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basi radiculosus, densissime foliosus, cuspidatus, innovatio- 

 nibus singulis, brevibus, striclis; folia subaequalia, sicca 

 arcte imbricata, humida erecta, concaviuscula, ovato-lanceo- 

 lata, nervö excedente aristata, marginibus ubiqiie revolutis, in- 

 tegerrimis, haud limbata, nervö basi c. 0,0 6 mm lato, in aristam 

 elongatam, rigidam, integram excedente, cellulis rhomboideo- 

 vel oblongo-hexagonis, basilaribus breviter rectangularibus; 

 hracteae perichaetii intimae foliis multo minores e basi dilatata 

 sensim aeuminatae, marginibus erectis, enerves ; seta 1,5 — 2,5 

 cm älta, flexuosula, tenuis,purpurea; /Aeca pendula, minuta, tur- 

 gide pyriformis, collo theca breviore, sicca laevis, deoperculala 

 sub ore haud constricta, demum atropurpurea; annulus 0,i2 5 

 mm latus, duplex; peristomhim duplex, exostomil dentes c. 

 0,6 6 mm longi et c. 0, 12 mm lati, carnei, apicc hyalini, 

 hyaline limbati, lamellis altis, c. 40; endostomium liberum, 

 lutescens, minutissime papillosum ; corona basilaris ad me- 

 dium dentium producta; processus carinati, perforati; cilia 

 bina, bene evoluta, longe appendiculata ; spori 0,oo7 — 0,oo8 

 mm, lutescenti-virides, laevissimi; operciilum magnum, cupu- 

 latum, mammillatum, nitidum. 



Patria. New Zealand, Mt Alfred et Kinloch, ad latera 

 limosa rivulorum (W. Bell), Raes junction, ad rivulos (W. 

 Bell), South Canterbury, Alford Forest (T. W. Naylor 

 Beckett n. 445), Otago, Kelso (D. Petrie). 



Species Bryo alpino L. admodum similis, sed foliis 

 longe et rigide aristatis jam dignoscenda. 



117. Bryum (Eubryum) laevigatulum Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; gracile, caespitosum, caespitibus densis, in- 

 ferne ferrugineis, superne laete viridibus, nitidiuscuhs ; caulis 

 fertilis humilis, longe radiculosus, apice foliosus, innova- 

 tionibus singuHs vel binis, 1 cm altis, dense foliosis obtusis; 

 folia caullna erecto-patentia, elongate oblonga, obtusiuscula, 

 marginibus erectis, integerrimis, limbata, limbo e seriebus 

 tribus cellularum composito, nervö crasso, rufescente, cum 

 apice evanido, cellulis ovali-vel oblongo-hexagonis, basilari- 

 bus subrectangularibus, innovationuiu sicca imbricata, hu- 



