BY L. RODWAY. 191 



1913. 



elongated ; nerve short!}' excurrent in a, white, cuspidate 

 tip or very ?hort ; cells narrow rhomboid, thin walled, 

 40-60 X 16iW. Seta often very long ; capsule broadly oblong, 

 in some cases very short, apophysis very swollen, rugose, 

 obtus-e, dark; lid broad, pyramidal, shining. 



Very close to B. dichotomy m ; differing in the broader 

 leaves with simple nearly entire margin. 



Laiinceston streets, Fitzroy Place (Hobart), Evandale 

 Junction. 



Bryiim. (jamhierense CM. 



Small, under 5mm., caespitose. Leaves clustered at the 

 ends of the shoots, ovate-lanceolate from a broad base, 

 1.3 mm.; margin revclute below, serrulate above, bordered 

 by linear cells ; nerve strongly excurrent and white at 

 the cuspidate tip; cells very unequal, the lower ones nearly 

 quadrate, the u]jper ones irregularly rhomboid, rather in- 

 crassato, averaging 45 x lOy". Capsule dark red, oblong, 

 2 mm., mouth slightly constricted; apophysis dark, swollen, 

 rugose, obtuse; lid broad, shining pyramidal. 



Very close to B. dlchotomam, aud many specimens a.ppear 

 intermediate. 



Very common in grassy country- 



JSryum argillicola Broth. 



Very small, yellow green, caespitose, 2-3 mm. Leaves 

 erecto-patent, mostly in a terminal cluster, narrow ovate 

 lanceolate, L3 mm., inclusive of tlie excurrent nerve; 

 margin revclute, obscurely subserrulate above ; nerve red 

 with a bold excurrent, cuspidate apex as long as the 

 lamina; cells broadly rhomboid. 20 x 8m. Seta 1.5 cm.; 

 capsule ovate, 2 mm., mouth slightly constricted, base 

 broader and obtuse but not swollen and inigose. 



Port C3^gnet, Margate. 



Fam. 8— BAKTEAMIACEAE. 

 Habit various; from small erect and densely tufted to 

 creeping and often long and robust; branches few and 

 irregular. Leaves lanceolate with long acute points, seldom 

 shorter; nerve round, excurrent; cells usuallv oblong to 

 rectangular, each with a prominent papilla, rarely smooth ; 

 margin and nei-^^e serrated, rarely almost entire. Seta 



long; capsule globose or oblong, the sterile base small, in- 

 clined or pendulous rarely erect, striate or furrowed 

 rarely smooth ; mouth small ; lid small convex ; caljrptra 

 small linear, cucullate; peristome double, single, or none, 

 seldom well developed; peristome teeth 16 simple, of one 



