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obtegente obscure lamelloso in aristam ferrugineam plus minus longam 
apice diaphanam producta; perichaetialia longissime aristata lamina 
superiore pro more albescenti-emarcida; theca in pedunculo elongato 
strietiusculo vel leviter flexuoso crassiusculo rubro erecta parva 
cylindrica parum arcuata sub ore majore constricta glabra, peristomio 
brevi. Caetera nulla. 
Habitatio. Nova Seelandia, insula australis, litore australasico 
prope Greymouth: Richard Helms legit et misit 1888, 
Polytricho nano-urnigero habitu simillimum, sed foliis 
minutis nec crispulis lanceolato-aristatis integerrimis longe distans, 
var. robusta; caulis multo longior cespitulans, pedunculo (juvenili) 
brevi purpureo, calyptra longiuscula angusta lurida acuminata. 
Habitatio. In regionibus iisdem: Rich. Helms 1888. 
25. Polytrichum (Catharinella) Gippslandiae n. sp.; 
cespites humiles semipollicares subferrugineo-virides laxi; caulis 
simplex pusillus paucifolius; folia caulina pro surculo nano majus- 
cula crispato-conferta madore erecto-patula incurva, e basi pallida 
brevi hexagono-reticulata in laminam parum longiorem latiuscule 
obtuse breviter lanceolatam producta, ad laminae angustae marginem 
dentibus brevibus minutis ferrugineo-mucronulatis remotiusculis serrata, 
nervo latissimo lamellis distinctis praedito ad summitatem evanido 
exarata, e cellulis diaphanis minutis incrassatis areolata planissima; 
perichaetialia vix majora; theca in pedunculo perbrevi erecta vel 
inclinata vel nutans cylindrica dilute ochracea levis aetate leviter 
sulcata parvula, operculo e basi planiuscula apiculato, calyptra parva 
sed capsulam superante breviter erecto-mucronata apice lutea ad 
partem caeteram albida; peristomii dentes breves acute ligulati in- 
curvi; sporae minutissime granulosae. 
Habitatio. Victoria Australiae, Gippsland, Pyers River: Henry 
Tysdale 1881 in Hb. Melbourne. 
Ad Aloidellas accedens species tenella pulchella. 
26. Polytrichum (Catharinella) Camarae n.sp., dioicum; 
cespites laxissimi semi-vel pollicares virides; caulis gracilis flexuosus 
crispifolius; folia madore remotiuscula erecto-patula incurva, e basi 
longiuscula pallida anguste hexagono-reticulata in laminam breviter 
lanceolatam apice robustam angustam producta, dentibus lobatis 
brevibus ad marginem laminae diaphanae superne serrata dorso acu- 
leolata, nervo totam fere laminam occupante exarata; perichaetialia 
majora; theca in pedunculo longissimo crassiusculo rubro valde 
flexuosa erecta vel inclinata, e basi latiore anguste cylindrica sub ore 
constricta levissime sulcata olivacea verrucosa, calyptra parva sed 
capsulam superante lurida; peristomii dentes breves obtuse ligulati. 
Habitatio. New South Wales, Clarence River, Nov. 1875: 
Wilcox in Hb. Melbourne; White Cap Mountains prope dem Rich- 
