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vis, ore aiigustata ibidemque plicata, atropurpurea ; peristo- 

 Diiiim simplex, dentibus brevissimis, latis, truncatis, sor- 

 dide albidis, grosse papillosis; spori valde inaequales, O, o 40^ — 

 (),ö7o mm, olivacei, laeves; opercuhim longe et recte subu- 

 latum; calyptra sordide fuscidula, profunde multifida, glabra. 



Patria. British New Guinea, Mt Scratchley 12,200', 

 ubi a. 1896 detexit A. Giulianetti. Herbario kewensi com. 

 Sir W. Mac Gregor. 



Species pulcherrima, foliis erecto-patentibus, peristomii 

 dentibus brevissimis, truncatis, grosse papillosis nec non 

 sporis maximis faciliter dignoscenda. 



106. Macromitrium (Goniostoma) Wattsii Broth n. sp. 



Aiitoicum; robustum, rigidum, caespitosura, caespitibus 

 humilibus, compactis, atro-viridibus, haud nitidis; caulis re- 

 pens, densissime ramosus, ramis vix ultra 1 cm altis, erec- 

 tis, strictis, densissime foliosis, superne fastigiatim ramulo- 

 sis, obtusis; folia sicea arcte spiraliter contorta, humida 

 erecto-patentia, planiuscula, oblongo-ligulata, obtusa, brevis- 

 sime mucronata, c. 1,7 mm longa et c. 0,4 5 mm lata, mar- 

 ginibus inferne uno latere parce revolutis, integerrimis, nervö 

 rufescente, crasso, basi c. O, o 5 mm lato, brevissime exce- 

 dente, cellulis pellucidis, rotundatis, 0,oo7 — 0,oio mm, mi- 

 niitissime papillosis, basilaribus incrassatis, lumine ovali, 

 marginalibus breviter rectangularibus, laevibus; bracteae 

 perlchaetii foliis subsimiles; seta 4 mm älta, stricta, sicca 

 tbrtiter dextrorsum torta, pallide rubra; theca erecta, ovali- 

 oblonga, sicca laevis, ore purpureo laeviter plicata, pallide 

 fusca; peristomiiim simplex; exostomii dentes c. 0,2 mm 

 longi et c. 0,06 mm lati, sordide albidi, obtusi; spori 0,025 

 mm virides, minutissime papillosi; opercuhim e basi conica 

 rostratum, rostro dimidiam partem thecae adaequans; ca- 

 kjptra straminea, apice fuscidula, multifida, glabra. 



Patria. New South Wales, Richmond River, E. Bal- 

 lina, ad arbores (W. W. Watts n. 329,719, 1041) et North 

 Creek (n. 1108), Wollongong, ad rupes (n. 109). 



