BY L. liODWAY. 219 



1913. 



acuminate, oblique, 2 mm. ; margin plain, entire, sometimes 

 a, few serrations close to the apex ; nerves two, united at the 

 base, obscure ; cells long fusiform. Seta slender, 2 cm. ;. 

 capsule cylindric, inclined, slightly curved, yellow-brown, 

 neck slender, 1.7 mm.; peristome yellow. 



On tree ferns, deadwood and ground Plateau of Mt. 

 Wellington, Western Tiers, Gordon, etc. 



Catagonium cm. 

 Decumbent, vaguely branched, shoot flattened, the leaves 

 assuming a distichous arrangement. Leaves oblong, apicu- 

 late, very concave, nerves 2 faint ; cells vei'y long vermiform, 

 with acute ends, but little shorter at the base. Seta slen- 

 der ; capsule slightly inclined cyclindric with a tapering 

 base; lit] shortly c<»uic; eiidostonu- membrane I, pro- 

 cesses slender; cilia 2-3, unequal. 



Catagonium poliiiim (H.f. et W.) Mitt. 



Decumbent, flat, shining, usually 4 cm. Leaves concave 

 to conduplicate with a very short recurved apiculus, 2 mm. 

 Capsule about 2 mm. 



Common in damp forests. 



ACANTHOCLADIUM Mitt. 



Procumbent, usually much elongating and regularly 

 pinnate, the tips of the branches slender and acute. Leaves 

 tihin, smooth, shining, with a lonsf filiform apiculus : nerve 

 -noine ; cells long vermiform, a defined patch of quadrate and 

 a few inflated O'blong cells at the angles. Seta long 

 smooth, flexuose ; capsule cernuous, sho'rt, broadly oblong,-, 

 curved, neck tapering- ; lid broadh'- conic, umbonate ; peris- 

 tome Tiale, teeth with a broad base and a rather suddenly 

 attenuate, slender, colourless apex, closely articulate, and 

 ver}^ rough on the margin; endostome membrane deep, 

 processes very slender gaping; cilia none. 



Acantliocladlnm extenuatum (Brid.) Mitt. 

 Syu. : Hypimm extenuatum Brid. H. crinitum H.f. et. W. 



Pale yellowish green, 3-12 cm. or more, subcomplanate. 

 Leaves oblong, from a narrow base, concave, surface 

 minutely papillose. Upper margin and apiculus serrate, 

 suddenly contracted above into a long, slender apiculus, 

 1.75 mm. Capsule red, 2 mm. 



Very common on deadwood. 



