Mill 



]^]^2 Carol. Mullcr. 



strictissima, e basi longiuscula angiista cellulis longiusculis porangustis 

 in membranam firmam pulchrc flavam conflatis reticulata raptim fere 

 in subulam pro more longiorem strictiusculam subobtuse acuminatam 

 intcgerrimam carinato-concavam attcnuata, e cellulis mlnutis incrassatis 

 quadratis in subula areolata, nervo pro foliolo crassissimo intense vol 

 dilute ferruginco percursa; pcrichaetialia e basi brcviore longa 

 angustc subulata; thcca in pedunculo pro plantula longiusculo 

 capillari-tencro strictiusculo sed tenerrime spiraliter contorto flavo 

 crccta minutissima cylindraceo-oblonga microstoma, peristomio per- 

 brevi, operculo oblique rostratulo. Caetera igriota. 



Habit at io. Australia, Victoria, Grampians, Mt. Kosciusco, 

 in regione alpina: D. Sullivan 1884 in Hb. ^Iclbournc. 



Leptotricho brachycarpo proximum , sed cespitc dense 

 pulvinato, foliis firmis strictis e basi pulchcrrime flava crassius nervosa 

 raptim stricte subulatis et thecae forma recedit. 



166. Leptotrichum (Ditrichium) brachycarpum n. sp.; 

 monoicum, flore masculo mlnutissimo in ramulo proprio tcrminali; 

 cespituli perhumiles lutcscentes laxc cohaercntcs basi brunnco- 

 tomentosi; caulis pusillus tenuis flexuosus madore strictiusculus tencr 

 infcrne nudus simplex apicem versus foliolosus in ramulos brevis- 

 simos plus minus apprcssos tenerrimos plures divisus semipollicaris; 

 folia caulina laxe disposita flexuoso-crispula madore erecto-patula, 

 inferiora minutissima apicem versus parum majora, e basi vaginacea 

 flavida perangusta sensim in subulam longiorem flexuosam angustiorem 

 integerrimam attenuata, margine erecta vel vix convolutacea, carinato- 

 concava, nervo latiusculo aetate ferrugineo percursa, e cellulis in- 

 crassatis flavidis superne minute quadratis basin versus longioribus 

 angustis densis areolata; pcrichaetialia similia multo longius subulata; 

 theca in pedicello pro surculo longiusculo capillari tencro flavido 

 flexili erecta minuta oblonga macrostoma , operculo brevirostro. 



Caetera ignota. 



H a b i t a t i o. Australia , New South Wales , Blue Mountains. 



F. v. Mil Her 1872 in Hb. Hpe., qui nomine Leptotrichi cylin- 



dricarpi (ncc. C. Mlill.) 1872 misit. In excelsis certe viget. 



Species proi)ria hucusque solum Leptotricho s u b b r a c h y - 



carpo proximo similis. 



167. Leptotrichum (Ditrichium) se mil una re n. sp.; monoi- 

 cum ; cespitcs late expansi humiles e viridi lutcscentes laxiusculi ; 

 caulis breviusculus simplex vel longior apice distinctc falcatus pauci- 

 folius ; folia laxiuscule disposita valde flexuosa plus minusve crispula 

 vel secunda, madore laxius j)atula vix in comulam congesta, minuta, 

 e basi brevi angusta in subulam angustissimam falcatam integerrimam 

 acutatam sensim attenuata carinato-concava, nervo latiusculo depla- 

 nato vcluti obsoleto percursa, e cellulis minutis incrassatis quadratis 



