58 NEW SPECIES OF MUSCI. 



ovatis, perichaetialibus oblongo-lanceolatis erectis, omnibus 

 apiculatis, concavis, margine recurvis, integerrimis, nervo 

 latissimo pereursis ; capsula subexserta, rotundato-ovata, 

 siccitate rugoso-striata ; operculo rostellato. — S. australe, 

 Wils. Mss. et Herb. Hook. n. 3658 (fide G. J. Lyon).— Swan 

 River, Mr. James Dnimmond. 



Tufts scarcely 2 inches high, tawny-olive. Stems, when 

 dry, taper ; often emitting far more slender, flagelliform 

 shoots, whose leaves are very thin, and have a short wide 

 amplexicaul base and elongated subulato-setaceous recurved 

 point, by which character this species is readily recognised. 

 The leaves are entire, but are rough with points on the 

 margins from cellules that project there as on their backs. 

 Perichaetium conspicuous from its larger, more erect, and 

 more oblong leaves. Seta as long as the capsule, sometimes 

 curved and holding the capsule out beyond the side of the 

 perichaetium. 



Fabronta, Raddi. 



1. F. incana, caule caespitoso, procumbente, ramoso ; ramis 

 brevibus, confertis, erectis; foliis imbricatis, erecto-pa- 

 tentibus, lanceolatis, acuminatis, elongate ciliatis, ener- 

 vibus; capsula turbinata, erectiuscula ; operculo planius- 

 culo scarioso. — Swan River, Mr. James Drummond. 

 Tufts wide, dense, pale greenish-white, hoary ; roots pur- 

 plish ', stems about | an inch high. Leaves closely imbricated, 

 crowded, linear-lanceolate, ciliae simple without articulations ; 

 perichaetial leaves closely convoluted about the base of the 

 pedicell. Seta about 3 lines long. Capsule with a minute 

 opaque apophysis at its base. Commissure of the lid with 

 the capsule, as well as its centre, opaque, the rest pellucid 

 and scariose. Teeth of the peristome eight, each marked 

 with three longitudinal lines, incurved. 



