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Carol. IMullcT. 



Habitat io. Australia^ Victoria, Moyston, Oct. 1883: D. Sullivan 

 mis. 1883. 



Caule brcvi minute rosulato-comoso atque capsula majuscula 

 pohliacea facile cognosccndum. 



156. Bryum (Rhodobryum) microrhodon C. Miill. in Hb. 

 Burchard. 1891; dioicum ; cespites humilcs scmii)olIicarcs laxiusculi, 

 inferne dcnsiusculi purpurascentcs supcrnc vircsccntes radiculosi ncc 

 tomentosi parce fructifcri ; caulis inferus nudiusculus apicc losula 

 minuta globulari terminatus; folia caulina minuta, e basi spathulata 

 cochlearifomii-ovata, ncrvo c basi crassiore purpurea angustato in 



mucroncm brevcm purpureum tcnuem recurvum excedcntc carinato- 

 exarata, usque ad margincm suprcmum crenulatum anguste revoluta, 

 e cellulis minutis dcnsiusculis vel incrassatis viridibus basin versus 

 majoribus longioribus laxis purpurasccntibus tcneris reticulata; peri- 

 cbaetialia similia , intima minora lanceolata ; thcca in pedunculo 

 mediocri rubcnte vel purpurea tenui apicc parum curvulo inclinata 

 minuta, e collo brevi angustc oblonga, operculo majusculo cupulato- 

 conico; pcristomium robustum; dcntes externi latiusculi rubiglnosi, 

 interni valde hiantes, ciliis binis appendiculatis capillaribus; sporae 

 maxime minutae; annulus latus revolubilis. 



Ilabitatio. Tasmania, Mt. Wellington, St. Crispins Iroek, Nov. 

 1890: W. A.Weymouth in Hb. Burchard, alt. 1700'; Rougeroo Point, 

 Oct. 1890: idem. 



Variat foliis minus spathulatis, nervo longiore rcctius aristatis. 

 Species tenella pulchella, foliis spathulato-coclilcariformibus purpuras- 

 centibus recurvo-mucronatis distinctissima minuta ])ropria, Bryo 

 globular! Hpe. proxima, sed haccce species foliis multo latioribus 

 obtuse- mucronatis raptim recedit. 



157. Bryum (Rhodobryum) Dobsonianum n. sp.; cespites 

 latissimi viridcs inferne fusci radiculosi nee tomentosi laxissime 

 cohaerentes; caulis longiusculus ruber apiccm versus scnsim densius 

 foliosus et in rosulam parvam transiens ; folia caulina complicato- 

 crispula parum torquescentia madore patula, e basi cellulis amplis 

 longiiisculis pcllucidis laxissime reticulata latiusculc oblongo-ovata, 

 acumine brevi plus minusve recurvato mucronato terminata, margine 

 basali late revoluta supcro tenuiter serrulata ubique fere anguste 

 pallide marginata, nervo crasso pallide virente carinato-concava, e 

 cellulis mhioribus densioribus utriculo primordiali tenero rcpletis 

 arcolata. Cactera nulla. 



Habitatio. Regio Tasmanica, Dead Island: Judge Dobson 

 leg. 1884, Hb. Melbourne mis. 1885. 



Ex habitu ad Brya bima transiens. 



158. Bryum (Rhodobryum) angeiothecium n. sp.; dioicum ; 

 cespites latissimi viridissimi inferne fuscescentes tomenlosuli superne 



