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76. Tayloria obtusissima Broth. 



Dioica; caespitosa, caespitibus elatis, densis, tomento 

 fusco-purpureo intertextis, laete viridibus, vernicoso-nitidius- 

 culis; caulis 9 cm. altus, erectus, laxe foliosus, simplex; fo- 

 lia horride patula, valde concava, apice cucullata, e basi 

 breviter spathulata late ovalia, subrotundato-obtusa, 3 — 5 

 ram. longa et 2,5 mm. lata, marginibus ereetis, superne mi- 

 nute et obtuse serrulatis, nervö tenui, lutescente, longe in- 

 fra apicem evanido, cellulis mollibus, laxis, breviter et late 

 oblongis, apicalibus subrotundo-hexagonis, basilaribus elon- 

 gate rectangularibus; bracteae perichaetii minores, intimae 

 marginibus distinctius serrulatis, nervö breviore, archegonia 

 numerosa includentes. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Tasmania, Mt Wellington, Falls Track (W. A. 

 Weymouth n. 1797). 



Species pulcherrima, distinctissima, a T. callophyUa 

 (G\-Mull.) foliis obtusissimis aliisque notis jam primo visu 

 dignoscenda. 



77. Funaria (Enthostodon) Smithhurstii Broth. Geb. 



Autoica; caespitosa, caespitibus laxissimis, viridibus; 

 caulis ad 6 mm. usque altus-, erectus, infima basi radiculo- 

 sus, simplex vel ramosus; folia sicca adpressa, contortula, 

 facila emollita, patentia, concava, inferiora remota, minuta, 

 comalia dense conferta, multo majora, e basi breviter spa- 

 thulata obovata, apiculata, usque ad 3 mm. longa et 1,6 mm. 

 lata, marginibus ereetis, e medio ad apicem obtuse serrata, 

 haud limbata, nervö tenui, lutescente vel rufescente, infra 

 summum apicem evanido, cellulis basilaribus breviter rec- 

 tangularibus, superioribus subrotundo-vel ovali-hexagonis 

 parce chlorophyllosis; seta 5 mm. älta, sicca sinistrorsum 

 torta, rufescens: theca erecta, cum collo theca aequilongo 

 turgide pyriformis, deoperculata sub ore paulum contracta, 

 sicca laevis collo plicato, ochracea; anvulus 0; perigtomium 0; 

 spori 0,0 3 — 0,0 3 5 mm., lutei, minutissime papillosi: oper- 

 culum minutum, 0,76 mm. diam., plano-convexum, siccitate 



