208 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



R.S. TAS. 



Hyjmu^n tenuifolium Hedw. 

 Sjn. : H. collatum H.f. et W. 



Decumbent, irregularly branched, 3-6 cm. Leaves 

 patent, concave, shining, ovate, shortly acuminate. 2.2 mm. ; 

 margin obscurely serrulate; nerve slender, ill-defined, 

 vanishing above the middle ; cells narrow, slightly broader 

 at the base. Seta long, red, smooth ; capsule broadly 

 oblong, inclined, curved ; lid with a long acute beak. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Mt. Nelson, Coal Eiver Tier, 

 etc. 



Hyjymim convolufifolhim Hpe. 



Small, decumbent, 3-5 cm., with many irregular, erect 

 branches. Leaves patent oblong, convolute when dry, base 

 narrow, apex rather obtuse, 1 mm. ; margin obscurely ser- 

 rulate ; nerve slender, vanishing above the middle ; cell.5 

 narrow oblong, shorter near the apex, becoiming quadrate 

 towards the base. Seta 1 cm., slender, dark, rough ; cap- 

 sule inclined, oblong, dark, constricted below the mouth, 

 neck swollen, 1.3 mm. 



Latrobe. 



Hypniira muriculatum H.f. et W. 



Rather small, decumbent, branches ascending, 1 cm. 

 Leaves divaricate, narrow ovate with a rather long attenu- 

 ated apex, 1 mm. ; margin sen^ate, but not closely so ; nerve 

 slender, lost above the middle. Seta 1 cm., red, rough ; 

 capsule inclined, oblong, tapering at the base, 1 mm., lid 

 rostrate of the same length. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Circular Head. 



Hypiiuni austrinum H.f. et, W. 



Decumbent, widely spreading, with few branches, dull 

 olive green, young shoots pale yellow green, shining, 5-10 

 cm. Leaves patent, oblong, acute, concave. 2 mm. ; margin 

 finely serrate; nerve broad at the base, rapidly narrowing 

 and lost in the middle, cells narrow linear, rather broader 

 towards the base. Seta rough, 2 cm., capsule broadly 

 oblong, inclined, 2 mm., gibbous ; lid rostrate, nearly as 

 long. 



Guy Fawkes Rivulet, Mt. Wellington ; neao- French- 

 man's Cap. 



Hypnum remotifolmm Mitt. 

 Syn. : H- asperipes Mitt. 



Small, decumbent, with few branches, 2-3 cm., bright 

 3'ollow-green. Leaves divaricate, rather crisped, broadly 

 ovate, nearly orbiculai', witli a slender apex, 1 mm. ; mai'gin 



