342 Carolus Müller. 
mond River: De la Camara in Hb. Melb. 1881. Queensland: F.M. 
Bailey in Hb. Brotheri 1891 (Pogonatum Baileyi Brother). 
27. Polytrichum (Catharinella) Collieanum n. sp.; dioi- 
cum; cespites bipollicares virides laxe cohaerentes; caulis flexuosus 
subgracilis inferne minutifolius superne crispifolius; folia caulina 
madore remotiuscule patula incurva, e basi brevi hexagono-reticulata 
pallida vaginacea in laminam lanceolatam robustissime brevissime 
acuminatam producta, ad marginem laminae angustissimam undulate 
brevissime dentata, nervo latissimo excurrente exarata; perichaetialia 
majora; theca in pedunculo pollicari tenui rubro flexuose erecta vel 
inclinata cylindrica ore coarctata levissime sulcata indistincta remote 
verruculosa nec aspera, dentibus peristomii brevissimis latiuscule 
ligulatis obtusis, calyptra lurida. 
Habitatio. Novae Hebridae, Aneityum: Rever, Collie in Hb. 
Melbourne 1884. 
Polytricho Camarae simillimum, sed foliorum summitate 
obtuse robustissima et dentibus perbrevibus indistinctis, denique 
pedunculo multo breviore primo visu diversum, 
28. Polytrichum (Catharinella) brachypodium n. sp.; 
dioicum; cespites semipollicares obscure virides laxe cohaerentes; 
caulis simplex inferne nudiusculus apicem versus crispifolius robustius- 
culus; folia caulina madore erecto-patula, e basi latiuscula brevi 
diaphana pallida semiamplexicauli hexagono-reticulata in laminam 
breviter latiuscule lanceolatam apice robustam obtusatulo-acuminatam 
producta, supra basin ad laminae diaphanae angustae marginem denti- 
bus remotis brevibus serrata, nervo in apicem ferrugineo excurrente 
dorso aculeato carinato-exarata; perichaetialia similia; thecain pedun- 
culo perbrevi flexuoso rubro apice arcuato inclinata breviter cylin- 
drica levissime sulcata sub ore coarctata aetate nigrescens glabra; 
calyptra lurida; peristomii dentes robustiusculi obtuso-ligulati. 
Habitatio. New South Wales, Mossvale, Fitzroy Falls, Nov. 
1884: Th. Whitelegge. Hb. Melbourne 1885. 
Statura humili pedunculisque perbrevibus saepe supra cespitem 
parum exsertis facile distinguendum. 
29. Polytrichum (Eupolytricha brachycaulia) obliqui- 
rostre n. sp.; caulis 1—2-pollicaris simplex vel innovando divisus 
patulifolius; folia caulina madore laxius erecto-patula majuscula, e 
basi brevi dilute aurea angusta reticulata in laminam anguste lanceo- 
latam longiuscule aristiformi-acuminatam producta, supra basin usque 
ad summitatem robustam dentibus remotis grossis lobatis ferrugineis 
erescendo serrata, nervo laminam fere totam occupante excurrente 
dorso remote denticulato exarata, e cellulis depressis incrassatis 
areolata; perichaetialia longius acuminata; theca in pedunculo vix 
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