150 



supposition only on the illustration 1. c, I cannot give a 

 decisive opinion in the matter. 



54. Leucoloma austro-scoparium C. -Mull. in sched. 

 Dioicum; dicranoideum, glauco-viride, nitidum; caiäis 



2—7 cm. altus, adscendens, flexuosus, niger, inierne denu- 

 datus, in partem supremam usque fusco-tomentosus, dense 

 foliosus, simplex vel parce ramosus; folia horride patula, 

 stricta, sicca erectiora, dorso laevia, e basi late lanceolata 

 breviler subulata 5 — 5,5 mm. longa et 1 — 1,2 mm. lata, margi- 

 nibus erectis, superne conniventibus, summo apice tantum ser- 

 ratis, ubique hyalino-limbata, limbo latissimo, e cellulis elon- 

 gatis, angustissimis composito, meclio folii 0, 1 25 — 0,175 mm. 

 lato, apicem versus sensim angustiore, nervö tenui, excurrente, 

 dorso e medio ad apicem lamellis duis, argute serratis prae- 

 dito, cellulis chlorophyllosis, elongate et anguste linearibus, 

 apice brevioribus, alaribus numerosis, quadratis, fusco-au- 

 reis, saepe decoloratis, omnibus laevissimis; bracteae peri- 

 chaetii intimae e basi longe vaginante, convoluta subito in 

 pilum longiusculum, sublaevem contractae; seta solitaria, 

 7 — 10 mm. älta, erecta, straminea, apice incrassata, laevis- 

 sima; theca oblonga, obliqua, subcernua, collo brevi, stru- 

 moso, laevis. Gaetera ignota. 



Patria. Queensland, Bellenden Ker Range, 5000 p. 

 alt. (F. M. Bailey n. 609 et G 17). 



A L. serrato Broth. Austr. Möss. I, p. 4 aflini colore, 

 foliis horride patulis nec subsecundis, latioribus, limbo duplo 

 latiore jam differt. 



55. Dicranum Whiteleggei C.-Mull. in sched. 

 Dioicum; caespitosum, caespitibus densis, lutescentibus, 



nitidiusculis; caulis adscendens, ad 3 cm. usque altus, in par- 

 tem supremam usque fusco-tomentosus, dense foliosus, simplex 

 vel parce ramosus; folia dorso laevia, flexuoso-secunda, apice 

 caulis subfalcata, carinato-concava, dorsolaevia, e basi lanceo- 

 lata subulata c. 5 mm. longa 0,8 5—0,9 5 mm. lata, marginibus 

 erectis, e medio ad apicem grosse et argute serratis, nervö 



