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154. Bryum (Eubryum) Wattsii Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; caespitosum, caespitibus densiusculis, rigi- 

 dis, fuscescenti-viribus, haud nitidis; caulis brevissiraus, 

 basi fusco-radiculosLis, dense foliosus, innovationibus bre- 

 vissimis, erectis, strictis, dense foliosis, obtusis; folia rigida, 

 sicca adpressa, humida suberecta, carinato-concava, e basi 

 truncata sensim lanceolato-acuminata, nervö excedente longe 

 aristata, marginibus revolutis, superne serrulatis, angustis- 

 sime limbala, nervö crasso, purpureo, in aristam crassara, 

 strictam, elongatara, denliculatam producto, cellulis anguste 

 rhomboideis, basilaribus breviter rectangularibus, infimis la- 

 xis, pulchre fusco-aureis. innovotionum oblongo-lanceolata, 

 argutius serrulata; seta 2 — 4 cm älta, tenuissima, fuscescenti- 

 rubra, nitidiuscula ; theca cernua vel horizontalis, obconica, 

 coUo dimidiam partem sporangii subaequante, fusca, demum 

 atrofusca; annulus per partes secedens, c. 0, 12 mm latus: 

 peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes lanceolato-subulati, c. 

 0,5 mm alti et c. 0, 10 mm lati, lamellis c. 30, pallidi, apice hy- 

 alini, papillosi; endostomiimi liberum, flavidulo-albidum, minu- 

 tissime papillosum ; corona basilaris ultra medium dentium pro- 

 ducto ; processus carinati, latissime perforati ; cilia bina, elongata, 

 longe appendiculata, hyalina, papillosa; spori 0,o 1 o mm, ochra- 

 cei, laevissimi; operculum hemisphaericum, apiculatum,nitidum. 



Patria. Niiw South Wales,. Richmond River, Pearce's 

 Creek, Bexhill Road, Gutting, ad terram (W. W. Watts n. 

 1096, 1107). 



Species Br. erythrocarpoidi Hamp. C-Miill. affmis, sed 

 foliis' rigidis, longe aristatis nec non thecae forma faciliter 

 dignoscenda. 



155. Bryum (Eubryum) ovicarpum Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; pusillum, gregarium; caulis brevissimus, basi 

 radiculosus, dense foliosus, subgemmiformis, innovationibus 

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

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

 marginibus erectis, integris, elimbata, nervö crasso, rufe- 



