Syml)olae ad Rryologiam Australiae it. 83 



formi raptim fere in subulam carnosulam longiusculam acutatam 

 canaliculatam integerrimam producta, margine ubique erecta, nervo 

 angusto distincto in subulam percurrente carinato-exarata , e cellulis 

 majusculis incrassatis in subula minutissimis lutescentibus areolata; 

 perichaetialia in partibus omnibus multo majora robustiora erecta 

 lato-nervosa, e cellulis majoribus fusco-luteis magis oblongis maxime 

 incrassatis areolata. 



Habitatio. Tasmania, Recherche Bay: Oldfield Ig. 



Andreaeae arctoaeoidei simillima ct proxima, sed ramis valde 

 uncinato-falcatis, foliis minute vaginaceis distincte nervosis recedere 

 videtur. An forma ejusdem? 



101. Andreaea arctoaeoides n. sp.; dioica; ccspituli pusilli 

 virentes dicranoidei laxe cohaercntes ; caulis brevis in ramos breves 

 aequales plures strictos vel parum curvatos crassiusculos divisus; folia 

 caulina dense imbricata media stricta vel apice surculi secunda 

 madore erecto-appressa, e basi longa oblonga vel ovata vaginacea 

 raptim fere in acumen subuliforme carnosum acutiusculum curvatum 

 vel strictum producta, margine erecto intcgerrima carinato-concava, 

 nervo angustissimo subobsoleto deplanato in subulam evanescente 

 exarata^ e cellulis minute rotundis e virente pulchrc fuscis areolata; 

 perichaetialia majora longius robustius subulata erecta stricta nervo 

 lato rubro deplanato exarata, e cellulis longioribus basin versus 

 areolata; thcca in pediccllo perbrevi exserta minuta. 



Habit at lo. Nova Seelandia, insula australis, North Canterbury, 

 Rockwood, ad rupes ventosas, Nov. 1890: T. W. Naylor Beckett, 

 Nov. 1890 parum fructiferam legit, misit 1892. 



Species habitu propria, Arctoae hand dissimilis, forma folii 

 robustiusculi facile distinguenda. 



102. Andreaea obtusissima n. sp.; dioica; pusilla laxe 

 cohaerens nigrita nitidula parce ramosa; folia caulina dense squamae- 

 formi-imbricata madore erecto-patula surculum turgescentem crassius- 

 culum sistentia, e basi semiamplexicauli lata oblongo-ovalia rotundo- 

 obtusissima vel breviter obtuse acuminata robustiuscula cochleari- 

 formi-concava integerrima vesiculoso-tumidula, nervo lato deplanato 

 mediano rubro striaeformi exarata, inferiora multo minora angustius 

 oblonga; perichaetialia omnium majora longius acuminata; omnia 

 glabra; theca in pedicello brevi crasso exserta. 



Habitatio. Nova Seelandia, insula australis, Bank's Peninsula, 

 Mount Bossu, ubi parce legit T. W. Naylor Beckett. Ex Hb. 

 Cheeseman 1889 habuit E. Levier, qui misit 1891. 



Foliis squamato - imbricatis cochlcariformi - ovatis vel oblongis 



plerumque rotundato-obtusis late rubro • nervosis primo visu distin- 

 guenda species. 



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