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A M. ochraceo C.-Miill. proximo foliis obtusiusculis, 

 cellulis duplo majoribus et seta duplo longiore jam differt. 



72. Macromitrium (Goniostoma) Whiteleggei Broth. Geh. 



Gracile, prostratum, intertextum, lutescenti-vel fusces- 

 centi-viride; caulis longe repens, vage ramosus, ramis den- 

 sissime ramulosis, ramulis brevissimis, strictis vel curvatu- 

 lis, dense foliosis, acutis; folia sicca arcte imbricata, spira- 

 liter ' contorta, humida erecto-patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 obtusa, nervö excedente breviter aristata, marginibus inferne 

 revolutis, integerrimis, nervö lutescente, in aristam brevem, 

 rigidam excedente, cellulis pellucidis, basilaribus elongatis, 

 valde incrassatis, lumine angustissimo, ad plicas elevato- 

 papillosis, supra medium folii rotundatis, 0,005 - 0,007 mm., 

 laevissimis; bracbeae perichaetii erectae, majores, acuminatae: 

 seta erecta, curvato-flexuosa, 9 — 10 mm. älta, lutea, laevis- 

 sima; theca erecta, ovalis, evacuata ore plicata, microstoma, 

 badia; peristomium simplex: exostomii dentes infra orificium 

 oriundi, breves, sordide albidi, papillosi; operculitm rostra- 

 tum, rostro luteo, dimidiam partem thecae superans; cn- 

 lyptra apice ferruginea, glabra, plicata. 



Patria. Queensland, Bellenden Ker Range et Mt Barlie 

 Frere, 5000 p. (Stephen Johnson) ; New South Wales, Hur?t- 

 ville near Sydney (Th. Whitelegge n. 301). 



A M. Scottiae C.-Miill. proximo foliis arcte imbricatis, 

 spiraliter contortis, papillosis differt. 



73. Macromitrium (Goniostoma) Weymouthii Broth. 

 Gracile, prostratum, intertextum, laete viride, demum 



ferrugineum; caulis longe repens, vage ramosus, ramis den- 

 sissime ramulosis, ramulis brevibus, strictis vel curvatulis, 

 dense foliosis: folia sicca adpressa, apice incurva, spiralitcr 

 contorta, humida erecto-patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, 

 marginibus inferne plus minusve revolutis, integerrimis, nervö 

 lutescente, infra apicem evanido, cellulis basilaribus elonga- 

 tis, valde incrassatis, lumine angustissimo, supra medium 

 folii rotundatis, valde incrassatis, lumine minutissimo, om- 

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