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Carol. Mullcr, 



85, Astomiim (Euastomum) lampropyxis n. sp.; ccspituli 

 pusilli lutcsccntcs laxc cohacrentcs; caulis perbrevis simplex tenuis 

 paucifolius; folia caiilina siccitate atquc madore patula, e basi vagi- 

 nata appressa in laminam lontriiisculam angustam linean-acuminatam 

 subulatam flexuosam inte^errimam attenuata, inferiora multo minora 

 angustiora supcriora nuilto majora latiora , basi e cellulis elongatis 

 angustis dcnsiiisculis pallidissimis reticulata, ncrvo angusto carinato 

 deplanato pcrcurso exarata ; theca in pcdicello perbrevi immersa 

 sed apcrta majuscula tumide globosa brcviter oblique acuminata 

 fusca nitida, siccitate vesiculoso-membranacea rugulosa. Caetera nulla. 



Habit atio. Tasmania: Alfr. Taylor in Hb. Brotheri 1890. 



86. Astomum (Scl erastomum) Sullivani n. sp,; dioicum; 

 cespituli perpusilli pallide lutei nitiduli laxe cohaercntes; caulis simplex 

 vel apice parce divisus infcrne tenuissimus subnudus apiccm versus 

 aggregate foliosus; folia caulina inferiora minuta remota, e basi 

 vaginata appressa minutius lanceolata distantia, supcriora et perichae- 

 tialia multo majora latiora, c basi lato -vaginata longiuscula inferne 

 tenuiter reticulata in laminam longiorem parum distantem incrassato- 

 arcolatam acuminate -subulatam integerrimam canaliculate -concavam 

 attenuata, nerve latiusculo deplanato pallide pcrcursa; theca immersa 

 sed plerumque lateraliter emcrsa pro plantula majuscula globulari- 

 ovalis brevissimc apiculata fuscata glaberrima vernicesa; calyptra 

 dimidiata pro mere lonchystyla pallida, 



Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, Moyston: D. Sullivan 1882 



misit. 



Ex habitu Astomi ner vosi, ab Astomo Krauseane partibus 



omnibus multo robustioribus jam diversum. 



87. Astomum (Sclerastemum) curvulum n. sp. ; dioicum; 

 cespites latiusculi decumbentes pallescentes densiusculi; caulis pusillus 

 julaceus simplex vel dichotomus curvulus, sterilis stolonaceus obtusius- 

 culus; folia inferiora siccitate et humore arctissime appressa minute 

 squamata cochle'ariformi-evalia pallidissima ebsoletinervia margine 

 tenuissime crenulata incrassato - areolata , supcriora et pcrichactialia 

 e basi vaginacea appressa in laminam latiusculc lanceolato -acuminatam 

 subsubulatam rectam strictam attenuata integerrima pallidincrvia, 

 nervo deplanato percursa, e cellulis incrassatis areolata; theca minuta 

 glebeso-ovalis fuscata glaberrima nitidula oblique apiculata, calyptra 



tenera dimidiata minuta glabra. 



Habitatio. Neva Seelandia, insula septentrionalis, Penrose 

 prope Auckland: T. F. Checseman 1888 in Hb. Levier. 



Ex habitu Bryum julaceum et affinia in memeriam redigens. 



88. Astomum. (Sclerastemum) subexserens n.sp.; dioicum; 

 ccspituli nani pallide lutescentes tenelli; caulis perpusillus simplex 

 vel stelene brevi divisus inferne tenuis apicem versus comeso- 



