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Species cum B. ungiiiculata (Huds.) Hedw. et B. calo- 

 dictyone Broth. comparanda. Ab hac species supra descripta 

 foliis nervö dorso dense papilloso cellulisque multo minori- 

 bus, dense papillosis, obscuris, ab illa foliis marginibus leni- 

 ter revolutis, nervö dorso dense papilloso distinguitur. 



150. Tortula Geheebii Broth. n. sp. 



Dioica; tenella, gregaria, laete viridis; caulis brevissi- 

 mus, basi radiculosus, siraplex; folia sicca imbricata, hu- 

 mida patentia, concava, superne biplicata, late ovata vel 

 ovato-oblonga, obtusissima, pilo tenui, hyalino, flexuosulo, 

 laevi terminata, marginibus inferne erectis, superne late re- 

 curvis, integerrimis, nervö rufescente, basi c. 0, 075 mm lato, 

 superne filamentis chlorophyllosis obtecto, in pilum excur- 

 rente, cellulis subquadratis, 0,o 15— 0,020 mm, minutissime 

 papillosis, basilaribus multo laxioribus, subrectangularibus, 

 hyalinis; bracteae perichaetii foliis subsimiles, minores; seta 

 6 mm älta, tenuis, lutescenti-rubrå, superne sinistrorsam tor- 

 ta; theca erecta, anguste elliptico-oblonga, rarius leniter 

 curvula, saturate fusca; annuliis compositus, per partes se- 

 cedens, c. 0,0 3 5mm latus; peristomium corona basilari hu- 

 raili, dentibus aurantiacis, papillosis, bis contortis; spori 

 0,010—0,012 mm, ochraeei, laevissimi; operculum conico- 

 rostratum obtusum, dimidiam partem thecae adaequans. Ca- 

 lyptra ignota. 



Fatria. New Zealand, ubi loco haud propius desig- 

 nato legit Reader (herb. Melbourne sub. n. 7). 



Species T. chloronotos (Brid. ex. p., Bruch) valde affi- 

 nis, sed cellulis folii duplo majoribus dignoscenda. 



Hereto belongs, in all probability, that species from the 

 Northern Island which, in the Handbook of the New Zea- 

 land Flora II, p. 418, is referred to T. chloronotos. 



