BY W. A. WEYMOUTH. 117 



-5 mm altis, erectis, strictis, dense foliosis, ob folia accre- 

 scentia clavatis ; folia sicca adpressa, humida suberecta, 

 carinato-concava, oblongo-ovata, longe aristata, marginibus 

 inferne revolutis, integris, limbata, limbo concolore,e seriebus 

 cellularum angustarum 3—4 formato, iiervo lutescente, basi 

 rufescente, in aristam elongatam, flexuosulam, integram ex- 

 cedente, cellulis teneris, laxe oblongo-hexagonis, basilaribus 

 rectangularibus, innovationum superne miniitissime den- 

 ticulata ; hrac'eae perichaetii multo minores, longe aristatae, 

 marginibus erectis, integris ; seta 3 — 5 cm alta, stricta, tenuis, 

 fuscescenti-rubra, nitidiuscula ; theca pendula, sporangio 

 oblongo, collo sicco ruguloso, dimidiam partem sporangii 

 aequante, pallide fuscidula ; annulus c. 0, 1 5 mm latus, per 

 partes secedens ; peristomium duplex ; exostomii dentes lance- 

 olato-subulati, c. 5 5 mm alti et c. 0, 1 mm lati, lamellis 

 c. 25, pallidi, apice hjalini, scabridi ; endostomium liberum, 

 flavidulum, minutissime papillosum ; processus carinati, late 

 perforati ; cilia bina, elongata, longe appendiculata, papillosa, 

 hyalina ; sport 0, 1 0— 0, 1 2 mm, lutescenti-virides, laevissi- 

 mi ; operculura convexo-conicum, apiculatum. 



Patria. Tasmania, Peppermint Bay, Mason's Creek, Nov. 

 1889. W. A. Weymouth n. 1848. 



• Species Br. altiseto C. Miill. habitu similis. sed iiiflo- 

 rescentia dioica, foliis longius et tenuius aristatis nee non 

 tbeca ano^ustiore optime di versa. — Drotherus's Australian 

 Mosses, y. p. 116. 



33. Bryum (Enbryimi) ovicarpum, Broth., n. sp. 



Dioicum; pusillum, gregarium ; cmlis brevissimus, basi 

 radiculosus, dense foliosus, subgemmiformis, innovationibus 

 brevissimis, inferne nudis, apice dense foliosis : folia imbri- 

 cata, ovata vel ovato-ovalia, nervo excedente longe aristata, 

 marginibus erectis, integris, elimbata, nervo crasso, rufescente 

 in aristam elongatam, stricta m, acutam, integram, hyalinara 

 excedente, cellulis laxe rhombeis, basilaribus subrectangu- 

 laribus ; seta 1 cm alta, tenuissima, rubra ; theca nutans, 

 minuta, cum collo crasso, ruguloso, pallidiore ovato-ovalis, 

 atropurpurea ; annulus per partes secedens^ c. 0, 7 5 mm 

 latus; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes lanceolato- 

 subulati, c. 0, 4 mm alti et c. 0, e mm lati, lamellis c. 15, 

 pallidi, basi rufescentes, apice hyalini, scabridi ; endostomium 

 liberum, flavidulum, minutissime papillosum ; processus 

 carinati, angustissime perforati ; cilia bina bene evoluta, bre- 

 vissime appendiculata, hyalina, papillosa; spori 0, 010mm, 

 ochracei, laevissimi ; operculum alte conieum. 



Patria. Tasmania, Hobart, ad terram, Dec, 1891. W. A. 

 Weymouth, n. 1834. 



Species Br. yacythecae C. Miill. affinis, sed theca minuta, 

 ovato-ovali prima fronts dignoscenda. — Brotherus's Australian 

 Mosses, V. p. 117. 



