576 AUSTRALIAN, TASMANIAN, AND NKW ZEALAND MOSSES, 



•Species cum C. Kirkii Mitt., comparanda, sed foliis dnrsd 

 summo apiee spinoso-dentato jam dignoscenda. 



191. Fissidp:ns (Heterocau/o/t) bryoidioides Broth., n.sp. 



Diounia: gracilis, cjespitosus, cajspitibus laxis, lutescenti-vii'i- 

 dibus, opacis; planfa sterilis erecta, c. 1 cm. longa, gracillima, 

 simplex, foliis inter se remotis, multijugis, sub«qualibus, asyin- 

 metricis ; planla fertilig adscendens, vix ultra 5 mm. longa, 

 simplex, densius foliosa, foliis 5-10 jugis, infimis minutis, cteteris 

 multo majoribus, erecto-patentibus ; folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 planta? fertilis c. 1'2 mm. longa et c. 0-2S mm. lata, lamina vera 

 tantum plus minusve distincte limbata, nervo crassiusculo, bre- 

 viter excedente, lamina vera lamina apicali longior, lamina 

 dorsali breviter decurrente, cellulis rotundato-hexagonis, superi- 

 oribus c. 0-007 mm., chlorophyllosis, livvissimis; spta c. 1 cm. alta, 

 tenuissima, lutea ; fheca subhorizontalis, asymmetrica, ovalis, 

 sicca deoperculata curvatula, sub ore constricta, pallida. Cfytera 

 ignota. 



N.S.W.: Penshurst (Forsyth, n.676). 



Species habitu Jh-yoidii, sed lamina vera tantvim limbata. 



192. Fissidens {Bryoidium) Forsythii Broth., n.sp. 



DioicHs: gracilis, csespitosus, cfespitibus densis, saturate viri- 

 dibus, opacis; caulis adscendens, usque ad 1 cm. longus, infima 

 basi fusco radiculosus, dense foliosus, simplex vel innovando 

 ramosus; folia multijuga, falcata, sicca circinato-incurva, infima 

 minuta, ciietera multo majora, ligulata vel ovato-ligulata, obtusa, 

 apiculata, sunnno apice obsolete serrulata vel Integra, limbata, 

 limbo angustissimo, hyalino, subcontinuo, nervo ad basin apiculi 

 evanido, lamina vera lamina apicali longior, lamina dorsalis longe 

 decurrens, cellulis minutissimis, rotundato-hexagonis, superioribus 

 vix ultra O'OOo mm., chlorophyllosis, kevissimis; !<fta c. 7 mm. 

 alta, tenuis, lutescenti-rubra ; theca horizontalis, asymmetrica, 

 ovalis, sicca curvata, nutans, deoperculata sub ore valde con- 

 stricta, pallida. Cetera ignota. 



N.S.W'.; Gullies near Barber's Creek (Forsyth, n.566). 



