382 THE MOSSES OF LORD HOWE ISLAND^ 



On rotten log, Intermediate Hill (n. 134, 135); Creek above 

 Johnson's (n. 122); gully at back of Henderson's (n. 131) ; Mt. 

 Gower(n.370, 400); top of Mt. Gower (n.364a). 



Species Rh. caUidioidi (C. Mill].), affinis, sed statura robustiore 

 foliisque indistincte falcatulis oculo nudo jam dignoscenda. 



Trichosteleum ( Mitt. ) Jseg. 

 T. MUScicoLUM Broth. 

 Several places on the slopes of Mts. Lidgbird and Gower; also 

 on the top of Mt. Gower, and in Erskine Valley. 



BRACHYTHECIACE^. 



OxYRRHYNCHiUM (Br. eur.) Warnst. 



O. HowEANUM Broth, et Watts, sp.nov. 



Synoicum; robustiusculum, caispitosum, csespitibus densius- 

 culis, rigidis, Isete viridibus, dein fuscescenti-viridibus, nitidis; 

 caulis elongatus, repens, fiexuosus, plusminusve fusco-radiculosus, 

 laxe foliosus, pinnatim ramosus, ramis patulis, laxiuscule et 

 complanate foliosis, vix ultra 1 cm. longis, simplicibus, singulis 

 longioribus, attenuatulis, parce ramulosis; folia caulina erecto- 

 patentia, e basi ovata sensim in acumen lanceolato-subulatum 

 attenuata, marginibus erectis, ubique serrulatis, nervo crassius- 

 culo, superne multo tenuiore, ad | folii longitudinis vel ultra 

 producto, cellulis angustissime linearibus, basilaribus infimis 

 brevioribus et laxioribus, alaribus, baud diversis; folia ramea 

 oblongo-ovata, breviter acuminata, argute serrata, nervo longiore, 

 apice dentiformiter exstante; hracteo'. perichcetii internee albida^, 

 e basi vaginante sensim lanceolato-subulatse, subintegra?; seta c. 

 2 cm. alta, fuscescenti-rubra, scabriuscula; theca subnutans, ovalis, 

 sicca deoperculata sub oie constricta, fusca; operculum breviter 

 et crasse rostratum. 



Mt. Gower, 2,800 p. (n.376, 392). 



Species 0. remoti/olio {Grew, Hook. fil. et Wils.) affinis, sed 

 seta scabriuscula jam dignoscenda. 



Rhynchostkgiella (Br. eur. ) Limpr. 

 K. MURICULATA (H.f. W.) Broth. , /orm«. 

 Mt. Gower, mixed with Ctenidium pubesce^is. 



