i;y v. k. nno'i'irKiiUS. 583 



Species valde peculiaris, foliis Haccidis, faciliter deciduis, 

 iiervo sat louge infra apiceni folii evanido cellulisque laxis 

 facilliine dignoscenda. 



•J05. Tayloria iDissodov) Maidenii Broth., n.sp. 



Autoica: gracilescens, caespitosa, cjvspitibus laxiusculis, pallide 

 yiridibus, a?tate lutescenti-fuscescentibus, nitidiusculis; canUs 

 erectus vel adscendens, vix ultra 1 cm. lougus, basi fusco-tomeii- 

 tosus, dein midus, superne laxe foliosus, simplex vel furcatus: 

 folia difticiliter emollita, carinato-concaviuscula, e basi erecta, 

 breviter spathulata patula vel subhorizontalia, inferiora breviter, 

 comatia elongate oblonga, breviter acuminata, plerumque apicu- 

 lata, usque ad 1-1-2 mm. lata, marginibus erectis, integris, nervo 

 sat tenui, infra apicem folii evanido, cellulis laxis, superioribus 

 ovali-hexagonis, dein sensim longioribus, basilaribus oblongo- 

 hexagonis, marginalibus angustioribus, limbum indistinctum. 

 uniseriatum efformantibus; se^a 7-10 mm. alta, tenuis, strictius- 

 cula, straminea, fetate fuscescenti-rubra, Isevissima; theca erecta, 

 cum bypophysi sporangio breviore ejusdemque latitudinis ob- 

 longa, c. 2 mm. longa, sicca baud mutata, castanea, cellulis spo- 

 rangii incrassatis, irregularibus, oblongo- vel ovali-hexagonis, ad 

 orificium in seriebus pluribus transversis, eisdem hypophysis 

 rotundato-hexagonis, leptodermibus, stomatibus numerosis, sub 

 immersis; peristomium 0; S2)07'i 0'025-0 030 mm., fusci, punctu- 

 lati: opercuhim minutum, cupulatum ; calyptra mitrseformis, 

 lutea, summo apice fuscidula, longirostris, in laciniis 5 brevibus 

 divisa, laevissima. 



N.S.W. : Mt. Kosciusko, Merritt's Camp (Maiden et Forsyth, 

 n.l84). 



Species distinctissima, thecse forma peristomioque deficiente 

 facillime dignoscenda. 



206. FuNAHiA (Entosthodon) perpusilla Broth., n.sp. 



Pusilla, gregarie crescens, fuscescenti-viridis; catilis brevissi- 

 mus, basi fusco-radiculosus, superne dense foliosus, simplex; folia 

 erecto-patentia, sicca vix mutata, concaviuscula, e basi ovata 

 lanceolato-subulata, usque ad 1-5 mm. lunga et 0-5 mm. lata. 



