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alae costam parum superantes, breviter attenuatae, stratum anti- 
cum hypoporum humile. Sqguwamae posticae magnae, purpureae, 
appendiculo magno, subrotundo, integerrimo. Pedunculus capituli 
longissimus (3 cm.). Capitula alte conica, involucro breviusculo. 
Perianthia involucro plus duplo longiora longeque exserta, pallida. 
Reliqua desunt. 
Hab. Australia, N.S. Wales (near Gladesville): Watts, 1095. 
Fimbriaria subplana St. Pittwater Road, Sydney, N.S. 
Wales, and Lord Howe Island, (Northern Look-out). 
Fimbriaria tasmanica St. Newington Hospital Grounds. 
Fimbriaria Whiteleggei St. Newington Hospital Grounds, 
and Kingwell, Wyong. 
Fossombronia Forsythii St. Newington Hospital Grounds 
near Sydney. 
Fossombronia grossepapillata St., n.sp. 
Dioica pusilla flaccida, flavo-rufescens, gregarie crescens, terricola. 
Caulis ad 12 mm. longus, simplex. Folia caulina conferta, erecto- 
homomalla, latissima (3-5 mm. longa, 1:5 mm. lata) hic illic plicata, 
apice ampliata, rotundata integerrima, 2 mm. lata.  Cellulae 
superae 36/36y, basales 54/90 trigonis nullis. Perianthia late 
obovato-obconica (3°5 mm. longa, medio 2°75 mm. lata) apice duplo 
angustiore quadriloba, lobis late triangulatis, porrectis acutis, 
sinubus amplis obtusis /olia floralia intima reniformia 3:5 mm. 
longa, 4:5 mm. lata, inferne late obcuneata, apice late rotundata, 
regulariter multilobata, sinubus recurvis, lobis aequilongis acutis 
vel obtusis vel irregulariter repandis. Sporae 36u grosse papillatae 
brunneae. 
Hab. Australia, (Young): Watts, 988. 
Frullania asperifolia St., n.sp. 
Sterilis flaccida, fusco-brunnea, corticola, dense depresso- 
caespitans, late expansa. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, irregulariter 
bipinnatus. Solia caulina conferta, oblique patula, canaliculatim 
concava, marginibus incurvis, in plano late ovato-elliptica (2 mm. 
longa, medio 1'4 mm. lata) apice rotundata, basi antica valde 
