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erecta, asymmetrica, oblonga, fuscidula, laevis. Gaetera 

 ignota. 



Patria. Queensland, Mulgrave River (F. M. Bailey). 



Species elegantula, a F. tmello Hook. f. Wils. affini 

 foliis siccis circinato-falcatis, dorso papillosis, lamina vera 

 minutissime crenulata nec denticulata dignoscenda. 



64. Ephemerum (Leptoneura) Whiteleggei Broth. Geh. 



Autoicum; caespitosum, caespitibus parvis, laxis, viri- 

 dibus; protonerna parce evolutum; caulis brevissimus, erec- 

 tus, superne dense foliosus; folia erecto-patentia, infima 

 minora, lanceolata, enervia, superiora elongate lanceolata, 

 longe et anguste acuminata, ad 1,8 mm. usque longa et c. 

 0,2 2 mm. lata, marginibus erectis, e medio ad apicem mi- 

 nutissime obtuse serrulatis, nervö viridi, inferne c. 0,0 5 mm. 

 lato, excurrente, dorso plus minusve serrulato, cellulis infe- 

 rioribus elongate rectangularibus, superioribus elongate rhom- 

 boideis, omnibus leptodermibus, subinanibus, laevissimis; 

 pcricJiaetia saepe bina, terminalia; theca sessilis, minuta, 

 globosa leptodermis, hyalina, brevissime obtuse apiculata; 

 spori 0,0 6 — 0,07 mm., fusci, grosse verrucosi; calyptra mi- 

 nuta, conica, margine incisa, tenera, laevis. 



Patria. New South Wales, Sydney, North Shore et 

 Ball"s Head Bay, (Th. Withelegge). 



Ab E. cohoerente (Hedw.) foliorum forma jam recedit. 



65. Syrrhopodon (Thyridium) papuanus Broth. 

 Dioicas; caespitosus, caespitibus mollibus, laxis, laete 



viridibus; caulis repens, dense fusco-radiculosus, ramis 

 adscendentibus, fasciculatim ramulosis, dense foliosis, folia 

 sicca laxe crispula, earinato-concava, marginibus nndulatis, 

 humida e basi erecta, superne vix dilatata patula, linearia, 

 subito anguste breviter acuminata, acuta, c. 3,5 mm. longa 

 et 0,6 6—0,76 mm. lata, marginibus erectis, undulatis, fere 

 ubique serrulatis, limbata, limbo hyalino, e cellulis angustis- 

 simis formato, basi c. 0,04 mm. lato, superne sensim angu- 

 stiore, longe infra apicem evanido, nervö concolore, infra 



