Nachtrag zu Spiridens. 



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Tabulae explicatio. 



Fig. 1 planta magnitudine natural! ; Fig. 2, 3, 4 iolia caulina lente 

 augmentata ; Fig. 4x folii alae et costae sectio transversalis; Fig. 4 reticulatio 

 basis ; 4 a reticulatio partis mediae ; 4 a' folii pars superior cum reticulatione 

 paulo minus augmentata; 4 a^ subulae fragmentum augmentatione eadem quam 

 in Fig. 4 a; Fig. 5 fructus cum pericliaetio ; Fig. 6 et 7 perichaetii folia in- 

 fima; Fig. 8 folium pericliaetiale medium; Fig. 9 fol. pericliaet. intimum; 

 Fig. 10 ramulus perichaetialis cum vaginula; Fig. 11 peristomium statu humida; 

 Fig. 12 peristomii dens statu sicco; Fig. 13 peristomii pars valde augmentata; 

 Fig. 14 dentis cuticula externa transversim striolata ad basin; Fig. 15 cuticula 

 eadem versus apicem striolata et punctulata; Fig. 16 dentis sectiones transver- 

 sales; Fig. 17 cellulae singulae annuli. Quoad caulis structuram internam vide 

 Sp. Vieillardi Fig. 20. 



-A. d n o t a t io n e 8. 



Haud dubium est clariss. Sullivant plantam nostram ante oculos habuisse 

 cum in splendidissimo suo opere supra laudato de Spiridente Reinwar dti 

 sequentia scripsit: „The male plant, heretofore undescribed ( — in Bryologia 

 javanica auct. Dozy et Molkenboer vol. II. pag. 75 nunc exacte descripta 

 est! — ) occurs in tlie Ovalou (Feejee Islands) collection. It is about the size 

 of the fertile plant and more Compound in its ramification. The branches and 

 branchelets are attenuated into long pendulous flagella, clothed with minute 

 appressed leaves; giving to the whole plant a light, feathery aspect etc." 



Auetor Spirid. Balfour ianum, insulae Tahiti incolam, equidem ad 

 Sp. Rein Wardt i refert, ut et Spiridentem in insulis Navigatorum lectum, 

 verosimiliter ad Sp. flagellosum pertinentem. 



Generis distributio geographica haud extra insulas Archipelagi indici sese 

 extendere videtur. Spiridentium vera patria inter lineam tropic. Canceris 

 et Capricorni sita est, orientem versus linea longitud. 205^ occidentem versus 



