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droideo-pinnatus, ramis erecto-patentibus, brevibus, vix 1 

 cm. longis, strictis, teretibus, turgide foliosis, obtusis; folia 

 stipitis membranacea, erecta, e basi longe et late vaginante 

 abrupte longe cuspidata, integerrima, nervö obsoleto vel bre- 

 vi, cellulis elongatis, angustissime linearibus, basilaribus bre- 

 vioribus et laxioribus, ramea sicca imbricata, humida erecto- 

 patentia, eochleariformi-concava, dorso laevia, ovato-oblon- 

 ga, abrupte longe et rigide cuspidata, marginibus erectis, 

 superne minute serrulatis, nervö tenui, rufescente, ad basim 

 acuminis evanido, cellulis elongatis, angustissime linearibus, 

 basilaribus infimis brevioribus, aureis, alaribus numerosis, 

 quadratis, valde incrassatis, fusco-aureis, omnibus jaevissi- 

 mis. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Queensland, Mt Archer (Dallachy), prope Kep- 

 pelbay (herb. Melbourne) New South Wales, Port Jackson, 

 Greenwich (Th Whitelegge). 



This fine species somewhat resembles P. vitianutn 

 (Sull.), but is much smaller, and is, besides, distinguished 

 from it by its leaves, which are provided with nerves, and 

 by its numerous alar-cells. 



80. Pterobryum Micholitzii Broth. 



Dioicum; lutescens, nitidum; caulis primarius longe 

 repens, dense fusco-radiculosus, flexuosus, secundarius erec- 

 tus, rigidus, 3 — 5 cm. altus, stipitatus, superne dense den- 

 droideo-pinnatus, ramis patentibus, saepe flagelliformi-atte- 

 nuatis, complanatis, dense foliosis; folia stipitis adpressa 

 membranacea, e basi late vaginante subito breviter cuspi- 

 data, integerrima, enervia, cellulis elongatis, angustissimis, 

 basilaribus brevioribus et laxioribus, aureis, ramea sicca et 

 humida horride patula, cymbiformi-concava, dorso laevia, 

 ovato-oblonga, contracto-acuminata, marginibus erectis, su- 

 perne serrulatis, nervi tenui, concolore, ad basin acuminis 

 evanido, cellulis elongatis, angustissime linearibus, basilari- 

 bus omnibus abbreviatis, fusco-aureis, alaribus nullis, om- 

 nibus laevissimis. Caetera ignota. 



