178 TASxMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



R.S. TAS.- 



Peristome well developed. Fruit from below innovations.- 

 Brachymenium. Endostome an erose membraue. 

 Bryum. Eudostome with processes and cilia. 



MiELICHHOFERIA HoniScb. 



Small, tut'ied, suberect, sparely branclied, fruit on a short 

 lateral branch placed low down on the stem. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, small; nerve bold, vanishing above; cells linear,, 

 thin walled. Seta long; capsule horizontal, clavaite-pyriform, 

 often gibbous on the lower margin so as to curve the 

 capsule upwards, mouth small; lid short, convex; calyptra 

 cylindric; exostome reduced to 16 convex protuberances; 

 endostome of 16 erect, slender, rather long processes aris- 

 ing fi-om a short membrane. 



Mielichhoferia Echluoti HornscL. 



Stems slender, mostly under 1 cm- Leaves pale green^ 

 erecto-patent, broadly lanceolate, acute, imbricate, about 

 1mm.; margin serrate above; nerve broad below, narrow 

 above and vanishing below the apex. Seta 1cm. ; cap- 

 sule horizontal, nearly cylindric to gibbous on the lower 

 margin, 2-4 mm. 



Knocklofty. Colebrook. 



Orthodontium Schw. 



Small, tufted, erect, simple or with innovations below the 

 seta. Leaves linear with a flat slender nerve, cells large 

 lax, linear, thin walled, becoming rather hexagonal to- 

 wards the tip, very long in the lower part. Seta slender, 

 long ; capsule erect or nearly so, clavatenoblong, mouth nar- 

 row ; exostome of 16 short, lanceolate teeth ; endostome of 

 16 short, slender cilia; lid shortly rostrate, oblique; cal- 

 yptra cucuUatei. 



Small mosses with a superficial resemblance to Weissia. 



Capsule sulcate. 



Capsule oblong australe 



Capsule fusiform sulcatum 



Capsule plain. 



Capsule narrow oblong lineare 



Capsule pyriforin Imiceolatum 



Orthodontium australe H.f. et W. 

 Small, erect, in dense or loose mats; stems about 5 mm... 

 Leaves erect, linear, 3-6 mm., acute; nerve lost a little be- 



