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humore valde patula, e basi aurea obliqua robusta lata cellulis alari- 
bus permultis majusculis eleganter regulariter hexagonis fuscis pla- 
nissime dispositis pulchre reticulata in Jaminam convolutaceo-oblongam 
longe stricte subulatam apice serrulatam producta, nervo angustius- 
culo deplanato percurrente exarata, e cellulis ubique in membranam 
cartilagineam conflatis longe ellipticis basin versus longis angustis 
parietibus interruptis areolata; perichaetialia in cylindrum longum con- 
voluta, e basi vaginata in subulam integriusculam sensim attenuata; 
theca in pedunculo breviusculo crassiusculo rubro strictulo parva 
anguste arcuato-cylindrica basi strumosa olivacea. Caetera nulla. 
Habitatio. Tasmania, Mt. Wellington, altitudine 4000 ped., 
Ploughed Field, ad rupes: F. M. Weymouth 1891 in Hb. O. Bur- 
chard, qui pro determinatione misit 1891, quare collector in Proceed. 
Royal Soc. Tasmania 1894/95, p. 16 auctoritatem Burch. Broth. false 
indicat. ; 
Ex habitu proprio; surculo rigescente subpatentifolio penicilla- 
tim cuspidato primo visu distinguendum. Sane dioicum? 
58. Dicranum (Scopella) Nelsoni n. sp.; cespites lati pallide 
lutescentes splendentes laxi inferne densiores decumbentes; caulis 
uncialis angustus apice elongate arcuato-falcatus in ramulos similes 
surculum longitudine aequantes parce divisus; folia caulina laxe 
secunda, e basi cellulis alarıbus permultis magnis intense purpureis 
pulcherrime reticulata aurea robusta excisa in laminam latam cym- 
biformi- convolutaceam oblongo-acuminatam elongatam canaliculato- 
subulatam apice et dorso nervi supremi serratam producta, nervo 
angustissimo deplanato percurrente exarata, e cellulis ubique in mem- 
branam pallide luteam veluti conflatis longis angustis indistincte 
vermiformibus et punctatis areolata. Caetera speranda. 
Habitatio. Tasmania, Facy’s Gully, Mt. Nelson, Nov. 1890: 
F. M. Weymouth in Hb. O. Burchard, qui 1891 pro determina- 
tione misit. 
Surculo angusto in apicem valde arcuato-falcatum longum exeunte 
cellulisque alaribus obscure purpuratis permultis prima inspectione 
dignoscenda species habitu ad D. scoparium aliquantulum accedens. 
59. Dicranum (Scopella) Pungentella n. sp.; caulis pri- 
marius repens; rami vix pollicares ascendentes cespitulum laxum 
humilem fusco-luteum sericeo-splendentem sistentes vesiculose tumes- 
centes caudato-attenuati, in apicem pungentellaceum  strictum vel 
falcatulum exeuntes; folia caulina laxiuscule conferta madore patula, 
e basi cellulis alaribus nonnullis magnis hexagonis pro more hyalinis 
emarcidis reticulata aurea in laminam cymbiformi-convolutam plus 
minusve latam oblongo-acuminatam saepius subulatam integriusculam 
vel .apice denticulatam protracta, nervo angustissimo percurrente 
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