COLLECTED IN VICTORIA. 263 



Wils 



Mitten 



plicibus flexuGsis, foliis patentibiis octofariis obloago-lanceolatis con- 

 cavis profunde quadriplicatis margine remote denticulatis brevissime 



binervatis, pericbaetialibus vaginantibus subulato-attenuatis, tlieca 

 ovali cylindriea basi abrupte in pedicello brevi contracta, operculo 

 conico acuminate, calyptra raitrseformi basi inflexa, peristomio den- 



tibds rugulosis processibus solidis reqnilongis ciliis rudimentariis in- 



terpositis. 



Hab. Moretou Bay. August, 1855. 



With the same habit and structure as E. plicata and E. elegam (En- 



dotriehum, Bzy, et Molkenb.)^ but its leaves are closely imbricate, not 



at all flexuose, so that the stems appear terete. 



79. Neckera hptotheca^ sp. nov. ; monoica, ramis elongatis inordinatim 

 pinnatis eomplanatis, foliis e basi minute auriculato-asymmetricis ob- 

 lougo-lanceolatis obtusiusculis minute serrulatis undulatis brevissime 

 binerviis, perichBetialibus vaginantibus subulato-acuminatis apice 

 dentatis, theca emergente ovali leptoderma, operculo conico-rostrato, 

 peristomio dentibus angustis rugulosis siccitate inter processibus 

 asquilongis hyalinis carinatis solidis nitidis porrectis inflexis. 

 Hab. Broad Rib River, P. Cabbage-tree River. (No. 93.) Tar- 



(N^ 



N. 'oennata and to N* 



small, pale, thin capsules, which are about half-covered by the perichae- 

 tial leaves, when de-operculate they become urceolate. 



Wils 



HedwX (N' 



Mitten 



arcuatis eleganter bi-tri-pinnatim ramosis, foliis in ramis subdisticha- 

 ceis, in ramulis undique imbricatis, ovato-oblongis brevi-acuminatis 

 inteo:errimis concavis nervo furcato solitario r. nervis binis brevibus 



imfus 



perichaetialibus 



normali 



Hab. Victoria. (No. 170.) Steep-bank River. (No. 58.) 



A smaUer Moss than /. arhmcuU, Hook., with more numerous and 



gradually attenuated ramuli. The capsule is on a longer, arcuate seta, 



and horizontal. 



