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104. Tortula (Syntrichia) tenella Brolh n. sp. 

 Dioica; teneila, caespitosa, caespitibus densis, nigre- 



scenti-fuscescentibus ; cauUs 1 cm altus, basi radiculosus, 

 dense foliosus, simplex; folia sicca adpressa, humida sube- 

 recta, planiuscula, late oblonga, apice rotundata, pilifera, 

 marginibus erectis vel superne laeviter revolutis, integerri- 

 mis, nervö crasso, rufescente, dorso laevi, in pilum elonga- 

 tum, hyalinum, subintegrum producto, cellulis rotundato- 

 hexagonis, 0,oi5 — 0,0 2 mm, chlorophyllosis, minute pa- 

 pillosis, basilaribus rectangularibus, hyalinis; seta 7 mm 

 älta, crassiuscula, sicca superne sinistrorsum torta, pallide 

 rubra; theca erecta, cylindrica, fuscidula; annulus duplex, 

 longe persistens; peristomium simplex, sordide lutescens, 

 demum albidum, tubo basilari alto, cruribus elongatis, fili- 

 formibus, papillosis; Sj9on0,oi2 — 0,oi5 mm, olivacei, sublae- 

 ves; opercidum anguste conicum, acutum. 



Fafria. New Zealand, Central Otago (D. Petrie). Sub 

 n. 822 com. amicissimus T. W. Naylor Beckett. 



Species distinctissima, inter Syntrichias piliferas tener- 

 rima, cum nulla alia commutanda. 



105. Macromitrium (Goniostoma) macrosporum Broth. 

 n. sp, 



Autoicum; gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, late 

 extensis, ferrugineis, baud nitidis; caulis elongatus, repens, 

 flexuosus, densissime ramosus, ramis subaequalibus, 1 cm 

 altis, erectis, strictis, dense foliosis, obtusis; folia sicca im- 

 bricata, apice subcircinato-incurva, haud spiraliter contorta, 

 humida erecto-patentia, strictiuscula, lanceolata, acuminata, 

 marginibus basi uno latere revolutis, integerrimis, nervö ru- 

 fescente, infra summum apicem evanido, cellulis rhombeis, 

 incrassatis, lumine rotundato vel elliptico, basilaribus elon- 

 gatis, incrassatis, lumine angustissimo, omnibus pellucidis, 

 valde elevato-papillosis; hracteae perichaetil foliis paulum 

 majores, internae longe et anguste acuminatae; seta 1 cm 

 älta, tenuis, strictiuscula, sicca superne dextrorsum torta, 

 purpurea, laevissima; theca erecta, turgide ovalis, sicca lae- 



