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Carol. Miillcr. 



acuminatam apice brcvissimo plus minusve obtusatani producta, into- 

 gcnima apcrto-concava ante suinniilatcm cucvillala, ncrvo crasso viridi 

 apice desiiunte calloso-cxarata, e ccUulis minutis rctundis basin 

 versus inulto majoribus rectangularibus laxiusculis lutescentibus vel 

 viridulis arcolata; perichaetialia majora similia; theca in pcdiccUo 

 brevi rubcnte tcnui subflcxuoso crecta minuta anguste cylindraceo- 

 oblon^^a ochracca, opcrculo minuto rubro crecto subulato, ca1yi)lra 

 capsulam dimidiam obtcgcntc membranacca nitidula plicata profundc 

 lobata glabcrrima; annulo latiusculo revolubili; pcristomii denies pro 

 capsula longiusculi angustissimi tenuiter subulati rubentes aspcruli. 



Habitatio. Australia tropica, Queensland, Brisbane River: 

 Domina Anialie Dietrich 1864; Toowoombo: llartmann in lib. 

 Melbourne 1881; Bunya Mountains, Majo 1885: F. M. Bailey in 

 Mb. Brotheri; New South Wales, Untcr Hunter River: Miss Carter 

 in Hb. Melbourne 1882, forma calyptra operculo parum majore. 



Quoad capsulam minutam cylindricam et folia brevia robusta 

 obtuso- acuminata facile dignoscenduu). Flos masculus in vicinia 

 floris feminei minute gemmaceus stipitatus. Cum Brachysteleo 

 Mil Her i prius commutatum. 



270. Brachystclcum microblastum n. sp. ; monoicum; ces- 

 pituli humilcs virides nitiduh pulvinati; caulis innovando brcvissimo 

 divisus; folia cauHna. circinato-crispula jnadore patula surcuhun tu- 

 mescentem sistentia brevia robusta, e basi angustiore longiuscula 

 oblongata margine invohitacea vel parum rcvohita in laminam lon- 



giorem angustiusculam obtusate acuminatam carnosam integcrrimam 

 producta pauhilo flexuosa, nervo lato ante apicem subcucullatum 

 desincntc calloso-exarata, e ceUulis minutissime rotundis punctifor- 

 mibus basin versus sensim majoribus rectangularibus laxiusculis lutes- 

 centibus areolata; perichaetialia similia minora; theca in pedicello 

 perbrevi rubente erecta tumide ovalis subvernicosa ore paulisper mi- 

 nor!, annulo revolubili, peristomio perbrevi. Caetera nulla. 



Habitatio. Australia, New South Wales, Sydney: Domina 



Kaysser in lib. Geheeb, 



Brachysteleo Miilleri ob capsulam ovalem habitu simillimum, 

 sed areolationc minutissima et theca tumide ovali certc distincta 

 species. Br. laxifolium simillimum arcolatione majuscule rotundato- 

 hexagona prima scrutatione jam differt. 



271. Grimmia (Fugrlmmia) stenophylla n. sp.; di<»ica; 

 cespituli extensi deplanati virescentcs inferne nigrescentes intricati; 

 caulis porpusillus pcrtenuis paucifolius parce divisus; folia caulina 

 erecto-imbricata minuta, madore reflexiu5Culo-i>atula, e basi angusta 

 in laminam lineari- acuminatam integcrrimam flexuosam attenuata, 



pilo hyalino breviusculo tcnui aciculari su1>levi coronata, margine 

 superiore parum revoluta, carinato-concava, nervo vironte pcrcursa, e 



