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acumen abrupta, margine late revoluto integerrimo vel apice 
obsolete dentieulato, nervo obsoleto tenui ad medium folii 
evanido, cellulis ellipticis mollibus chlorophyllosis, alaribus 
magis rotundatis obscurioribus permultis in marginem revolu-s 
tum dispositis; perich. in cylindrum laxifolium exsertum pal- 
lidum angustum congesta, paraphysibus elongatis dense arti- 
eulatis mollibus plus minus flexuosis superata, e basi longa 
vaginato - convolutá ovato - lanceolata acuminata longius laxius 
reticulata enervia integerrima tenera; theca in ped. perbrev; 
laevi flavido curvulo erecía senectute demissa parva ovalis 
fusca glabra, operculo conico oblique rostellato, calyptra an- 
susta thecam fere ad pedunculum usque obtegente pallida basi 
integra sed paraphysibus nonnullis hirta;  perist. dentes bre- 
ves albide lutescentes externi lanceolato - subulati linea media 
tenui exarati laeves, int. angustiores subangulosi caeterum 
illis similes, basi conflati. 
Patria. Ash-Island ad Hunter River: Miss Helen 
Scott. 
Flos femineus antheridiis omnino carens, flos maseulus 
archegoniis nonnullis mixtus; inflorescentia itaque polygama. 
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Var. szréctas monoica, caulis strietus densius foliosus, 
foliis longius acuminatis fere subulatis distinetius denticulatis; 
llores masculi et feminei proprii. ; 
Patris, Brisbane River. 
8. Neckera (Papillaria) Scottiae n. sp.; dioica? longe 
pendula graciliima flexuosa rigida obscure vel sordide vi- 
"idis ramosissima , ramulis divaricato - patentibus brevibus 
attenuatis varie et maxime curvatis crassitudine ramos 
aequantibus pinnata; fola caulina. dense imbricata anenuta, 
ramos Jıliformes producentia, madore subito erecto-patentia 
laxe imbricata, e basi angustissima | semi- amplexante 
