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cernua, minuta, ovalis, asymmetrica, atropurpurea. Caelera 

 ignota. 



Patria. British New Guinea, Mt Dayman (W. Armit 

 junior). 



Species distinetissima, a congeneribus moUitie, ramis 

 obtusis, foliis subsecundis nec non seta superne verrucis latis, 

 humilibus obtecta facillime dignoscenda. 



136. Sciaromium Bellii Broth. n. sp. 



Dioicum; gracile, laete viride; cauUs fluitans, ramosus, 

 ramis elongatis, ad 9 cm usque altis, flexLiosis, inferne nu- 

 dis, superne dense foliosis, subpinnatim ramulosis, ramulis 

 1 — 2 cm altis, curvatulis, dense foliosis, obtusis; folia erecto- 

 patentia,homomallula, ovata, 1,7 — 1,9 mm longa et 0,8— 1 mm 

 lata, marginibus erectis, minutissime serrulatis, nervö viridi, 

 basi c. 0,0 6 mm lato, infra summum apicem evanido, cellulis 

 oblongo-hexagonis, c. O, o 2 mm longis et 0,oo7— 0,oio mm 

 latis, chlorophyllosis, basilaribus majoribus, marginalibus 

 angustissimis, limbum pluriseriatum, indistinctum efforman- 

 tibus, omnibus laevissimis. Caetera ignota. 



Patria. New Zealand, Middle Island, N. E. Valley, in 

 rivulis, et Southland, Lime Hills, locis paludosis (W. Bell). 



My excellent friend Mr T. W. Naylor Beckett bas 

 sent me under n. 609 specimens from Otago, Tyson's Mill, 

 which I only with hesitation can refer to the species, de- 

 scribed above. It is somewhat coarser and the leaves are 

 projecting, which gives it a different aspect. Nevertheless 

 when its anatomical structure does not show any difference, 

 I dåre not yet describe it as a separate species. 



137. Hypnodendron (Phoenicobryum) brevipes Broth. 

 n. sp. 



Dioicum; robustum, rufescens, nitidum; caulis e rhizo- 

 male fusco-tomentoso gregarie egredientes, usque ad 6 cm 

 alti, erecti, stricli, rigidi, alte stipitati stipite foliis squamaefor- 

 mibus, remotis, patentissimis et reflexis obtecta, superne dense 

 pinnatim ramosi, ramis patentibus, c. 1 — 2 cm altis, cum 



