167 



Patria. New Ireland, ubi anno 1893 parce legit W. 

 Micholitz. 



Species puleherrima, distinctissima, a P. vitiano simili 

 foliis nervö praeditis, a P. Whiteleggei ramis complanatis, 

 foliis horride patulis, cellulis alaribus nullis prima scruta- 

 tione jam dignoscenda. 



81. Calyptothecium Buftoni Broth. Gen. 



Dioicum; fuscescenti-viride, nitidum; caulis repens, ra- 

 mis ad 10 cm. usque longis, flexuosis, turgide foliosis, terc- 

 Ubus, oblusis, densissime ramulosis, ramulis patentibus, vix 

 ultra 1 cm. longis, turgide foliosis, teretibus, obtusis; folia 

 sicca laxe imbricata, hand rugulosa vel plicata, humida pa- 

 tentia, eymbiformi-concava, oblongo-ovalia, abrupte breviter 

 aeuminata, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, enervia, cellu- 

 lis elongatis, angustissimis, chlorophyllosis, basilaribus aureis, 

 omnibus laevissimis; bracteae perichaetii pallidae, foliis ma- 

 jores, erectae, longius acuminatae; theca immersa, late ova- 

 lis, pallide fusca, laevis. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. Tasmania, Bathurst Harbour, ubi legit Rev. 

 John Bufton et sub n. 91 com. Sir F. von Muellkr, Hartz 

 mountain (J. Bufton n. 17). 



Species distinctissima, puleherrima, a congeneribus ra- 

 mis densissime ramulosis jam dignoscenda. 



82. Fabbronia brachyphylla C- Mull. in sched. 



Autoica; tenera, laete vel obscure viridis, vix nitida; cau- 

 lis repens cortici arete adnatus, dense ramosus, ramis brevis- 

 simis, erectis vel adscendentibus, dense foliosis, obtusis; fo- 

 lia sicca imbricata, humida patentia, concaviuscula, ovata, 

 acuta, marginibus erectis, integerrimis, nervö ad medium 

 evanido, obsoleto, cellulis mollibus, rhomboideis, alaribus 

 numerosis, quadratis, omnibus valde chlorophyllosis; bracteae 

 perichaetii internae erectae, e basi vaginata, laxe reticulata, 

 superne sinuato-dentata subito breviter acuminatae, nervö 

 obsoleto; seta 2—3 mm. älta, erecta, tenuis, flava, laevis- 

 sima; theca erecta, ovalis, minuta, badia, evacuata collo 

 plicata. Caetera ignota. 



