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et operculo breviore prime visu diversum, cum P. pilifero 



comparandum, differt: Miis Biccis magis appressin hnmidig 

 ereeto-patentibus, lamina coriacea prorsus obsctira, pilo 

 breviore flexili fragilis terminata, apophysique aperto. 



25. Reseherellia brevifolia. 



Dioica; caulw e basi fasciculata subnuda adscendens 

 gracilior, parce vol irregulariter pinnatim ramosus, ramu- 

 lis acutis. Folia julaeeo-appressa, humida horride paten - 

 tia breviora ? e hasi obovata concava angustiore sensiin 

 lanceolata canalicuiato-setaeea, versus apicem remote den- 

 ticulata, nervo pall i do percursa aristata ? cellulis basilaribus 

 infimis parvis atigulatis fuseo-luteis, intermediis abhreviato- 

 parallelogrammieis , vel haccilaribus, eaeteris latere et 

 superne rotundatis, in subula minimis subeonflatis* Peri- 

 cliaetialia vaginantia aetacea subintegerrima. Seta late- 

 ralis gracilis brevior, apice incrassata ? tortilis erecta. 

 Tbeca oblongo-cylindrica rubra, operculo recto conico- 

 subulato, thecae dimidiam meticnte. Peristomium sim- 

 plex internum j dentihus lincari- lanceolatis pungentibus, 

 humidis erectis, siecis incurvis pallidis, cellulistenuissimis 

 rotundatis parce diaphanis reticularis, remote articulatis, 

 linea media nulla, intuscrenulato-serratis; calyptra deest, 



Toowoomba , subtropical Eastern Australia parce 

 primus immaturum legit Hartmann, nuper near Brisbane 

 Station deoperculatam legit parce Slater. 



A Bescberellia elegantissima Duby. differt; statu graci- 

 liore, foliis brevioribun pallide nervosis, seta breviore et 

 -dentibus peristomii linea media nulla. 



Bescherellia cumCladomnio setoso Hf. & Wilson eo- 

 bortem propriam demo nstrat , inter Cryphaeaceas et 

 Spiridentee locum habere videtur. Cyrtopus crypbaeoides 



