Symbolae ad Bryolot^iam Australieie II. 105 



patulam exiens; folia caulina magna longa e basi purpurascente brevi 

 laxius reticulata oblonga in laminam oblonge-ovatam parum angustatam 

 apice brevissimc obtuse acuminataj inargine usque ad acumen robuste 

 serrulatum valde rcvoluta, ubique marginata carinato-concava, nervo 



crasso dilute fcrrugineo in mucronem brevissimum crassum obtusius- 



culum exeunte percursa, e cellulis majusculis densis utriculo primordiali 

 tenero repletis vcl inanibus . reticulata ; perichaetialia similia ; theca 

 in pcdunculo elongato crasso arcuato-flexuoso rubente apice valde 

 arcuato nutans majuscula , e basi brevi anguste cylindrica parum 

 curvula, operculo conico brevi acuto, annulo latissimo revolubili; 

 peristomium robustum normale, internum hians, ciliis binis appendi- 

 culatis interpositis. 



Habitat i'o. Australia , Victoria , Gippsland , Stringer's Creek : 

 Tysdale 1881; East Gippsland, Genoa River: Witherhcad in Hb. 

 Melbourne 1881. 



Robustitate partium omnium foliisque obtuse acuminatisbrevissime 

 crasso-mucronatis facile cognoscendum. Specimina ab Stringer's Creek 

 capsulam breviorcm parum latiorem habent (B r y u m s u b f 1 a v i - 

 folium mihi Hb.). 



150. Bryum (Rhodobryum) brunncidens n. sp.; dioicum; 

 cespites iati obscure virides laxe cohaerentes vix unciales; caulis 

 infcrne nudiusculus radiculosus simplex vel in ramulos breves similes 

 divisus, rosulam parvam madore " patulam stellatam viridissimam 

 teneram gcrens; folia e basi longiuscula angnstata spathulato-ovata 

 breviter complicata rcflexo-acuminata, margine e basi usque ad acumen 

 anguste rcvoluta, superne dentibus parvis remotis brunnesccntibus 

 serrulata, nervo angusto intense purpureo breviter excedente mucro- 

 nata carinato-concava, e cellulis parvis mollibus viridibus densiusculis 

 utriculo primordiali tenero repletis basin versus elongatis angustis 

 laxis infima basi purpurascentibus reticulata; theca in pedunculo pro 

 planta longiusculo rubro nutans majuscula, e cello longiore anguste 

 cylindrica, Caetera ignota. 



Habitat io. Australia, Victoria, East Gippsland, Genoa River: 

 Witherhead 1881 in Hb. Melbourne. 



Species ob folia brunncidentia jam propria. 



151. B r }' u m (Rhodobryum) f 1 a v i f o 1 i u m n. sp. ; dioicum ; 

 cespites Iati flavi laxe cohaerentes humiles subtus tomentosi ; 

 caulis fertilis brevis inferne nudiusculus radiculosus, apice 

 rosula foliacea minuta flava comosus simplex vel rosula altera 

 innovando divisus; folia caulina robusta majuscula e basi brevi 

 lata laxe reticulata flava in laminam late ovatam lon<jius acuminatam 



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apice complicatam inferne carinato-concavam producta, margine usque 

 ad acumen serrulatum recurvum lato-revoluta et lato-marj/inata, 

 nervo crasso flavo scrius purpurascente cum acumine supremo 



