Symbolac ad Bryologiam Australiae TI. m 



celliilosa glabra; peristomii dentes longiusculi rubri profiindc regu- 

 lariter bifidi tenuiter asperuli. 



H a b i t a t i o. Nova Scelandia , insula australis , Marlberough, 

 Kaikoura, solo argillaceo, Dec. 1889: T, W. Naylor Beckett Ig. 

 et mis. 1892. 



163. Lcptotrichum (Ditrichium) Panchcri n. sp.; caulis 

 humilis polyph}!liis; folia stricta erecto-patula vcluti penicillatim dila- 

 tata, longiuscula angusta, e basi robusta brevi lata convolutacea mem- 

 branacca cellulis incrassatis ellipticis basin infimam versus longiori- 

 bus pallescentibus, infima basi parcnchymaticis amplioribus laxis 

 aureis areolata scnsim in laminam acuminatam lon<nusculam summi- 



o 



tate solum denticulatam attenuata strictissima, nervo lato subulam 

 totam replente pcrcursa , canaliculato - concava ; theca in pedunculo 

 longo flavo erecta majuscula tumide ovalis, peristomio brevi auran- 

 tiaco profunde irrcgularitcr fisso. 



Leptotr. Boryanum Bescher. in Muse. Nov. Calcd. ncc C. Miill. Borbon. 



Habitatio. Nova Caledonia mcridionalis, ad arborum radices, 

 600 m alt.: Pancher in Hb. Bescherelle. 



L. Boryanum verum certe jam differt caulc paucifolio, foliis 

 multo minoribus secundis tencris ubique acqualitcr arcolatis atque 

 theca anguste cylindrica longiore. 



164. Lcptotrichum (Ditrichium) strictiusculum n. sp.; 

 monoicum, floribus paucis masculis perminutis lateralibus; cespites 

 pusilli lutescentes laxe cohaerentes; caulis simplicissimus paucifolius 

 aequalis; folia minuta angusta erecto-patula stricta vix secundula, e 

 basi longiuscula angusta flavescentc in subulam elongatam vix flexuo- 

 sam intergerimam summitate solum extrema tenuiter denticulatum 

 sensim attenuata, nervo carinato latiusculo flavescente vel ferruginco 

 percursa, c celluhs minutis quadratis basin versus sensim longioribus 

 angustis flavis areolata; perichaetiaha e basi latiore in acumen longe 

 subulatum protracta; theca in pedunculo pro plantula longo tenui 

 aurescente stricto erecta angustissime cylindrica, operculo obliquius- 

 cule rostrato. Caetera nulla. 



Habitatio. Tasmania , sine loco speciali : 1 d f i e 1 d Ig. 

 Brotherus communicavit 1890. 



Lcpt. p alii do Europaeo simillimum, scd haecce species oper- 

 culo conico foliisque denticulatis jam differt. L. Oldfieldii Mitt, 

 proximum differt foliis distincte secundis et theca majuscula tumide 

 cylindrica. An forma ulterioris.? 



165. Leptotrichum(Ditrichium)subbrachycarpumn. sp.; 

 dioicum; cespites pollicares pulvinati densi brunneo-tomentosi; caulis 

 pergracilis flexuosus ramulis brcvissimis nonnullis fragilibus appressis 

 teneris divisus; folia caulina strictiuscule setacea minuta e nitido- 

 virente lutescentia vel aetate ferruginea, madore erecto-patula 



