Syinl)olac ad liryolo^^iam Australiae II, ]51 



canaliculato ferruginco in nuicronemaciituni excedentc carinato-cxarata, 

 e celluHs minusculis quadrato-rotundis chlorophyllosis mollibus seriatim 

 dispositis glabris basi parce indistincte verrucosis areolata; perichae- 

 tialia minora stricta; theca levis in pcdicello perbrevi tcnui rubente 

 parum cxserta breviter anguste cylindrica rubra ore acquali, operculo 

 conico-subulato recto; calyptra ca[)sulam omnino obtegcntc [n'ofundc 

 laciniata multifida straminca, laciniis angustis obtusis, pilis nonnullis 

 longiusculis hirta ; peristomium simplex perbreve rufum , dentibus 

 bigeminatis lanceolatis introrsum curvatis glabris. 



Habit at io. Australia subtropica, New South Wales, Walcha: 

 A. R. Crawford 1884 in Hb. IMclbournc; Cambewarra: Thorpe 

 Octobri 1884 legit fertile et mis. Hb. Melbourne; primus omnium legit 

 F. M. Reader 1880 prope Tilba: Hb. Melbourne mis. 1881. 



Foliis mollibus chlorophyllosis, theca rubra levi aequaliter cylindrica 

 breviter exserta et peristomio simplici primo visu distinctum. 



254. Macromitrium (Eumacromi tria grossiretia) ligula- 

 tulum n. sp.; cespituli pusilli tenelli sordide virides; caulis repens, 

 ramulis humillimis rosulato-globularibus crispifoliis; folia madore valde 

 patula reflcxa vel incurva minuta, e basi aurantiaca latiore in laminam 

 anguste ligulato-acuminatam plerumque brevissime mucronatam vel 

 obtusiusculam margine tenerrime crenulatam erectam attenuata, ncrvo 

 ]:)rofunde canaliculato ferrugineo carinate exarata, e cellulis minoribus 

 chlorophyllosis tencris seriatim dispositis ob papillas tenerrimas ob- 

 scuris aetate pellucidis areolata; theca in pcdicello pro musco longius 

 exserto tenui llavido erccta minuta anguste elliptica ore constricta 



microstoma Icvis, operculo minutissimo recto rostrato, calyptra 

 minuta sed capsulam superante angusta muhifida straminea glabra; 



[)oristomium nullum (?). 



Habit at io. Australia subtropica, New South Wales, Richmond 

 River: Miss Hod^kinson in Hb. Melbourne 1881. 



E minutissimis generis, dioicum.^ 



255. ]\I a c r o m i t r i u m ( E u m a c r o ni i t r i a grossiretia) c a 1 o- 

 blastoides n. sp.; C. Miill. in Hb. l^rothcri 1888; cespites de- 

 press! viridissimi intricati tenelli; caulis repens tencr, ramulis pcr- 

 brevibus rosulam minutam crispifoliam gerentibus; folia ramulina 

 madore rosulam introrsum rarius extrorsum foliosam sistentia minuta 

 tenera angusta, e basi vix pallidiore lineari-lanceolata flexuosa apicc 

 mucronatulo distincte incurva rarius recurva, margine integerrimo 

 ubi(iue crecta, nervo ferrugineo profunde canaliculato excurrente 

 carinato-cxarata, e cellulis pro foliolo majusculis rotundis tenuiter 

 papulosis diaphanis seriatim dispositis areolata chlorophyllosa molUa; 

 folia cauHna e basi vaginacea in laminam flexuosam anguste acumi- 

 natam subulatam reflexam attenuata; perichaetialia multo minora 

 paucissima (2—3) ovato-acuminata acutata stricta; theca in pcdicello 



