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raraosus; folia inferiora minuta, erecto-patentia, superiora multo 

 raajora, erectiora, carinato-concava, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 

 marginibus erectis vel inferno anguste recurvis, superne seiru- 

 latis, iiervo infra apicem folii evanido, cellulis anguste linearibus, 

 infiinis laxioribus; hractere perichfetii foliis niulto minores, erectae, 

 cseteruni eisdem similes; seta c. I'D cm. alta, tenuissima, ilexuo- 

 sula, lutescenti-rubra ; theca erecta, regularis, oblonga, collo 

 sporangiara breviore, leptodeimis, pallide fusca; annulus latus, 

 I'evolubilis; perisioTniiim simplex, internum: memh^una basilaris 

 exserta, hyalina, Isevis; p7'ocess2is filiformes, c 0010mm. lati, 

 appendiculati, sordide lutei, minutissime papillosi; spori 0-015- 

 001 7 mm., lieves; operculum ignotum. 



N.S.W. : Tallewong Creek (Forsyth, n 641). 



209. MiELlCHHOFEKiA (Jlielichhojeriopsis) turgkns Broth , n.sp. 



Paroica : robustiuscula, cjespitosa, cpespitibus densis, fusco- 

 tomentosis, pallide viridibus, nitidis; caulia erectus, usque ad 

 1 -5 cm. longus, filiformis, accrescenti-foliosus itaque clavatus, 

 innovando ramosus; /b/ia inferiora inter se remotiuscula, erecto- 

 patentia, superiora sensim majora, densiora et erectiora, imbri- 

 cata, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, marginibus fere ad apicem late 

 revolutis, apice serrulatis, nervo infra apicem folii evanido, cellu- 

 lis linearibus, basilaribus laxioribus, oblongo-hexagonis, inno- 

 vationum latioribus, brevius acuminatis, marginibus anguste 

 revolutis; b actem perichcetii foliis multo minores, erectse, anguste 

 acuminata?, marginibus erectis, subintegris; sporogonia 1-3 ex 

 eodem perichsetio; seta c. 5 mm. alta, tenuis, sicca ilexuosula, 

 lutea; theca erecta vel inclinata, regularis, oblonga, collo sporan- 

 gium subsequante, leptodermis, pallida; annulus latus, revolu- 

 bilis; perts<omi?tm duplex; exostomii deiites Ismceolati, c. 0*20mm. 

 longi et c. 0'05 mm. lati, dense lamellati, pallidi, dorso basi 

 transverse dein oblique superne longitudinaliter striolati, angus- 

 tissime limbati, sublseves vel papillosi; eudostomium hyalinum, 

 Isevissimum, membrana basilaris altiuscula, processus dentium 

 longitudinis, carinati, baud perforati, cilia brevissima, singula 

 vel nulla; spot'i 0015-0'017 mm., ochracei, minute papillosi; 

 operculuiin minutum, conicum, acutum, rubellum, 

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