Syinl)()Iae ad Bryolojfiam Australiae II. 121 



anguste oblongo-acuminata obtusiuscula; theca in pediinciilo perbrevi 

 crasso riibro erccta parva sed breviter tumido-clliptica ore acqualis 

 brunnescens , operculo rubro oblique rostrate , annulo persistente 

 angustOj calyptra brevi inferne albida membranacea tcnera; pcristo- 

 mium e basi tessellata brevi strictuni, dentibus valde interruptis lutcolis 

 teniiiter aspcrulis fissilibus. 



Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, Mount Ararat prope Moyston, 

 Oct. 1883: D. Sullivan, 1883 misit. 



var. involucrata; omnino Barbula vesiculosa, sed foliis 

 perichaetialibus in calycem convolutis ubiquc laxe rcticulatis luteis, 

 externis hyalino-acuminatis, internis obtusatis, nervo angusto rcticu- 

 culato obsolete vel evanido parum exaratis. 



Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, Grampians: Hb. Melbourne 



1881 misit. 



186. Barbula (Syntrichiae rubripilae) austro-alpina 

 n. sp.; dioica; cespites 1-2 pollicares laxe cohacrentcs c viridi rubi- 

 cundi; caulis ercctus flexuosus subgracilis in ramulos breves apice 

 divisus; folia caulina laxiuscule imbricata apice surculi in distinctc 

 torquescentia, madore patenti-patula longiuscula, e basi breviuscula 

 cellulis elongatis angustiusculis laxe pellucide reticulata cellulis longis 

 angustioribus anguste marginata in laminam longiorem oblongam 

 sensim longius acuminatam producta, nervo crassiusculo dorso levi 

 purpurascente excedentc longiuscule rufo-pungcntia vel leviter pili- 

 formia, margine usque ad acumen superius valde revoluta glabrius- 

 cula, e cellulis parvulis incrassatis hexagono-rotundis obscuris areolata; 

 perichaetialia longius rubripila; theca in pedunculo mediocri erasso 

 rubro flexili spiralitcr contorto majuscula erccta vel parum inclinata 

 cylindrica ore acqualis fusca, operculo rostrato, calyptra majuscula 

 glabra; peristoniium e basi longa rubente tessellata valde dilatato- 

 tortuosum rubrum, 



Habitatio. Nova Seelandia^ insula australis, North Canterbury, 

 Ben More alt. 5000 pedum, ad rupes cum Grimmiis associata: T. VV. 

 Naylor Beckett Ig., mis. 1892. 



Planta speciosa , distinctissima species , pilo rubro pungenti- 

 piliformi levi jam facillime distinguenda. 



187. Barbula (Syntrichiae albipilac) pseudo-antarctica 

 n. sp.; dioica; cespites scmipoUicarcs laxe cohacrentcs sordide lutes 

 centes; caulis parce divisus horridifolius; folia, apice surculi indistincte 

 torquescentia longipila, madore erecto patula parum rccurva, e basi 

 paululo angustiore pellucida cellulis longis laxis reticulata vix cellulis 

 minoribus marginata breviuscula in laminam longiorem complicato- 

 oblongo-ovatam paulispcr rotundato-acuminatam producta, margine 

 a basi ultra medium valde revoluta tenuiter crenulato-papillosa, nervo 

 crasso pallido aetate dilute ferrugineo dorso levi in pilum hyalinum 



