BY L. RODWAY. 17f> 



1913. 



low the apex. Seta 1-3 cm. ; capsule narrow-oblong, witii 

 a tapering base, 2-3 mm., slightly oblique. Exostome teeth 

 slender, erect ; endostome processes slender, slightly longer. 

 Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Eaglehawk, etc. 



Orfhodotituim sulcatum H.f. et W. 



Habit of the last. Leaves erecto-patent, linear, 4-5 mm., 

 acute ; nerve slender, continuous, or lost in the apex. Seta 

 1-2 cm. ; capsule nearly fusiform, erect, sulcate, 2-3 mm. 

 Exostome teeth slender, erect; endostome processets slen- 

 der, rather longer. 



Doubtfully distinct from 0. australe 



On deaclwood slojDes of Mt. Wellington. 



Orthodontium lineare Schw. 



Small, gregarious ; stems about 1-2 mm. Leaves linear, 

 3 mm., acute; nerve narrow, lost below the apex. Seta 

 slender, 1 cm. ; capsule narrow-oblong, 1.5 mm. 



Beaconsfield, on the ground. 



OrfJioclontiam lanceolatum Mitt. 



Small, gregarious. Le.a,veis linear-lanceolate, subacute, 

 3 mm. ; nerve lost at a, distance from the apex. Seta 5-8 

 mm. ; capsule pyriform, with a rather wide mouth and slen- 

 der neck, 1 mm. ; exostome teeth linear, short, erect ; en- 

 dostome processes much shorter. 



On bark of living trees. Gully near Gordon, D'Entrecas- 

 teaux Channel. 



Mniobryum Schimp. 



Slender plants growing in compact tufts. Leaves small, 

 lanceolate; nerve rather bold, not excurrent; cells long, 

 narrow-rhomboid, thin walled. Seta from the apex, slen- 

 der; capsule inclined short and usually with a broad 

 mouth; lid hemispheiric, mamillate; peristome as in Bryuriiy 

 or.ly the cilia veiy shoit. 



The habit and very lax cells distinguish the genus. 



Mniohryuyn lasmanicum Broth. 



Stems 3-5 cm., reddish where mature. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, 1-1.3 mm.; margin distantly serrate; 

 nerve flat, vanishing below the apex. Rest not seen. 



New Town Rivulet. 



PoHLiA Hedw. 

 Slender mosses with new branches springing from the 

 base and not close under the inflorescence as in Brynm. 



