582 AUSTRALIAN, TASMANIA^, AND NkAV ZEALAND MOSSfeS, 



Victoria: Heyiiigton Road, near Melbourne, in drain (Watts, 

 n.J58).— N.8.W.: Nowra, Falls, on ground (Watts, n.62G6). 



203. PoTTiA (Eiipottia) SUBPHYSCOMITKIOIDES Broth., n.sp. 



Auioica: tenella, ctespitosa, csespitibus deusiusculis vel laxis, 

 sordide vel saturate viridibus; caddis erectus, vix ultra 5 mm. 

 longus, basi fusco-radiculosus, dense foliosus, simplex; /(>/i«erecto- 

 patentia, carinato-concava, inferiora niinuta, superiora niulto 

 majora, spathulata, obtusiuscula vel late acuta, usque ad 1 9 mm. 

 longa, superne usque ad 0'65 mm. lata, mai-ginibus erectis, in- 

 tegris, nervo crassiusculo, plerumque in aristam brevem, strictam 

 excedente, cellulis superioribus rotundato-hexagonis, 015-0020 

 mm., marginem versus minoribus, quadiatis, basilaribiis laxe et 

 breviter rectangularibus, omnibus Ijevissimis; seta c. 3 mm. alta, 

 tenuis, rubra; theca erecta, obovata, brevicollis, fusca, deoper- 

 culata parum dilatata: miinilus longe persistens; peristomnim 0; 

 sport 0*025-0030 mm., ochracei, papillosi ; operculxim oblique 

 rostratum. 



Vic. : Melbourne, 8t. Kilda Roail, on t'tjotpath in garden 

 "Avoiihurst" ( VV'atts, n.l53); Heyington, on ground (Watts, 

 n.181, 216). — Tasmania: Port Esperance, on ground (Hodway). 



Species /''. physcomilrioidi C. Miill., ex Argentina, valdeaffinis. 



204. ToRTULA (Syntrichia) kvanescens Brotb , n.sp. 



Dioica : robustiuscula, ctespitosa, ctespitibus densiusculis, 

 mollibus, glauco-viridibus, setate fuscescentibus: caulis ei'ectus, 

 vix ultra I cm. longus, inferne fusco-radiculosus, densiuscule 

 foliosus, simplex; folia flacoida, faciliter decidua, erecto-patentia, 

 carinato-concava, spatbulata, in acumen breve, lanceolatuni con- 

 tracta, superiora c. 4 mm. longa, superne usque ad 13 mm. lata, 

 marginibus erectis, iiitegris, nervo rufe.scente, sat longe infra 

 apicem folii evanido, dorso k\jvi, cellulis laxis, rotundato-hexago- 

 nis, leptodermibus, Isevissimis, chlorophyllosis, 0030-0-040 mm., 

 marginem versus minoribus, basin versus quadratis, dein bre- 

 viter rectangularibus, byalinis, ad marginem brevioribus. Ca?- 

 tera ignota. 



N.8.W.: Green Gully, near Young, on ground( Watts, n.6914). 



