Syml^olac ad Bryologiam Australiac II. 147 



minuta cylinclracco-ovalis rubra cartilaginca Icvis , operculo conico, 

 cal\ ptra parva lobata mcmbranacea glaberrima nitidiila; peristomium 

 simplex e dcntibiis brevissimis angiiste lanceolatis irregularibus 

 dcciduis compositum. 



Habitat io, Queensland, Burpangary, Majo 1888: C. Wild in 

 Hb. Brothcri. 



M a c r o m i t r i o m u c r o n a t u 1 o simillimum , scd haccce species 

 ramis acute conicis multo majoribus jam prima fronte distinctum. 



245. M a c r o m i t r i u m ( E u m a c r o m i t r i a t o r q u e s c e n t i a ) 

 mucronatuluni n. sp.; cespituli lati humillimi virides; caulis vago- 

 repens, ramulis brevissimis conicis regulariter torquescenti-foliosis 

 plus minus remotis vel aggregatis veluti grcgarie socialibus; folia 

 caulina madore surculum pusillum turgcscenti-subrosulatum sistcntia 

 minuta valde patula, e basi subspathulato-angusta in laminam latiorem 

 plus minusve rotundatam apicc i)Icrumquc parum reflexam emargi- 

 natam integerrimam producta, margine saepius undulata vel parum 

 complicata, ncrvo profunde canaliculato in mucronulum pallidiorem 

 cxccdcnte ferruginco . cxarata, e cellulis parvis rotundis obscure 

 viridibus tenerrime papillosis basin versus pallidioribus vix majoribus 

 mollitcr arcolata; pcrichactialia vix niajora immcrsa magis rccte 



acuminata; pedunculus brcvis crassiusculus strictus rubens, calyptra 

 brevi glabra straminea. Caetera nulla, 



H a b i t a t i o. Nova Caledonia , Noumea : S a v e z 1 886 in Hb. 

 Roumeguere (Toulouse); in loco non indicato: Simonin in Hb. 

 Jack. 1891, cum foliis apicc magis rotundatis reflexis (Macromitrium 



rotun datum mihi in Hb. Jack.). 



M a c r o m i t r i o N ou m c a n o Bescher. simillimum , sed haccce 

 species foliolis anguste acuminatis primo visu differt. 



246. Macromitrium (Eumacrom. speirostich a) flaccidi- 

 setum n. sp.; dioicum; cespites lati sordidc lutescentes densiusculi 

 humiles; caulis vago-rcpens, ramis simplicibus gracilibus brcviusculis 

 vel apice in ramulos plures breviores dense aggregates acutos fascicu- 

 latim divisus; folia caulina dense imbricata spiraliter torquata madore 

 crccto- patula minuta tenaci-adhaerentia, e basi longiuscula oblonga 

 breviusculo - acuminata angusta strictiuscula vel curvula profunde 

 canaliculata, margine integerrimo erecta, nervo angusto flavido in 

 subulam brevissimam evanescente carinato-exarata, e cellulis minu- 

 tissime rotundis basin versus sensim longioribus angustis in mcmbranam 

 luteam veluti conflatis areolata; pcrichactialia immersa parum majora; 

 thcca in pedunculo longiusculo pro planta crassiusculo arcuato-flexuoso 

 flaccido erecta minuta cylindrico-oblonga microstoma ore plicata Icvis 

 fusca cartilaginea, operculo recte rostrato, calyptra capsulam totam 

 vix occupante mcmbranacea tcnera glabra; pcristomii simplicis dentes 

 extern! perbreves anguste lanceolati pallidi tcnuitcr rugulosi. 



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