BY V. F. BROTH ERUS. 587 



vel oblongo-lanceolata, late acuta, mucronata, niarginibus usque 

 ad apicem late revolutis, integris, nervo crasso, fuscesceiite, in 

 mucronem l)revissiraum excedente, cellulis ovali-hexagonis, 

 basilaribus breviter rectangularibus, intiniis rubris, marginalibus 

 angustis, limbum pluriseriatum, luteum efformantibus, innova" 

 tionum eisdem caulinis siniiiia, sed minora, plerumque obtusi- 

 uscula; seta usque ad 3*5 cm alta, fusca; theca nutans vel fcub- 

 pendula, obovata, collo sporangio subsequante, sicca deoperculata 

 sub ore baud constricta, pa<-hydermis, fusco-lutescens; autinlus 

 01 5 mm. latus ; peristomium duplex, paulum infra orificium 

 oriunduin; exostomii denies lanceolato-subulati, c.O 66 mm. longi 

 et c OlUmm. lati, fusco-lutei, minutissime papillosi, apice hyalini 

 et distinctius papillosi, dense lamellati; etidt stominm flavescens, 

 sublteve, membrana basilaris ad medium dentium producta, pro- 

 cessus late fenestrati, cilia terna, bene evoluta, appendiculata; 

 spori immaturi; opercuhim convexum, acute apiculatum, nitidi- 

 usculum. 



N.S.W.: distr. Tumbarumba (Forsytb, n.725). 



212. Bryum [Pseudotriquetra) austtjo-affine Broth., n.sp. 



Synoicum : robustiusculum, c^spitosum, csespitibus densis, 

 fusco-tomentosis, fuscescenti-viridibus, opacis; c«w/is erectus, cum 

 innovationibus usque ad 4 cm. longus, dense foliosus, innova- 

 tionibus erectis, usque ad 1cm. longis, dense et sequaliter foliosis; 

 fulia erecto-patentia, sicca adpressa, carinato-concava, caulina 

 oblongo-lanceolata, breviter acuminata, longe aristata, niargini- 

 bus recurvis, integris, nervo basi crassiusculo, rubro, dein sensim 

 tenuiore, in aristam longam, plerumque reflexulam, rufescentem, 

 integram vel minutissime serrulatam excedente, cellulis oblongo- 

 hexagonis, basilaribus majoribus, infimis rubris, marginalibus 

 elongatis, angustis, limbum lutescentem, pluriseriatum effor- 

 mantibus, innovationum eisdem caulinis similia, sed minora, 

 marginibus angustius recurvis, nervo brevius excedente; seta 

 usque ad 4 cm., flexuosula, fusco-rubra: theca nutans, e collo 

 sporangio breviore oblongo-ovalis, cum collo usque ad 4 mm. 

 longa et 1-5 mm. crassa, sicca deoperculata sub ore plus minusve 

 contracta, pachydermis, fusca; annuUis U'OlSmm. latus; peri- 



