594 AUSTRALIAN, TASMANIAN, AND NEW ZEALAND MOSSES, 



theca erecta, ovalis, crassicollis, pachydermis, pallida, setate 

 rubra: peristoniivm duplex, infra orificium oriunduni; exosfomii 

 dentes incurvi, siccitate reflexi, late lanceolati, c. 037 mm. longi 

 et c. 0085 mm. lati, fusciduli, papillosi; ]>rocessns filiformes, 

 medium dentium attingentes, fusci, IseA'es; sjoo?-t 0-008-0-OlOmm., 

 ochracei, Iseves; operculum e basi conica breviter et oblique 

 rostratum. 



N.S.W.: Richmond River, Cooper's Creek (or Wilson's Creek), 

 on burnt wood (Watts, n.5189). 



Species foliis longe subulatis, nervo continuo dignoscenda. 



223. Amblystegium austro-hygrophilum Broth., n.sp. 



Autoicum: gracile, cjespitosum, csespitibus densiusculis, pallide 

 viridibus; caulin elongatus, repens, hie illic fusco-radiculosus, 

 laxe foliosus, irregulariter et remote subpinnatim ramosus, ramis 

 patulis, usque ad To cm. longis, laxe foliosis, simplicibus; /o^ia 

 squarroso-patula, concaviuscula, e basi longe decurrente, ovata 

 sensim longe lanceolato-subulata, marginibus erectis, subula 

 excepta minutissime denticulatis, nervo tenui, in subula evanido, 

 cellulis elongate hexagunis, basin versus brevioribus, alaribus 

 numerosis, laxis, oblongis; bracte<e perichcetii internee erectse, e 

 basi pallida, lata laneeolato-subulatae, marginibus subulie minute 

 serrulatae; se^a 2-3 cm., tenuis, flexuosula, rubra, superne lutes- 

 cens; theca horizontalis, cylindracea, sicca curvata et sub ore 

 contracta, fusco-lutea; operculum ignotum. 



N.S.W : Mt. Duval, near Armidale, wet places among ^rass 

 in gully (Watts, n.7386). 



224. PLAGIOTHKCIUiM NoViE SEELANDIiE Brotll., n.Sp. 



Dioicum : rubustum, ciespitosum, cjespitibus densis, mollibus, 

 turgescentibus, viridissimis, nitidis; caidis elongatus, procum 

 bens, parce radiculosus, dense foliosus, subpinnatim ramosus, 

 ramis patentibus, plus minusve complanatis, brevioribus, obtusis 

 vel longioribus, arcuatis, siepe plus minusve attenuatis, simplici- 

 bus; /o^ia concava, longe decurrentia, late ovalia, obtusa, integi-a, 

 lateralia asymmetrica, nervo furcato, brevi vel usque ad medium 

 folii producto, cellulis elongate sed laxe rhomboideis, alaribus 



