40 F. C. KLER. MACROHYMENITJM ET RHEGMATODON. 



tusum Vj» mm longum, cellulae cuticulae irregulariter rotundato- 

 quadratae, penta-hexagonales. 



Peristomium duplex; dentes perist. extern, sedecim aequi- 

 distantes siccitate inflexi breves lanceolati obtusi, Iinea divisurali 

 notati, interne dense et longe trabeculati flavescentes. Processus 

 perist. int. sedecim longi, dentibus alternantes eisque duplo longi- 

 ores, erecto-conniventes, lanceolato-acuminati, carinato-concavi, 

 remotius articulati, a basi usque ad medium in linea mediana 

 fissi et supra saepe perforati, distincte et confertissime grosse 

 punctulati, limbo sat lato hyalino epunctulato muniti, flavescentes, 

 basi membrana demissius inserta brevi non carinata, tesselata, 

 rufescente conjuncti. Sporae globosae granulatae 20.9—24.7 ii 

 diametro. Calyptra conica uno latere fere ad apicem fissa, 1.9mm 

 longa, margine lacera, pallida, laevis. 



Crescit ad corticem arboris ignotae, ubi caespites sat exten- 

 sos, aut merus aut cum aliis muscis, e. gr. Cylindrothecio sp., 

 intermixtus format. Caespites duo maximi, unus 98mm long. 91 m ™ 

 lat., alter 158mm long., 70mm i a t. aequant. 



Patria. Insula Madagascar, in montibus Ankaratra (20° 

 lat. austr.), ubi Majo 1877 detexit missionarius M. Borgen. 



B. Scabroseta. 

 8. Rhegmatodon declinatus {Hook.) Brid. 

 Bryolog. univ. 1826—27 vol. II pag. 204—205. — Schwaeg- 

 richen suppl. III. vol. I sect. 1. 1827, tab. 204. — C. Mutter, 

 Synops. II 1850, pag. 30. - Mitt., muse. Indiae orient. 1858, 

 pag. 127. 



Pterogonium declinature Hooker, Transactions of the 

 Linnean Soc. vol. IX. 1808, pag. 309—310. 



Del. Hooker. 1. c. tab. XXVI fig. 3. - Schvaear 1 c 

 tab. 204. 



Planta magnitudine mediocri viridis vel flavo-fuscescens. rami 

 adscendentes curvati clavati teretes. 



Folia ramea sicca dense 



appressa subhomomalla anguste ob- 



