558 THE MOSSES OF NORTH QUEENSLAND^ 



*Pterobryopsis Fleisch. 

 P. FiLiGEHA Broth, et Watts, n.sp. 



Dioica: gracilis, ij;regarie crescens, Ifete viridis, nitidiiiscula; 

 caiiles secundarii usque ad 3 em. loiigi, inferne simplices, nudi, 

 dein densissime pinnatim raniosi, filis elongatis, sat nuinerosis, 

 articulatis, papillosis instructi, ramis erecto-patentibus, vix ultra 

 6 mm. longis, complanatulis, simplicibus, obtusis; folia imbricata, 

 subcymbiformi-concava, dorso Ijfpvia, ovato-oblonga, breviter 

 acuminata, acuta, marginibus erectis, ubique serrulatis, Tiervo 

 tenui, subcontinuo, dorso superne serrato, cellulis aiigustissimis, 

 apice papillose exstante, basilaribus infimis laxioribus, alaribus 

 sat numerosis quadratis. Cnetera ignota. 



Malanda, on trunks of trees, n. 549; Ravenshoe, on trunks of 

 trees, n. 605a. 



P T E R o B R Y I D I u M Brotli. et Watts. n.gen. 

 Pt. australe B. et W., n.gen. et sp. 

 Dioicum; robustiusculum, Isete viride, setate lutescens, nitidum; 

 caulis primarius longe repens, plus minusve fusco-radiculosus: 

 caules secundarii conferti, rigidi, superne ssepe arcuati, usque ad 

 12 cm. longi, dense foliosi, plerumque obtusi, rarius tiagelli- 

 formiter attenuati, inferne simplices, dein plus minusve regu- 

 lariter pinnati, ramis patulis, teretibus arcuatulis, usque ad 

 2cm. longis, obtusis vel plus minusve longe, rarius flagelliformiter 

 attenuatis, simplicibus, rarius longioribus, parce ramulosis; folia 

 caulina infima, minuta, dein sensim accrescentia, cochleariformi- 

 concava, sicca imbricata, Isevia, late ovalia, apiculo lato, obtuso, 

 recurvulo terminata, nervo simplici basi validiusculo, dein raptim 

 tenuiore, ultra medium folii evanido, cellulis inter se porosis, 

 linearibus, chlorophyllosis, basilaribus infimis fusco-aureis, alari- 

 bus numerosis, subquadratis; bractese perichaetii erectse, concavse, 

 internse oblongaj, raptim breviter acuminatse, c. 5mm. longse et c. 

 1*5 ram. latse, integrse, nervo tenui, vix ad medium bracteie pro- 

 ducto, cellulis linearibus, inter se valde porosis, basilaribus laxi- 

 oribus; seta c. 1 mm. alta, stricta, fusca; theca immersa, breviter 

 ovalis, sicca deoperculata siib ore paulum constricta, c. 2 mm. 

 longa et c. 090 mm. crassa, fusca; peristomium duplex, infra 



