BY L. EODWAY. 207 



1913. 



dric, curved, inclined, reddish brown, contracted below 



the mouth and bluff at the base, lid conic; peristome dark. 



Variable in length of leaf point, closeness of serrations 

 and length of nerve. 



Very common in damp situations. 



Hijpnum c'lmpestre Brucli. 



Decumbent, livid yellow, with irregular branches, 6-10 

 cm. Leaves erecto-patent, shining, plicate, lanceolate, 

 very acute. 3 mm. ; margin shortly revolute, near the apex 

 rather thickened and remotely serrate ; nerve very slender 

 vanishing above the middle ; cells long linear, those at the 

 base and angles broader and shorter. Seta, rough in the 

 upper paa^t, smooth below, capsule cylindric, curved ; lid 

 conic; teeth yellow. 



Distinguished from H. rutahulum by tbe narrower, more 

 plicate leaves as well as the smooth lower half of the 

 seta- 



Deloraine. Longford, slopes of Mt. Wellingtion. 



Hypnnm sahhrosum Br. Sell. 



Hctblt of H. riifahuluin. Leaves usually narrower and 

 more erect, with a long slender apex, serrulate in the 

 upper portion ; nerve more distinct, lost in or above the 

 middle. Seta smooth ; lid conic. 



Recorded as Tasmania, but not present in any of the 

 available collections. 



Hypnum paradoxittn H f . et W. 



Decumbent, irregularly branched, matted, 3 cm. Leaves 

 yellow, falcate, secund, lanceolate, acute from a broad 

 base, nerved beyond the middle, L5 mm. ; margin serru- 

 late ; cells long lineal", shorter and broader at the base, a 

 triangle of many quadrates at the angles. Seta slender, 

 minutely rough, brownish red; capsule short, L5 mm., 

 oblong with a very bluff base; lid shortly conic; peris- 

 tome pale brown. 



Resembling a Stereodon. 



On the ground. Old Beach ; Cheshunt. 



Hypnum arisfatum H.f. et W. 



Decumbent, forming pale green mats, pinnately 

 branched, 1-2 cm., much elongating amongst grass. Leave.s 

 patent, concave, ovate, acuminate, strongly serrate, 1 mm. ; 

 nerve obscure, vanishing about the middle; cells broadly 

 linear. Seta red, smooth; capsule short, oblong; curved; 

 lid with a long, acute rostrum. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Cheshunt. 



