344 Carolus Müller, 
erecto-patulifolius parum flexuosus; folia caulina madore pariter erecto- 
patula apice plus minus curvata, e basi angusta longiuscula anguste 
laxiuscule reticulata aurea in laminam anguste lanceolato-acuminatam 
superne grosse lobato-serrulatam exeuntia, nervo latissimo in aristam 
plus minus elongatam serrulatam ferrugineam apicem versus albes- 
centem protracta, e cellulis depressis incrassatis areolata; perichaetialia 
longissime aristata; theca in pedunculo breviusculo crasso rubro 
flexuoso parvula brevis erecta aetate inclinata vel nutans 5—6-gona 
discoideo-apophysata sub ore constricta leviter verrucosa, operculo 
e basi planiuscula protuberante in apiculum obtusatum producto, 
calyptra ampullaceo-inflata brevi sed capsulam superante lurida; 
peristomii dentes perbreves ligulati obtusati incurvi latiusculi; sporae 
minutissime granulosae flavo-virentes. 
Habitatio. New South Wales, Mossvale, Fitzroy Falls, Nov. 1884: 
T. Whitelegge. Hb. Melbourne 1885; Kangaroo Valley prope Moss- 
vale, Dec. 1885: idem in Hb. Brotheri 1892, 
33. Polytrichum (Eupolytricha brachycaulia) ryparo- 
mitrium n. sp.; caulis ',—1-pollicaris robustus latiusculus pro 
more simplex rarius semel divisus inferne nudus apicem versus 
penicillate foliosus; folia caulina majuscula nigrescenti - ferruginea 
erecto-patula humore distincte recurvata, e basi longiuscula aurea 
anguste reticulata margine tenerrima albida in laminam lanceolato- 
acuminatam integerrimam’ valde convolutam producta, nervo lato 
laminam fere totam occupante in aristam robustam strictam plus 
minus longam teretem denticulatam summitate abruptam valde eroso- 
serrulatam excedente dorso apicis remote scabro exarata, e cellulis 
depressis incrassatis areolata; perichaetialia longius aristata; theca in 
pedunculo longiusculo crasso flexuoso purpureo inclinata parva cubica 
discoideo-apophysata verrucosa, operculo e basi planiuscula obtuse 
apiculato vel subulato; calyptra capsulam totam obtegente infra 
eandem convoluta in rostrum erectum acutum producta sordide 
grisea; peristomii dentes brevissimi angusti; sporae flavo-virentes 
minutissime granulosae., 
Habitatio. New South Wales, Liverpool (20 miles south of 
Sydney), Nov. 1884: Whitelegge in Hb. Melbourne, quod misit 1885. 
Caule late folioso robusto humili, pedunculo longo atque calyptra 
sordida stricte pungente prima fronte distinguendum, 
34. Polytrichum (Eupolytricha brachycaulia) longipi- 
lum n. sp.; cespites pollicares laxissime cohaerentes glauco- virides; 
caulis inferne nudus apicem versus horride foliosus simplex; folia 
caulina in comam patulam congesta madore recurvo-patula, e basi 
aurea anguste laxiuscule reticulata in laminam anguste lanceolato- 
acuminatam parum arcuatam distincte recurvatam convolutaceam pro- 
ducta, margine integerrima dorso apicis leviter rugulosa, nervo lato 
