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a great work on all the mosses of the world hitherto known, 
he had the kindness, with the obliging readiness to help, 
for which he is distinguished, to give his opinion of these 
species. For this kind favour I beg to render him, in this 
way, my most respectful thanks. 
As early as 1888 I published in ,,Botanisches Central- 
blatt'" the descriptions of three new species from East Au- 
stralia. In presenting these descriptions of 23 new species 
to the bryological public, I have much pleasure in announ- 
cing that, at no distant time I hope to issue a continuatiun 
of them. These hopes are founded on the happy fact that 
I am looking forward to a great remittance of mosses from 
different parts of Australia. 
1. Anisothecium pycnoglossum Broth. in Bailey Syn. of 
the Queensl. Fl. Third Suppl. p. 935. (nomen solum). 
Dioicum; dense cespitosum sed laxe coherens, cespi- 
tibus latis, lutescenti-viridibus, sericeis; caulis ad 1,8 cm. 
usqve altus, gracilis, erectus, flexuosus, simplex vel apice 
2—53-furcatus, e basi usqve foliosus, parcissime radiculosus; 
folia inferiora remotiora, superiora sat dense conferta, homo- 
malla, sicca apice flexuosula, e basi erecta, oblonga, 0,8 —0,9 
mm. longa et 0,4—0,5 mm. lata, longe et anguste lineari- 
ligulata, obtusa, circa 3,5 mm. longa, marginibus basi et 
apice planis, in medio foli revolutis, summo apice grosse 
dentatis, dentibus hyalinis, obtusis, nervo viridi, crasso, in 
medio basis 0,075—0,9 mm. lato, summo apice evanescente, 
reti pellucido, laxissimo, cellulis levissimis, basilaribus elon- 
gatis, amplis. superioribus sensim brevioribus, omnibus parce 
chlorophyllosis; bractecwe pericheti foliis caulinis subsimiles; 
seta ad 1 cm. usqve alta, gracilis, erecta, sicca flexuosula 
et sinistrorsum torta, levissima, straminea; theca erecta, 
oblonga, paullo asymmetrica, basi strumosa, ore paullo con- 
stricta, pallida, etate fusca, sicca plicata, nitida, 1,7 mm. 
alta, 0,6 mm. crassa; annulus latus, duplex, per partes sece- 
dens; peristomium simplex, dentibus sedecim, conniventibus, 
intense purpureis, apice pallidis, 0,45 mm. longis, 0,06 mm. 
