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BOTANY. 
Art. XXX VII—Deseription of a New Species of Fabronia. 
By Dr. Kyieurt, F.R.C.8., F.L.S. 
{Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 29th January, 1876.} 
Fl, Xf. 
Fabronia octoblepharis, n. s. 
Prantz minime, ramis plumose foliosis. Folia conferta undique patentia 
lanceolata longe tenuiter acuminata ciliato-serrata obsoletinervia basi 
cellulis amplis superne angustis, perichetialia erecta, appressa ovata apice 
serrata subito in pilum hyalinum producta. Capsula e cellulis laxis rete 
undulato-quadratum efformantibus composita. Peristomium simplex, dentes 
8 geminati, plani, humidi introrsum flexi. 
Habitatio ad saxa humidiuscula, 
Plant small, plumose leafy. Leaves crowded, spreading lanceolate with 
fine long tapering points, ciliato-toothed, obsoletely nerved, cells enlarged 
at the base, narrow above ; perichztial erect, appressed, ovate, serrated at 
the apex, suddenly ending in a hyaline hair-like point. Capsule with lax 
cells, forming an undulate quadrate web. Peristome simple, teeth in 8 
pairs, flat, bent inwards when moistened. 
On humid rocks, 
DEsoRIPTION OF Puare XI, 
Fabronia octoblepharis. 
Natural size. 
Theca magnified 17 diameters. 
IESE age 300 diameters, 
Reet jeteias magnified diameters. 
auline 
Base of cantar ae: Pe mn 
Point of ” ” 2” 300 ” 
Po SF Ot OF bo. 
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