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Obs. AIj Daws, polytrichoide differt: caule breTissirao, 

 seta longa eum siiperaute', speciminibus^ parvis PolytricM 

 juniperini aemulans. 



24. Davrjsonia appresjsa Hpe, 



Minor tota sesqiiiinicialis, fiisco- nigricans, canlis e basi 

 angulato sguarais arete obtectns, siiperne clavatus, dense fo- 

 liatns; folia carinata, sicca appressa, humida paullulum erecto- 

 patenlia, brevia, e basi laliore lanceolata, margine denticu- 

 lata/dorso apice papilloso-scabra, nervo rrasso, fusco, su- 

 perne dilatato evauescente, seta caule brevior semiuncialis, 

 theca ovata angulata peristomio sericeo - niveo villosb. 



Caetera desunt. 



Hab, in fiss. rup. Onkoparinga. 



Observ. Daws, /ow^ese^ae proxima differt: caule clavato 

 longiore, foliis brevioribns, siccis appressis, seta breviore, 

 theca minore, angulata et peristomio sericeo -niveo; Poly- 

 tricho pilifero aemulans. 



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%h. Polytrichain.densifolium Hpe, 



. Gaulis uncialis basi subnudns, superue appresse dense 

 foliosus, folia sicca appressa, humida ereetp-patentia, ubir 



que dense approximate , e basi obovata brevi ragiuante, nervo 

 viridi valido percnrso, lanceolata, acuta , margine involuta, 

 dorsoqiie denticulato-serrata, perichaetialia hjalina, exserta, 

 nervo viridi percursa, acumine pijifornii pilifera; seta bi- 

 uncialis gracilis j theca augusta erecta tetraedra, apophjsi 

 remota, operculo conico-aciculari brevi, caljptra pallide 

 aurantiaca thecam includens. 



Hab, in planitie humida subalpina Mt. Wellington. 



Obs. Ex habitu Polytr* juniperino aemulans, differt 

 foUis dense imbricatis brevioribus margine serrulatis. 



