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intense aurantiaca anguste laxiuscule reticulata in laminam lanceolato- 
acuminatam producta, ad marginem angustissimum dentibus ferrugineis 
perbrevibus simplicibus vel duplicatis remote serrata, nervo latissimo 
obscuro dorso apicis dentato in acumen aristiforme plus minus 
abruptum denticulatum protracto exarata; perichaetialia longissime 
aristata apice margine hyalina; theca in pedunculo brevi vix pollicari 
tenui rubro inclinata minute cubica minute apophysata, calyptra 
breviter campanulata brevissime obtusiuscule erecto - apiculata, 
Caetera nulla. 
Habitatio. New South Wales, Sydney: Domina Kaysser in 
Hb. Geheeb 1872, Blue Mountains: Whitelegge 1884 in Hb. 
Melbourne sub Polytricho communi. 
40. Polytrichum (Eupolytricha juniperifolia) cata- 
ractarum n. sp., caulis 3—5-pollicaris gracilis simplex vel dicho- 
tomus flexuosus ascendens ferrugineo-viridis,; folia caulina parva 
erecto-imbricata madore reflexiuscule patula, e basi intense aurantiaca 
anguste laxiuscule reticulata in laminam anguste lanceolatam 
acuminatam producta, nervo latissimo lamellato laminam fere totam 
occupante in apicem pungentem ferrugineum summitate abrupta 
serrulatum protracto exarata, ad marginem diaphanum angustum 
dentibus spiniformibus ferrugineo-mucronatis remote supra basin 
usque ad apicem serrata, dorso nervi parce dentata, e cellulis minutis 
obscuris pachydermibus depresso-hexagonis incrassatis areolata; 
perichaetialia in aristam elongatam apice albidam protracta majora; 
theca in pedunculo elongato crasso rubro flexuoso (9—10 cm alto) 
inclinata parva cubica disciformi-apophysata, operculo planiusculo 
breviter apiculato, calyptra late campanulata breviter obtusiuscula 
oblique acuminata lurida basi albida tenera, 
Habitatio. New South Wales, Mossvale, Fitzroy falls: 
Whitelegge Nov. 1884. Hb. Melbourne 1885 misit. 
41. Polytrichum (Eupolytricha juniperifolia) Iycopo- 
dioides n. sp.; caulis ca. 20 cm altus simplex habitu Lycopodii 
linifolii flexuosus flaccidus patulifolius; folia caulina siccitate et 
humore erecto-patula majuscula obscure viridia, e basi lata brevi 
flava anguste laxiuscule reticulata tenera in laminam longiusculam 
lanceolato-acuminatam producta, nervo laminam fere totam occu- 
pante in apicem aristiformem pungentem ferrugineum veluti abrup- 
tum serrulatum excedente exarata, margine diaphano dentibus brevi- 
bus remotis serrata, e cellulis depressis incrassatis angulatis areolata; 
perichaetialia vix majora; theca in pedunculo brevi 5 cm alto crasso 
rubente inclinata anguste cubica parva. Caetera desunt. 
Habitatio. Tasmania, in loco non designato: Hb. Melbourne 1881. 
Ex altissimis generis, surculo linifolio altissimo angusto atque 
theca breviter pedunculata primo visu distinguenda species exaltata, 
