe infra apicem 

 evanido; cellulce basales elongatas, praecipue uno latere marginem secus progredientes, 

 ceteraa diversiformes, plerumque rotundate rhombeai, parietibus incrassatis; bractece perichcetii 

 externa? reflexa?, interna erectae, late lanceolatae, vaginantes, capsulam deoperculatam su- 

 perantes, marginibus planis, integerrimis, nervö apicem versus evanido, cellulis elongatis, 

 angustissimis, basalibus brevioribus et latioribus; vaginula cylindrica; seta brevissima, 0,3 

 mm. crassa; theca immersa, deoperculata 2 mm. longa et 0,8 mm. crassa, inferne fusco- 

 viridis, os versus atra, vetusta atra, ovato-cylindrica, symmetrica, macrostoma, sicca haud 



