580 AUSTRALIAN, TASMANIAN, AND NKW izEALAND MOSSES, 



dense rainosus, ramis erectis, 5miJi. vel pauluni ultra, rarius 

 usque ad 1 cm. longis, densissime foliosis. obtusis; folia eiecto- 

 pateiilia, sicca arete inibricata, e basi ovali sensim breviter laii- 

 ceolata, acuta, fusco-uiucroiiata, c. 3-5 mm. loiiga et 0-85-0-95mm. 

 lata, marginibus superne couniventibus vel subconniventibiis, 

 integris, uervo dorso Itevi, leucocystis medianis o-+ stratosis, 

 cellulis laminalibus basilaribus usque ad 12 seriatis, superne 

 lirabum sensim angustiorem eftbrmantibus. Ca?tera ignota. 



N.S.W.: Richmond River, Rous Falls, on rocks(Watts,n.4856): 

 Brooklet, on retaining wall (u.4802): head uf 'J'even (n.2891); 

 East Ballina(n.2261); and head of Wilson's Creek (n. 2097). 



Species caule brevi foliisque siccis arete imbricatis, dorso Isevi- 

 bus jam dignoscenda. 



199. Leucobryum ballinense Broth., n.sp. 



Dioicnm : gracile, csespitusum, caispitibus deusis, moUibus, 

 humilibus, albescenti-viridibus, opacis: caulis erectus, vix ultra 

 5 mm. longus, basi fusco-radiculosus, ramosus vel simplex: yb/ict 

 erecto-patentia, sicca imbricata, e basi oblonga sensim lanceolato- 

 subulata, mucronata, c. 2 mm. longa et c. 35 mm. lata, margini- 

 bus superne subconniventibus, integris, nervo dorso valde scabro, 

 leucocj^stis bistratosis, cellulis laminalibus basilaribus pauci- 

 seriatis, limbum angustum, superne sensim angustiorem eftbr- 

 mantibus. Ctetera ignota. 



N.S.W. : Richmond River, E. Ballina, heath, on sapling 

 (Watts, n.2159, mixed with L. hradiyphtjUum Hamp., 4107). 



Species L. hrachyphyllo Hamp.,affinis, sed foliorum forma jam 

 dignoscenda. 



200. ToRTELLA Nov^ Valesl*: Uroth., n.sp. 



Autoica : robustiuscula, ctespitosa, ctespitibus densiusculis, 

 mollibus, sordide viridibus; caulis erectus, usque ad 1cm. longus, 

 inferne fusco-radiculosus, dense foliosus, dichotome ramosus: 

 J'oUa erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, sicca circinato incurva, e 

 basi oblonga linearia, obtusa, mutica sen mucronata, c. 3 mm. 

 longa et superne usque ad 0-5 mm. lata, marginibus erectis, 

 integris, nervo crassiusculo, supei-ne angustiore, cum apice 



