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Patria. New South Wales, Botany Bay, ad corticem 

 arborum (Th Whitelegge n. 276) et ad Riverstone (idem, 

 si ne numero); Queensland, Brisbane River (F. M. Bailey). 



A. F. Scottiae G.-Miill. valde affini foliis acutis nec 

 breviter piliferis facile distinguiter. 



83. Hypnum (Rhynchostegium) Moorei Broth. Geh. 



Dioicum; caespitosum, caespitibus densis, latissimis, 

 rigidis, laete vel sordide viridibus, nitidiusculis; caulis elon- 

 gatus, vage ramosus, ramis elongatis, robustis, teretibus, 

 dense squamose foliosis; folia scariosa, humida erecto- 

 patentia, concava, ovata, acuta, marginibus erectis, ubique 

 minute serrulatis, nervö e basi latiore ultra medium tenui- 

 ter evanido, cellulis angustissime linearibus, flexuosulis, chlo- 

 rophyllosis, basilaribus brevioribus et laxioribus, alaribus- 

 indistinctis; bracteae periehaeiii internae erectae, apice re- 

 flexiusculae, e basi vaginante anguste acuminatae, margini- 

 bus apice remote serrulatis, laxius reticulatae, enerves; seta 

 17 mm. älta, strictiuseula, rubra, ubique asperrima; theca 

 subhorizontalis, e collo brevi ventricoso-oblonga, pachyder- 

 mis, pallida, laevis; peristomium duplex; exostomii dentes 

 c. 0,6 6 mm. longi et c. 0,0 8 mm. lati, rufescentes, apice 

 hyalini, scabridi; endostomium luteum, papillosum; processus 

 carinati, late perforati; cilia terna, brevia, hyalina; sport 

 0,oi2—0,oi5 mm., ochracei, laevissimi; operculum rostratum- 

 rostro obliquo, theca breviore. 



Patria. Tasmania, Guy Fawkes Rivulet prope Hobart 

 (W. A. Weymouth n. 945), South George River, Gould"s 

 Country (W. A. Weymouth n. 1608), Mt Wellington, Deep- 

 creek, ad rupes irroratas (W. A. Weymouth n. 1822), W. G. T 

 inter Moore's Track et Frenchman's Gap, alt. 250' ubi ad 

 saxa rivuli legit T. B. Moore et sub n. 39 comm. Sir F. 

 von Mueller et amiciss. W. A. W t eymouth. 



Species distinctissima, habitu H. rusäfornu Weis si- 

 millima, sed seta asperrima raptim dignoscenda. 



