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*4. Hypnum (Rhynchostegium) convolutifolium Hamp. 



Syn. Amblystegium convolutifolium Mitt. Äustr. Möss., p. 39. 

 Rhynchostegium strictiusculum Broth. in Bailey Contrib. to the 

 (Jueensl. Flora, IV, p. 21 (nomen nudum). 



Patria, Queensland, Indooroopilly (F. M. Bailey) ; Tas- 

 mania, River Mersey, Latrobe Waterworks, ad truncos ar- 

 borum (W. A. Weymouth n. 1492). 



In Linnea T. XXX, p. 641, where H. convolutifolium 

 is described by Hampe, this species is, by its author, con- 

 sidered to come nearest to Amblystegium serpens, and is 

 therefore classified by Mitten 1. c. among the genus Am- 

 blystegium. Consequently, when receiving this species from 

 Mr. F. M. Bailey for determination, I could not suppose it 

 to be identical with H. convolutifolium, but considered it to 

 be a new species. Having, however, had an opportunity 

 of examining original specimens, kept in Ljndberg ; s herba- 

 rium, I have found this species to be a genuine Rhynchos- 

 tegium and perfectly identical with H. strictiusculum Broth. 



85. Entodon Armitii G.-MLill. in sched. 



Autoicus; caespitosus, caespitibus depressis, densis late 

 extensis, flavo-viridibus dcin flavescentibus, nitidis; caulis 

 prostratus, basi foliis privatus, ramosus, ramis ad 5 cm. us- 

 que longis flexuosis, compressis, cum foliis 2 mm. latis, 

 attenuatis, hinc inde fasciculis radicellorum fuscorum prae- 

 ditis, irregulariter pinnatim ramulosis, ramulis ad 1,5 cm. 

 usque longis, curvatulis, attenuatis; folia complanata, dense 

 imbricata, e basi breviter constrieta oblongo-lanceolata, bre- 

 viter acuminata, acumine subobliquo, marginibus erectis, 

 apice serrulatis, nervis binis, brevibus vel obsoletis, cellulis 

 elongatis, angustissimis, alaribus sat numerosis, subquadra- 

 tis, pellucidis, omnibus laevissimis; bracteae perichaetii inter- 

 nae e basi longe vaginante, laxius areolata longe et anguste 

 acuminatae, acumine reflexiusculo, subintegro; seta 2 cm. 

 älta, flexuosula, flava, tenuis, laevissima; theca erecta, an- 

 guste cylindracea, basi attenuata, 3,5-4 mm. longa curva- 

 tula, badia, sicca indistincte plicatula; columella longe exserta; 



