BY V. F. BROTTTERI^'^ AXD TV. W. WATTS. 567 



Braehytheciaceae. 



Rhynchostegiella (Bryol. eur. ) Limpr. 

 Rh. convolutifolia (Hpe.) Broth. 

 Base of Bartle Frere, n. 297 e.p. 



R H Y N c H o s T E G I u M Bryol. eur. 

 Rh. nano-pennatum (Broth.) Par. 

 Base of Jiartle Frere, n. 285 e.p., 296-7; Babinda, n. 320 (bis); 

 Frenchman's Creek, n. 416. 



Rh. tenuifolium (Hedw.) Jaeg. 

 Ravenshoe, n. 425 e.p., 476 e.p.; Yungaburra, n. 601. 



Hy pnodendraeese . 



H Y p N o 1) E N D R o N (CM. ) Lindb. 

 H. SPININERVIUM (Hook.) Jaeg. 

 Kuranda; Babinda; Yungaburra; Ravenshoe. 



Mniodendkon Lindb. 

 Mn. comatulum Geh. in Herb. Brotii. 



l)ioicum; gracilescens, viride, setate fuscescens, nitidiusculum; 

 caules secundarii approxiniati, usque ad 4 cm. longi, a foliis 

 squama^formiV)us, remotis, patentissimis, reflexis, tomento den- 

 sissimo fusco-purpureo occultis obtecti, superne verticillatim 

 ramosi, ramis 1-1 5 cm. longis, gracilibus, arcuatulis, undique 

 dense foliosis, simplicibus; folia caulina e basi late cordata, tri- 

 angularia, longe aristata, marginibus erectis, basi minute denti- 

 culatis, superne argute et insequaliter serratis, nervo longe ex- 

 cedente, cellulis angustissimis, alaribus sat numerosis, ovali- 

 hexagonis, fusco-aureis; folia ramea patentia, ovato-lanceolata, 

 breviter acuminata, marginibus basi integris, superne argute et 

 iiia3qualiter serratis, nervo apice evanido, superne dorso serrato; 

 seta usque ad 2 cm. alta, flexuosula, tenuis, fuscidula; theca 

 horizontalis, oblongo cylindrica, c. 3 mm. longa ; operculum e 

 basi convexo-conica longe rostratum. 



Charmellan's Creek, on Gordon's track from Ravenshoe to 

 TuUy Falls, n. 676. Mt Armit : Pentzke in Herb. Melb.(type), 



