592 AUSTRALIAN, TASMANIAN, ANt) NEW ZEALANt* MOSSES, 



Species Br. alpino Huds., habitu simillima, sed foliis nervo 

 ciassiore, cellulis laxioribus jam dignoscenda. 



219. Bkyum {Alpiniformia) KiAM^E Broth., n.sp. 



Dioicum : gracilescens, cjespitosum, csespitibus densiusculis, 

 viridibus, opacis; caulis vix ultra 3 mm. longus, basi radiculosus, 

 dense foliosus, innovationibus paucis, brevibus vel simplex; yb^ia 

 subsequalia, sicca imbricata, humida erecto-patentia, carinato- 

 concava, oblonga, acutiuscula, marginibus erectis, superne min- 

 utissime serrulatis, nervo crassiusculo, continuo vel subcontinuo, 

 cellulis laxe rhomboideo-hexagonis, marginem versus angustiori- 

 bus, loasilaribus rectangularibus: seta vix ultra 1 cm. alta, tenuis, 

 rubra; theca pendula, cum collo sporangio sequante pyriformis, c. 

 3 mm. longa, pachydermis, fusca ; annulus latus, revolubilis ; 

 jyp.ristoinium duplex, paulum infra orificium oriundnm; exostornii 

 denies lineari-lanceolati, subulato-acuminati, lutei, apice hyalini, 

 papillosi, dense lamellati; endostomiuni sordide luteum, papillo- 

 sum membrana basilaris vix ultra medium dentium producta, 

 processus lanceolati, anguste perforati, cilia 1 ; spori 0018-0'020 

 mm., virides, sublteves; operculum alte convex urn, muticum. 



N.S.W. : Kiama (Forsyth, n. 381). 



Species Br. Sullivani C. Miill., valde affinis, sed thecjB forma 

 dignoscenda. 



220. Bryum {Rostdata) Forsythii Hroth., n.sp. 



Dioicum : robustiusculum, caespitosum, cfespitibus densis, 

 sordide viridibus, opacis; caulis usque ad 2 cm. longus, fusco- 

 radiculosus, dense et comoso foliosus; yb^ia comatia sicca erecta 

 humida patentia, carinato-concava, e basi breviter spathulata, 

 breviter oblonga vel ovalia, obtusiuscula, brevissime aristata, c. 

 3 mm. longa et usque ad 1"3 mm. lata, marginibus fere ad apicem 

 revolutis, superne minute et ajqualiter serratis, limbata, nervo 

 crassiusculo, brevissime excedente, cellulis ovali- vel rhombeo- 

 hexagonis, marginalibus angustioribus et longioribus, limbum 

 pauciseriatum, infra apicem folii desinentem efformantibus; seta 

 c. 2 cm. alta, rubra; theca nutans, minuta, cum collo sporangio 

 longiore obconica, fuscidula; oj)erculnm alte convexum, mam- 

 millatum. 



