fiY V. F. BROTHERUS. 591 



Scni.alta, tenuis, sicca flexuosula, inferne rubra, supenie lute- 

 scentirubra; theca nutans, paulum asynimetrica, coUo sporangio 

 oblongo-ovali subtequante, cum colloc. 4-5mm. longa et c. 1 -20301. 

 crassa, pallide fusca, pachydermis, sicca deoperculata sub ore 

 baud constricta; annulus c. 0-12 mm. latus; peristomium infra 

 orificium oriundum; exostomii denies lineari-lanceolati, subulato- 

 acuminati, c. 0-55 mm. longi et c. O'lO mm. lati, lutei, apice 

 hyalini, inferne minutissime, apice distinctius papillosi, estriolati, 

 dense lamellati; endoslomium sordide tiavidum, minute papillo- 

 sum; membrana basilaris ad medium dentium producta; pro- 

 cessus dentium longitudinis, late lanceolati, carinati, fenestrati; 

 cilia terna, bene evoluta, nodulosa, parce appendiculata; spori 

 001o-0'OI8 mm., lutei, l?eves; G])erculnin convexum, acute apicu- 

 latum. 



N.S.W. : Apsley Falls (Forsytb, n.749). 



Species Br. curvicoUo Mitt., affinis, sed statura multo robusti- 

 ore foliisque nervo tenuiore jam dignoscenda. 



218. BryUiM (Alpini/ormia) Cheelii Broth , n.sp. 



Dioicum : robustiusculum, csespitosum, csespitibus densis, in. 

 feme pallidis, dein viridibus, apice purpureis, nitidiusculis ; 

 caulis paulum ultra Icm.longus, inferne fusco-radiculosus, dense 

 et sequaliter foliosus, simplex; Julia sicca imbricata, humida 

 erecto-patentia, carinato-concava, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, 

 mucronata, marginibus recurvis, apice minutissime serrulatis, 

 nervo crasso, superne sensim angustiore, brevissime excedente, 

 cellulis laxe hexagono-rhombeis, marginibus multo angustioribus, 

 basilaribus breviter rectangularibus; seta c. 2 cm. alta, fusees, 

 centi-rubra; theca pendula cum collo sporangio aequante pyri- 

 formis, c. 4 mm. longa, pachydermis, fusca; annulus latus, revo- 

 lubilis; pei-istomiuni duplex, ad orificium oriundum; exostomii 

 denies linear! lanceolati, subulato-acuminati, lutei, apice hyalini, 

 papillosi, anguste limbati, dense lamellati; endosttmnim flaves- 

 cens, papillosum, membrana basilaris ultra medium dentium pro- 

 ducta, processus lanceolati, fenestrati, cilia terna, bene evoluta, 

 longe appendiculata; siJori 0-012 mm., lutescenti-virides, sub- 

 laeves; operculum alte convexum, mammillatum, nitidum. 



N.S.W. : Shellharbour (Cheel, n.407). 



