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Carol. Aliillcr. 



Habit at io. Nova Seclandia, insula australis, littorc australi 

 propc Grcymouth: Richard Helms 1885 legit et misit; insula scp- 

 tcntrionalis loco non indicato: F. AI. Reader leg, 1882, mis. 1892. 



Ex habitu Macromitrii Scottiae, Rein war dti etc., quorum 

 folia plurifariam speirosticha disposita sunt. 



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247 . M a c r o m i t r i u m ( C c r a t o d o n t i u m ) p e r t o r q u c s c c n s 

 n. sp. ; dioicum ; ccspites lati e viridi pulchre lutescentcs infcrne 

 fcrruginei planiusculi dense intricati; caulis vage ramosus, ramis 

 breviusculis gracilibus horride foliosis; folia caulina horride torcjues- 

 centia madore striate patula robustiuscula longiuscula, e bast latiorc 

 in laminam longe acuminatam apice carnosulam producta, phis minusve 

 complicata profunde canaliculata pallidissima rigidiuscula, nfarginc 

 integerrinio erecta, ncrvo angusto ferrugineo in acumen suprcmum 

 cvanescentc exarata, e ccllulis minutis rotundis glabris arcolata; 

 perichaetialia similia immcrsa in subulam robustam acutiusculam pro- 

 tracta; theca in pcdicello perbrevi rubente erecta pro planta parva 

 oblonga coriacea fusca leviter sulcata, operculo longe rostrato recto, 

 calyptra sulcata angusta multifida aurea apice purpurea glabra ; peri- 

 stomium (simplex?) e dcntibus brcvibus lanceolatis membranaceis 

 valde articulatis compositum. 



H a b i t a t i o. Nova Seelandia , insula australis , littore australi 



prope Greymouth: Richard Helms leg. et misit 1888. 



var. t o r q u a t u 1 u m ; foliis angustioribus angustius acuminatis 

 magis flexuosis. M. torquatulum C. Miill. in Hb. O. Bur chard 1891. 



Habitat io. Tasmania, Heuty River versus littus occidentalc, 

 Febr. 1891 : Weymouth; Wood Lake ejusdem littoris: idem 

 ApriU 1891. 



248. M a c r o m i t r i u m ( C e r a t o d o n t i u m ) 1 o n c h o m i t r i u ni 

 n. sp.j dioicum; cespites latissimi aurescentes vel aetate rubiginosi 

 dcnsi rigidi; caulis repens, ramis semiuncialibus erectis robust is 

 teretiusculis fasciculatim breviter ramulosis cuspidatulis torquatifoliis ; 

 folia caulina dense conferta madore stricto-patula, e basi rotundata 

 intense aurea in laminam robustam brevem latam oblongo-ligulato- 

 acuminatam producta , margine infcro rcvoluta ubique integerrima, 

 profunde latiuscule canaliculata plicatula, nervo flavo dcinque rubi- 

 ginoso in laminam evanescentc carinato-exarata, e cellulis ubique in 

 membranam pallidam confiatis minutissimis punctiformibus basin 

 versus multo majoribus longioribus lunatis pallidiorlbus glaberrimis 

 arcolata; perichaetialia similia majora, e cellulis ubique longioribus 

 pallidioribus ellipticis inferne lunatis arcolata ; theca in pcdunculo 

 longo stricto crassiusculo rubente erecta parva elliptica microstoma 

 ore plicata levis cartilaginea fusca; calyptra longa in lacinias angustas 

 profunde multifida fuscata levis robusta. Caetera tgnota. 



