BY L. ROD^VAY. 187 



1913. 



long; capsule clavate-pyrifonn, 2-3 mm., neck gradually 



tapering, mouth constricted, lid small, hemispheric, um- 



bonate. 



Colebrook, Mount Nelson. 



Bryum microsporum Broth. 



The shoots including innovations seldom exceeding 0.5 

 cm. Leaves clustered at the tips, erect, ovate, with a 

 tapering acuminate apex, 1.7 mm.; margin with a narrow 

 border of 2-3 series of incrassate linear cells, plain or with 

 one or two obscure serrations near the apex, generally 

 revolute; nerve in the upper leaves long excurrent; cells 

 irregularly rhomboid, thin walled, averaging 64 x 20 ju. Seta 

 long; capsule clavate-pyriform, base little tapering, mouth 

 not constricted; lid pyramidal, umbonate- 



Very close to B. intermedium. 



Mt. Nelson, Woodbridge. 



BryuTn torquesceas Br. Sch. 



Densely caespitose, stems 5-10 mm. Leaves dispersed, 

 twisted when diy, broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, 2mm. ; 

 margin revolute with a very narrow border of rectangular 

 cells, serrulate above, sometimes plain ; nei-ve excui^rent 

 in a long cuspidate tip ; cells irregular, rhomboid, thin 

 walled, 60 x IS/x. Seta long, capsule clavate, curved, 4 mm.; 

 neck long tapering, mouth not constricted, lid pyramidal, 

 acute. 



Specimen in Gunn's collection with no record of locality. 



Bryum caespitlcioides CM. 



Small, but under favourable conditions the innovations 

 elongating to 2 cm. Leaves dispersed, lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 

 mm. ; margin revolute, serrulate above, marginal cells 

 rectangular, not incrassate; nerve bold, with an excurrent 

 cuspidate tip, vaj-ying in length from under :^ to | the 

 length of the lamina; cells narrow rhomboid, 50 x 9/i Seta 

 3-4 cm. ; capsule linear pyriform with a short to long 

 tapering neck, mouth slightly contracted; lid pyramidal, 

 shining. Variable in breadth of leaf, length of excurrent 

 nerve and base and size of capsule which varies from 1.5 

 mm., with a bluff base to 3 mm., with a slender neck. 



West Coast, slopes of Mt. Wellington, Lake Sorell, etc. 



Bryum curvicollum Mitt. 

 Densely caespitose, usually under 1 cm., but sometimes 

 the innovations elongating. Leaves dispersed, patent, nar- 

 row lanceolate to broader, 2-3 mm. ; margin plain with 



