376 THE MOSSES OP LORD HOWE ISLAND, 



E. PARVULUM Broth, et Watts, sp.nov. 

 Dioicum; tenellum, caespitosum, csespitibus laxis, rigidis, satu- 

 rate viridibus, opacis; caules secundarii conferti, usque ad 2 cm. 

 longi, inferne simplices, dein pinnatim ramosi, ramis patentibus, 

 usque ad 1-5 cm. longis, densiuscule foliosis, simplicibus vel parce 

 ramulosis; folia sicca crispulo-falcatula, humida falcatula, e basi 

 late ovata subraptim ligulata, breviter lanceolato-acuminata, 

 acuta, c. 2 mm. longa et basi c. 0*57 mm. lata, marginibus inferne 

 late subrecurvis, apice minutissime serrulatis vel subintegris, 

 nervo crasso, infra summum apicem folii evanido, cellulis minutis, 

 incrassatis, subrotundis, pellucidis. Csetera ignota. 

 In "Run" above "Scaly Bark," Mt. Lidgbird (n.517). 

 Species E. umbroso (Mitt.), valde affinis, sed ramificatione 

 foliisque basi latioribus, brevius acuminatis, cellulis pellucidis 

 dignoscenda 



PTYCHOMNIACE^. 

 Ptychomnion H.f. W. 

 P. ACicuLARE (Brid.) Mitt. 

 Top of Mt. Gower. 



NECKERACEiE. 

 Pterobryella (CM.) CM. 

 P. PR^NITENS (Hpe.) CM. 

 Saddle Back and slopes below, especially on eastern side. 



Trachyloma Brid. 

 T. Wattsii Broth., sp.nov. 

 Dioicum,', robustum, csespitosum, csespitibus densis, Isete viridi- 

 bus, sericeo-nitidis; caulis p7nmaritis rhizomaticus, fusco-tomen- 

 tosus; caules secundarii congesti, 'usque ad 7cm. longi, corpuscula 

 filiformia, articulata, fusca gerentes, dense et complanate foliosi, 

 basi simplices, dein irregulariter pinnatim ramosi, ramis patenti- 

 bus, vix ultra 2 cm. longis, coinplanatis, dense foliosis, simplici- 

 bus, obtusis; folia infima adpressa, squamseformia, ssepe de- 

 structa, caitera erecto-patentia, sicca erectiora, concava, elongate 

 oblonga, sensim breviter lanceolato-acuminata, breviter subulato- 

 acutata, subula semitorta, marginibus erectis, superne minute 



