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mis, enervia, cellulis anguste linearibus, basilaribus laxiori- 

 bus, infimis aureis, alaribus magnis, pluribus, oblongis, ve- 

 siculiformibus, hyalinis vel fusco-aureis, omnibus laevissimis; 

 bracteae perichaetii e basi vaginante sensim longe et anguste 

 acuminatae, integerrimae; seta 1 cm älta, tennis, rubra, lae- 

 vissima; theca horizontalis, asymmetrica, turgide ovalis, bre- 

 vicoUis, fusca ; annulus- O ; peristomium duplex ; exostomii 

 dentes lanceolati, c, 0,3 mm alti et c. 0,0 6 mm lati, lutei,- 

 dense lamellati, apice hyalini, scabridi ; endostomium luteum, 

 minuts papillosum; processus dentes subaequantes, carinati,. 

 anguste perforati; cilia singula, nodulosa; spori 0,oio mm, 

 fusci, laevissimi ; operculum e basi conica rostratum, rostro 

 brevi, recto, obtuso. 



Patria. New Zealand, ubi loco baud propius desig- 

 nato a. 1880 legit Dall (herb. Melbourne). 



Species habitu Harpidiis nonnuUis sat similis, cum. 

 nulla specie australiensi commutanda. 



180. Rhaphidostegium micropyxis Broth. n. sp. 



Äutoicnm; tenellum, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, 

 depressis, laete viridibus, aetate pallescentibus, nitidis; caulis 

 tenuissimus, ligno adnatus, per totam longitudinem fusco- 

 radiculosus, densiuscule foliosus, pinnatim ramulosus, ramu- 

 lis 2-3 mm longis, densiuscule foliosis, obtusis; folia erecto- 

 patentia, haud homomalla, concaviuscula, oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, longe et anguste acuminata, marginibus revolutis, in- 

 tegerrimis, enervia, cellulis angustissime linearibus, basilaribus 

 infimis aureis, alaribus ternis, vesiculiformibus, hyalinis vel 

 aureis, omnibus laevissimis; hracteae perichaetii erectsie, lau- 

 ceolatae, longe et anguste acuminatae, acumine serrulato ; 

 seta 7 — 10 mm älta, tenuissima, rubra, apice lutescens, lae- 

 vissima; theca nutans, minutissima, asymmetrica, ovalis, 

 sicca deoperculata sub ore constricta, brevicollis, pallide fu- 

 sca; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes lanceolati, c. 0,3 

 mm longi et c. O, o 6 mm lati, dense et altissime lamellati, 

 apice hyalini, scabridi; endostomium flavum, minutissime 



