BY L. RODAVAY. 109 



1913. 



apophysis at the ba.se little ca- not at all broader than 



the spore-caso ; peristome teeth short, sharply recurved. 



Leaf acute, nerve excnrrent. 



Margin plain ociohlephara 



MMi'giu dentate callophijUa 



Leaf ol)tuse, nerve vanishing obkunssiniff 



Tayloria ocfoblephara (Hook) Mitt. 

 Syi). : Splachmiim o<'lohlpp>horuni Hook. 

 Stems numerous, erect, forming dense cushions. Leaves 

 pale green or tinged with red, ovate-spathulate with a 

 filiform apex, 2-4 mm., but variable, sometimes oblong, at 

 others the apex reduced. Margin plain to obscurely 



serrate ; nei-ve slender excurrent in perfect leaves, but on 

 rapidly growing shoots often vanishing even below th-- 

 Tniddle. Seta erect, usually about 1 cm. ; capsule broadly 

 cylindric, dark, about 1 mm., at its base a. cylindric 

 apophysis longer and generally narrower; lid nearly flat, 

 obtusely mamillatc ; calyptra small cucuUate ; teeth of 

 peristome short, lanceolate, geminate, sharply recurved 

 when cii}^- 



t Very common at all altitudes and correspondinglv 

 variable. Some specimens with leaves more serrate than 

 usual approach T. cdllophi/lhi. 



TaijJorur c(>Uop/i//Ih( (CM.) Mitt. 



Stems elongated, 5-10 cm., simple or with few branches, 

 clothed nearly to the apex with purple radicles. Leaves 

 delicate yellow-green, squarrose, narrow spathulate with a 

 slender apex, 3 mm. ; margin prominently dentate ; nerve 

 slender excurrent in a cuspidate piliferous tip. Seta 

 bold, 1-1.5 cm.; capsule cylindric. 2 mm., with a tapering 

 apophysis of same length. 



Said to have been gathered on slopes of Mt. Wellington, 

 but the only specimen in the collections is from New Zea- 

 land. 



Very near forms of T. octobhqJiara. 



Tayloria. obtusissimo Broth. 



Stems long, decumbent, 5-7 cm. Leaves yellow-green, 

 squarrose, obovate-spathulate, obtuse, 3 mm. ; margin plain 

 or irregular from the turgid cells ; nerve very slender, 

 vanishing some distance below the apex ; cells quadrate or 

 hexagonal a.bove, long-rectangular towards the base. Rest 

 not seen. 



Southern side of Mt. Wellinoton. 



