Symbolae ad Bryolofjiam Australiae II. 91 



Minutie partiiim omnium foliisqiie e basi alate depressa decurrcnte 

 ovata crasse denticulate pungentibus raptim distinguendum, ex 

 affinitate Bryi brachytheciellae et lonchoneuri. 



120. Bryum (Ery throcarpidium) braehytheciella n. sp.; 

 dioicum; cespituli humiles vix semipollicares flavo-lutescentes laxe 

 cohaerentes; caulis fertilis perbrevis minute comosus, ramulis brevibus 

 teretiusculis brevissime cuspidatulis madore plumosulis; folia ramulina 

 minuta dense conferta humore erecto-patula, e basi angustiore ovato- 

 acuminata, nervo pro foliolo crasso longius cxcedente striate aristi- 

 formi-pungentia, margine angustissime revoluta ubique intcgerrima, 

 e cellulis parvis densls firmis flavidis basi infima majoribus reticulata; 

 perichaetialia similia majora; theca in pedunculo pro plantula 

 longiusculo tenui flavido flexuoso inclinata vel nutans minuta, e 

 collo brevi ovata vel turgide oblonga ochracea, operculo conico 

 acuto, annulo lato revolubili; peristomium externum breviusculum 

 angustum, internum tenerum valde hians, ciliis longis teneris appendi- 



culatis; sporae minutisslmae flavae. 



Habitatio. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Mossman's 

 Bay: Whitelegge Sept. 1884 cum fructibus maturis. Hb. Melbourne 



mis. 1885. 



Species elegans tenella, foliis minutis ovato-acuminatis longe 



pungentibus crassinervibus intcgcrrimis densiuscule arcolatis et capsula 



parva brevi oblonga parum constricta ochracea facile cognoscenda. 



121. Bryum (Erythrocarpidium) lonchoneurum n. sp.; 

 dioicum; cespituli humiles virescentes laxiusculi tenelli; caulis 

 fertilis brevissimus minutissime comosus, ramulos perbreves paucos 

 junipcroideo-foliosos pergraciles exmittens; folia ramulina minuta 

 erecto- conferta ramulum subteretcm cuspidatulum sistentia madore 

 patula, e basi angusta anguste lanceolate -acuminata, nervo luteo 

 pro foliolo crassiusculo plus minus longius excedente stricto denti- 

 culate longe pungentia, carinato-concava, margine erecto superne 

 tenuiter denticulata, e cellulis parvis angustis densis subincrassatis 

 infima basi parum majoribus laxioribus paucis reticulata; comalia 

 et perichaetialia similia majora longius pungentia; theca in pedunculo 

 pro plantula longiusculo tenui rubro nutans parva eleganter longius- 

 cule oblonga hie illic praesertim ore parum coarctata fusca operculo 

 minute conico acuto rubro nitide, annulo lato revolubili; peristomium 

 externum luteum angustum, internum tenerum valde hians, ciliis 

 singulis tenerrimis appendiculatis; sporae flavae minutissimae. 



Habitatio. Australia, New South Wales, Richmond River: 

 Capt. Stackhouse 1881 in Hb. Melbourne. 



Muscns tenellus pulchellus, fohis minutis anguste lanccolatis 

 longe denticulato-pungentibus dense areelatis atque capsula eleganter 

 oblonga minuta rubente prima inspectione cognoscendus. 



