KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 28. NU) 2. 



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18 18 



Pl. I. lig. 7. a planta rnagn. nat. ; b capsula cuin operculo — ; c capsula deoperculata — ; d capsula 



. . 18 , . . 18 , , 18 ... 87 



siccitate — ; e capsula vetusta siccitate — ; / calyptra — ; (j pars penstomn — -. 



Fabbronia sphaerocarpa n. sp. 



Syn. Fabbronia Duseni C. Muller in litt. 



Monoica, csespitosa, caaspitibus parvis, densis, humilibus, mollissimis, pallide viridibus; 

 caulis tennis, strictus, usque ad 12 mm. longus, haud repens, ramosus, ramis suberectis, 

 inferne radiculosus, radiculis rufis; folia conferta, pallide viridia, sicca suberecta, humida 

 patentia, leniter arcuato infiexa, angustissima, laneeolate subulata, haud piliformia, sub- 

 canaliculata, ciliata, ciliis inferne longis, sursum brevioribus, enervia, cellulis 

 omnibus elongatis, angustissimis, haud densis; bractece perichcetii erectas, va- 

 ginantes, pallide brunneas, longe acuminatoe, superne serrata?, exteriores 

 oblongo-ovales, interiores lanceolata3, cellulis elongatis, linearibus, basalibus 

 multo brevioribus; vaginula subcylindrica, 0,6 mm. älta, fusco-rubra, arche- 

 goniis paucis, paraphysibus numerosis, pallide llavis; seta erecta, stricta, sicca 

 sinistrorsum torta, fusco-rubra, superne pallidior, medio 0,09 mm. crassa, 

 7 — 11 mm. älta, lagvissima; theca erecta, subsphaarica, sicca et vetusta fusco- 

 badia, scrobiculata, collo distincto; operculum deplanatum, longe rostratum, « 



rostro subulato, prope basin geniculato, valde obliquo; calyptra fere tuba3- 

 formis, uno latere fissa, pallide viridis, superne fusco-badia; flores masculi gemmiformes, 

 foliis brunneis, ovatis, acuminatis serratisque; cetera ignota. 



Habitat in Camerunia in truncis filicum, ubi supra Beam pagum c. 1,600 m. supra mare m. 

 Julio c. fr. legi. 



A small, very pecnliar, light green and densely tufted möss, at first appearance resembling 

 an alga. Very near to F. Persoonii Schw. 



Growing in small tnfts on treeferns, probably a Cyathca sp.; collectecl at a height of 1,600 

 m., bnt likely to be fonnd from about 1,200 m. almost to the forest-line. 



Fig. a cellulas folii inferiores 



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Pl. 1. fig. 10. a planta raagn. nat.; b folia — ; c pars caulis cura Horc femineo — ; d bracteae pcri- 



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cluctii — ; e capsula operculata humida — ; / capsula sicca — ; <j calyptra — ; k Hos niasculus — . 



