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1%. Dlcrannm polysetnm Hpe. * - : - 



^ Laxe pnlvinatim caespitosum, albido rufescens, procum- 



beiiSj ramosum; rami adscendentes breviores a pice falcati, 



tomento fiisco-pallido interrupte laxe foliosi; folia e basi ob- 



longa biplicata lanceolato-subulata, apice canaliculato-tri- 



qnetro argute serrafa, ncrvo percursa, viridi-siibfalcata cri- 

 spula; setae aggregatae (3 — 6) fere unciales basi foliis la- 

 tissimis, breve apiculatis obvailatae, erectae ; tbeca snbcylin- 

 drica elongata, glabra^ siib ore coiistricta, basi snbgibbosa, 

 operculo? 



Hab. Victoria ranges ia rnpibns et in mont. ad fl. Tarra. 



Observ. Dicrano dicarpo Horusch. proximum , differt : 

 foliis basi latiore biplicatis, apice canaliculato triqnetris serra- 

 tis, setisqne longioribus complnribus aggregatis, thecis magis 

 curratis tlongioribus basi vix gibbosis. 



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13. B. salberectum Hpe. 



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Minus, laxe pulvinatum, capillaceiim, rufo-aureo-nitens, 



basi fusco-tomeutosum , apice diyiso-rainosuni; folia e basi 

 latiore vaginaute coucava lanceolato-subuiata, couvoluta, su- 

 periora' falcata longissima setacea, nervo tenui percursa, apice 

 serrulata ; seta basi involuta brevis ; theca adsceudens curvata 

 brevis, 'ovalo-cyliudrica basi callosa, operculo brevi conico- 

 rostrato, dentibns peristomii basi liberis medio fissis san- 

 guineis. 



Hab, in valle ad fl. Tarwin. 



Obs. Ab D, Menziesii Hook. fil. et Wils. ditfert; co- 

 lore rufo-aureo nitente, seta longiore, theca magis inclinata 

 et peristomii dentibns medio fissis sangniueis. 



14. B. isa1>pahgenfBi Hpe. 



Dense caespitosnm, subbiunciale, flavo-viride rnfescens; 

 canlis strictiuscnhis attennatus, parce diviso-ramosus, sub- 



