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Symbolae ad J5ryolo<riam Australian: IF. 25y 



Ex habitu Macromitrio rctuso Hook, ct Wils 



simillinnim 



scd haocce species foliis valde acuminatis scnsim longe aristatis 

 primo visu diffcrt, 



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267. M a c r o m i t r i u m (E u macro m. c ri s p a t a) o o c a r p u m n. sp. ; 

 cespituli tenelli pusilli lutcscenti-viridcs laxiusculi ; caiilis vage ramosus,' 

 ramis humilibus ^fracilibus subjulacco-tcrctiusculis plerumque sim- 

 plicibus vel apicc ramulosis crispifoliis; folia caulina dense imbricata 

 minuta, niadorc erecto-patula surciilum tur^Tcsccntcm sistcntia, e basi 

 pallcsccnte latiorc ovata in laminam brevem ligulatam obscnram brc- 

 vissimc robuste obtuse acuminatam producta, profunde ventricoso- 

 canaliculata, margine intcgerrimo anguste revoluta distincte papHlosa, 

 nervo crassiusculo aiireo vcl rubiginoso in apiculum brevissimum 

 evanido carinato-exarata , e cellulis distincte rotundis obscuris basin 

 versus longioribus sublunatis incrassatis areolata; pcrichactialia similia 

 immersa; theca in pediceilo prcvissimo rubente crecta parva tumi- 

 diusculc ovalis levis fusca cartilaginea microstoma ore plicata; calyptra 

 parva capsulam totam fere obtegens multifida stricte pilosa, peristo- 

 mium simplex perbreve anguste lanceolatum obscurnm. 



Habitatio. Nova Seelandia, insula australis , Httorc australa- 

 siaco prope Gre\- mouth: Richard Helms 1885 legit et misit. 



Minutie foliorum et pedunculi facile cognoscendum. 



268. Brachysteleum laxifolium n. sp.; monoicum; cespituli 

 pusilli parum cohacrcntes nigrescent i-vir ides; caulis perbrcvis sed 

 tumescens innovando divisus; folia caulina seniora nigrita squamae- 

 formi- imbricata, juvenilia viridia parum circinato-crispula, omnia 

 brevia robusta madore valde patula, e basi brevi inferne angustiore 

 superne latiore oblongo ovata in laminam latiuscule acuminatam 

 brcvitcr mucronatam producta, margine basali invohUacea ubique 

 integerrima, profunde canaliculata basi apeito-concava, nervo crasso 

 c viridi ferrugineo ante apicem desinente calloso-exarata, e cellulis 

 majusculis, hexagono-rotundis incrassatis basin versus rectangularibus 

 firmis areolata; pcrichactialia similia; theca in pediceilo brevi rubente 

 tcnui erecta parva oblonga macrostoma pallide ochracea; peristomii 

 dentes breves robustiusculi. Cactera ignota. 



Hab i t a t i o. Australia, New South Wales, Paramatta, De- 

 cembri 1884: VVhitelegge in Hb. Melbourne, cum fructibus seniori- 

 bus senioribus deoperculatis. 



Foliis inferioribus vcl senioribus squamato-imbricatis ab omnibus 

 congeneribus jam distat. 



269. Brachysteleum commutatum n. sp.; monoicum; ces- 

 pites parvi humiles nitidulo virescentcs rigidi; caulis parum divisus; 

 folia caulina circinato- crispa madore patula surculum turgesccntem 

 sistentia brevia robusta, e basi angustiore sursum latiore oblonga 

 vel ovata raptim in laminam parum longiorem robustam latiuscule 



