Syinlxjlac ad Bryoloj^aam Australiae 11. 153 



Species tcnella puIchcUa, foliis grosse areolatis pallidis, capsulis 

 brevi-pcciicellatis ochraceis parvis ampullaceis ore valdc plicatis atque 

 calyptra nuda profunde fissa angusta membranacea facile distinguenda, 

 ex habitu jMacromitrio serpcnti aliquantulum siniilis. 



258. Macromitrium (Eumacromitria grossirctia) grossi- 

 rete n. sp. ; monoiciim ; cespitcs lati humilcs viridcs rigidissimi 



aetate sordide briinnescentes ; caulis repens, ramis pusillis plus minusve 

 tumescenti-globiilaribus breviter stipitatis crispifoliis ; folia caulina ma- 



dore patula brcviuscula striata robusta angusta, e basi aurantiaca vel 

 pallidiore vix angustiore lanceolato-oblonga, nervo ferrugineo profunde 

 canaliculato exccdente breviter pungentia, margine basilar! anguste 

 revoluta superne erecta integerrima, e cellulis grosse rotundatis dia- 

 phanis mammillosis seriatim dispositis basi longioribus angustis le- 

 vioribus areolata ; perichactialia majora inagis acuminata; theca in pe- 

 dicello perbrevi tenui vix curvulo rubente erecta minuta cylindrica 

 levis siccitate ore plicata gymnostoma, operculo minute rostcllato, 

 cal)ptra pilosa parva sordida. 



Ilabitatio. Nova Seelandia, insula sept., N. Canterbury, Pat- 

 tersons Creek, Wcimacariri Gorge, ad truncos arborum: T. W. Nay- 

 lor Heckett 1892 leg. et misit. 



Flos masculus minutus paucifolius radiculis insidens, foliis minu- 

 tissimis ovalibus levibus. Species distinctissima foliis rigidis grosse 

 areolatis verrucosis atque theca brevi-pedicellata minuta levi gymno- 

 stoma. 



259. Macromitrium (Eumacromitria grossiretia) Dae- 

 meli n. sp. ; ccspites latissimi depress! viridissimi aetate nigriti laxe 

 cohaerentes; caulis longe repens, ramis remotis semipolUcaribus gra- 

 cilibus ascendentibus curvatis basi nudiusculis superne teretiusculis 

 simplicibus vel parce breviter divisis; folia caulina crispula madore 

 incurvato- patula, e basi angustiore aurantiaca in laminam latiuscule 

 oblongo-acuminatam apice incurvam integerrimam producta, margine 

 ad latus unicuni basi revoluta, nervo profunde canaliculato intense 

 flavo-aurantiaco excurrente carinato-cxarata, e cellulis grosse rotundis 

 diaphanis seriatim dispositis levibus areolata; perichactialia simiHa; 

 theca in pedicello perbrevi tenui rubente erecta minnta cylindrico- 

 elliptica microstoma rubro-fusca gymnostoma, operculo e basi minute 

 conica recto subulato, calyptra profunde laciniata aurea hirtula. 



Ilabitatio. Australia tropica, Queensland, Distr. Wideboy, 



Gayndah: Damcl primus legit 1874; Brisbane: F. M. Bailey 1888 

 in tib. Brotheri. 



Ramis gracilibus ascendentibus viridissimis foliisque raptim emol- 



litis introrsum patulis primo visu cognoscenda species. 



260. Macromitrium (Eumacromitria grossirctia) coarc- 

 tatulum n. sp.; dioicum? cespitcs latissimi ferruginei dcnsi rigidi 



