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Patria. Australia, New South Wales, Mossvale: Wliite- 
legge Nvbr. 1884. Hb. Melbourne No. 138. 
Ex habitu Bruchiae Vogesiacae proxima et similis, ob 
capsulae forinam elegantissima amoena. 
3. Trib. Ephemer aceae . 
23. Ephemerelia Rehmanni n. sp.; ramifieationes pro- 
tlialii ditissimae angustissimae acutissimae tenerae; planta fer- 
tilis majuscula: folia pauca, inferiora minuta lanceolato-acumi- 
nata, superiora yel periehaetialia multo majora, e basi anguste 
lineali-lanceolata sensim acuminata et in aristam elongatam 
setaceam plus minus flexuosam attenuata, caviuscula superne 
liic inde irregulariter denticulata enervia valde patula, e cel- 
lulis elongatis veluti in membranam flavidam subscariosam 
•cönflatis basi laxioribus reticulata; theca majusculaaangustiu- 
scule elliptica breviter apiculata immersa brevissime pedicellata 
fuscata; calyptra dimidiata longiuscule stylosa tenera glabra. 
Patria. Promontorium bonae spei, monte Boschberg, cum 
Ephemero Capensi et Phasco peraristato concoeiata: Prof. 
Mac Övan lg. 1882; 'Bloomfontein: A. Rebmann 1875 
primus legit. 
E foliis lineali-setaceis elongatis subscariosis flavissimis 
jam primo yisu distinguenda, quoad folia liaecce magis ad 
Astoma accedens, sed prothallio jam recedens. 
24. Ephemerum Capense n. sp.; ramifieationes prothallii 
ditissime divisae longiusculae robustiusculae acutae clilorophyl- 
losae; perichaetia saepius valde aggregata minuta, foliis paucis 
minutis pellucidis enervibus linealibus breviter acuminatis mu- 
cronatis irregulariter dentatis, e cellulis paucis rectangularibus 
liyalinis brevibus angustis reticulatis; theca sessilis magna 
globosa yix apiculata fusca; calyptra tenera glabra campanu- 
lata breviter apiculata basi laciniata; sporae sphaericae maju- 
sculae leves. 
Patria. Africa australis, promontorio bonae spei, Somerset 
East, monte Boschberg, in societate Phasci peraristati et 
Ephemerellae Rehmanni: Prof. Mac Ovan legit 1882. 
Species fere aphylla, ob folia minutissima pauca enervia 
hyalina sed capsula magna fusca facile discernenda. 
25. Ephemerum liomomaUum n. sp.; protfiallium e ramulis 
dichotome divisis brevibus acutis curvulis tenuibus fasciculatim 
dispositis compositum; folia pauca lineali-acuminata breviter 
