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lolii ad apicem argate serratis, elimbata, nervö viridi, tenui, 

 infra summum apicem evanido, cellulis basilaribus ovato-vel 

 oblongo-hexagonis, chlorophyllosis; seta 5 mm älta, stricta, 

 tenuis, straminea; theca erecta, symmetrica, cum coUo sporan- 

 gio aequilongo turgide pyriformis, deoperculata sub ore paulum 

 contracta, sicea siiblaevis, coUo plicato, pallida, aetate fusca; 

 operculum minutum, 0,7 6 mm diam., piano- convexum, sicci- 

 late planuQ], concolor, cellulis in seriebus rectis dispositis; 

 cahjptra vesiculoso-cucuUata, longirostris, straminea, nitida. 



Patria. New South Wales, Richmond River, Rallina 

 (W. W. Watts n. 210) et German Creek (n. 318, 320). 



Species F. Smithhurstii Broth. Geh. valde affinis, sed 

 stalura elatiore, caule e basi jam laxe folioso foliisque re- 

 ilcxo-patulis dignoscenda. Amicissimus Watts etiam F. 

 Smithhurstii ad Richmond River legit et mihi sub numeris 

 315, 319 et 751 benevole misit. 



1 12. Funaria (Euthostodon) subattenuata Broth. n. sp. 



Aiitoica; gregaria, pallide viridis; caulis ad 1 cm usque 

 altus, erectus, tenuis, infima basi radiculosus, simplex vel 

 dichotome ramosus; folia inferiora remota, minuta, comalia 

 multo majora, patula, planiuscula, oblonga, acuta, 2 — 3 mm 

 longa et vix ultra 1 mm lata, marginibus erectis, integerri- 

 mis, nervö tenui, longe infra apicem evanido, cellulis basi- 

 laribus rectangularibus, superioribus oblongo-hexagonis, mar- 

 ginalibus anguslioribus, limbum indistinctum, concolorem 

 ex unica serie cellularum composito efformantibus; seta 

 usque ad 1 cm älta, tenuis, pallida; theca erecta vel sub- 

 cernua, cum collo sporangio aequilongo anguste pyriformis, 

 laevis, collo plicato, pallida; annulus 0; peristomium simplex; 

 exostomii dentes 16, lanceolato-subulati, 0,2 o mm longi, 0,0 5 

 mm lati, aurantiaci, papillosi; spori 0,0 2 5 — 0,0 3 mm, lutei, 

 papillosi; operculum conN^xnm^ mammillatum, 0,53 mm diam., 

 cellulis in seriebus rectis dispositis; calyptra ignota. 



Patria. New Zealand, Middle Island, Canterbury, Ar- 

 thurs Pass, 3,013', loco paludoso (T. W. Naylor Beckett 

 n. 93). 



