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151. Grimmia (Racomitrium) amoena Broth. n. sp. 



Dioica; gracilis, caespitosa, caespitibus densis, faciliter di- 

 labentibus, amoene viridibus ; caulis adscendens, usque ad 2 cm 

 altus, inferne fusco-radiculosus, foliis destructis, superne dense 

 foliosus, dichotome ramosus, ramis fastigiatis; folia sicca fle- 

 xuosulo-imbricata, humida reflexo-patula, dein patentia, cari- 

 nato-concava, e basi decurrente, ovali sensim lanceolato-acumi- 

 nata, pilo brevi terminata, marginibus bistratosis, revolutis, 

 inlegerrimis, nervö basi c. 0,07 5 mm lato, in pilum breve, den- 

 ticulatum producto, in sectioue transversa dorso convexo, cel- 

 lulis omnibiis sinuosis, superioribus rotundato-quadratis, ba- 

 silaribus anguste linearibus, ad marginem hyalinis, rectan- 

 gularibus; seta 2 mm älta, flexuosula, tennis, lutea; theca 

 erecta, ovalis, pallida, sicca vix rugulosa; annulus longe 

 persistens, c. O, o 5 mm latus; peristomium simplex; exostomii 

 dentes lanceolato-lineares, c. 0,3 mm longi, rnbri, basi coa- 

 liti, longe ultra medium in cruribus duobus filiformibus, pa- 

 pillosis, Jiberis vel hic illic connexis divisis; operculum ro- 

 stratum, rostro thecam longitudine subaequante ; calyptra 

 mitraeformis. 



Patria. New South Wales, Mt Kosciusco (J. H. Mai- 

 DEN et W. FORSYTH u. 202, 204). 



Species Gr. microcarpae C-Miill. valde affmis,. sed 

 foliis brevius acuminatis, marginibus integerrimis dig- 

 noscenda. 



152. Splachnobryum Wattsii Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; tenellum, caespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, 

 parvis, viridibus, vernicosis; caulis 5 mm altus, tenuissimus, 

 intima basi radiculosus, laxe foliosus, simplex ; folia flaccida, 

 difficiliter emoUita, subaequalia, planiuscula, recurvo-patula 

 anguste linearia, breviter acuminata, acuta, 1,5—2 mm longa 

 et c. 0,16 mm lata, marginibus erectis, integris, nervö te- 

 nuissimo, viridi, longe infra apicem evanido, cellulis laxis, 

 oblongo-hexagonis, parce chlorophyllosis, marginalibus angu- 

 stioribus. Caetera ignota. 



