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Patria. New Zealand, Auckland, Thames, ubi ad cor- 

 ticem arborum m. Julii 1896 detexit D. Patrie (herb. T. W. 

 Naylor Beckett n. 713). 



Species C. pulvinatae (Hook. f. Wils.) Jaeg. affinis, sed 

 statura duplo minore et ramificatione prima fronte dig- 

 noscenda. 



178. Stereodon subchrysogaster Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicus; gracilis, .caespitosus, caespitibus parvis, den- 

 sis, mollibus, pallidis, nitentibus; caulis repens, per totam 

 longitudinem fusco-radiculosus, dense pinnatim ramosus, ra- 

 mis patulis, arcuatulis, brevibus, vix ultra 3 mm longis, dense 

 foliosis, ätten uatis; folia falcata, concava, e basi subauricu- 

 lata late ovato-lanceolata longe et angustissime acuminata, 

 marginibus erectis, ubique denticulatis, enervia, cellulis an- 

 gustissime linearibus, distinctis, basilaribus abbreviatis, in- 

 crassatis, aureis, alaribus laxis, subquadratis, in ventrem parva- 

 lum, rotundatum consociatis, auricularibus ovalibus, omnibus 

 laevissimis; bradeae perichaetii e basi vaginante sensim longis- 

 sime loriformi-acuminatae. denticulatae, inferne laxe reticu- 

 latae, aureae; seta 3 cm älta, sicca flexuosula, tenuis, lute- 

 scenti-rubra; theca cernua, asymmetrica, obovata, pallide fu- 

 sca, laevis. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Queensland, Blackall Bange (F. Whitteron 

 in herb. Binstead). 



Species S. chrysogastro (C.-Miill.) affmis, sed moUitie, 

 statura minore, ramis brevibus, attenuatis foliisque argutius 

 denticulatis dignoscenda. 



179. Rhaphidostegium Dallii Broth. Geh. n. sp. 



Autoicum; gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, de- 

 pressis, pallide fuscescenti-lutescentibus, nitidiusculis; caiilis 

 repens, laxiuscule foliosus, cuspidatus, subpinnatium ramosus, 

 ramis complanatulis, brevibus, laxiuscule foliosis, cuspidatis ; fo- 

 lia falcatula, concava, e basi ovata vel ovali sensim longe et 

 anguste lanceolato-acuminata, marginibus erectis, integerri- 



