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stome of this species was found, its other characters are so 

 distinctly those of a Gonostomum that I have no doubt about 

 placing it in the genus. 



All the figures (Plate XIII.) are drawn to one scale. 



G. australe, Swartz. Extended description. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in dense tufta 

 f in. -1 in. high, yellowish-green above, brown below. Stems 

 stout, fin. high, radiculose. Innovations irregular, Jin., fasti- 

 giate. Leaves densely imbricating, nearly erect, pentstichous, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous, concave; upper ones 

 nine times longer than broad, with entire margins or slightly 

 toothed, minutely serrated in the lower ones ; nerve excurrent, 

 keeled ; unaltered when dry. Areola oblong. Perichcetial 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous, shorter than 

 the upper ones. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruits talk flexuous, fin. 

 long. Capsule inclined, broadly ovate. Mouth small. Peri- 

 stome single. Teeth 16, cohering at the apex. Operculum 

 stout, oblique, conico-rostrate. Calyptra cucullate. Antheridicv 

 in the axils of upper stem leaves. 



Eab. Mount Torlesse. Coll. by K. B., Jan., 1886. 



C. macrocarpum, sp. nov. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in dense tufts- 

 lin.-l^in. high, yellowish-green above, brown below. Stems 

 about f in. high, radiculose. Innovations irregular, y\ in. -\ in., 

 fastigiate. Leaves small, nearly erect, closely imbricating, 

 pentstichous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous; margins- 

 slightly recurved and minutely serrated towards the apex ; 

 nerve stout, excurrent. Areola oblong. Leaves unaltered when 

 dry. Perichcetial leaves slightly broader than the upper ones,, 

 otherwise similar. Fruit acrocarpous. Fruitstalk -J in. -1 in. 

 long, flexuous or inclined. Capsule oval, obliquely connected 

 with the fruitstalk. Mouth small. Peristome single. Teeth 

 16, cohering at the apex. Operculum narrow, oblique, conico- 

 rostrate, half the length of the capsule. Calyptra cucullate. 

 Antheridia on short branches. 



Hab. On damp ground, Mount Torlesse, Jan., 1886. 



C. intermedium, sp. nov. 



Plants perennial, monoecious, growing in dense tufts \ in. 

 high, yellowish-green above, brown below. Stems ^ in. In- 

 novations -J in., fastigiate. Leaves small, nearly erect, pent- 

 stichous, closely imbricating, ovate-lanceolate, shortly pili- 

 ferous, concave ; margins serrated ; nerve stout, excurrent. 

 Areola oblong. Leaves unaltered when dry. Perichcetial 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, piliferous. Fruit acro- 

 carpous. Fruitstalk about 1 in. long, flexuous or inclined. 



