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tiftlia erecto-patnla exserla albida, late ovata elongata^ en- 

 rnllato-concaTa obtusa, apire cellnlis disBolntis parce fim- 

 briata^ rcllulis basilaribufi elongfttis aiigastioribiis tix parce 

 lateralibns et superioribns copiose fibrillosis. Pseii«1opodium 

 aquoso-hyaltnam. 



In alpibus Aiistraliae, Monte RosGinsko, usque ad 4000 

 descendit; etiam in Monte Aberdeen. 



Sphagno Kovae Seelandiae Mitten, ob folia cristata 

 affinCi sed to^o habitu vt mollitndme ramisqne atteiiaatis 

 acntis diTfrsniD. 



2. Brachy^tellam Ho weannm Hp e. Mono i cii m^ 

 dense eaespitofinm hnmile, basi fnsco *fibrHlo9iiiD. Canlis 

 erectus anbtri linearis fastigiatus, basi fuscatus, apice Itite- 

 sceus. Folia &icca incuirato - convolnta, hnmida erecto- 

 patula, e basi obovata luteecente diapbana canalicnlato- 

 ]anceolata, apice parce cucuUato obtasiuscula, integerrima; 

 nervo crasso rufeseenle percnraa; eellolis basilaribns majori-^ 

 bus subrectaugulis, sensim brevioribus qnadratis, in angustiore 

 parte folii d'ense aggregatis minimis rotundatis, plus minusve 

 rufescentia opaca; pericbaetialia minora, e basi breTiore lan« 

 ceolata acuta, cbloropbjlloso - punctata^ caeterum cauliuis 

 similia; perigonium in Ticinia pericbaetti, foliis parvis con- 

 earis oratis enerribns, magis diapbauis. Theea rotundato- 

 OTata brericollis annnlata, operculo couico-subulato recto Itite- 

 ficente, tbeca breriore, deutibus peristomii elongatis basi 

 gmoso^pertnsis, demnm dissohitis diTisiSj crnribiis snbniatis 

 teunissime torulosis, basi rufescentibns , apice capillaribnft 

 strictis byalinis. Caljptra campaiinlata parce striata profnnde 

 Ubata IntescenS) thecam fere totam obtingens. 



Lord Howe's Island^ ad rnpes. 



A Bracbystelio acutifolio (Ptycbomitrinm Hook. 1¥.) 

 diffcrt: foliis e hasi oborata Gaualiciilato-lanceolatis obtasis, 



