BY L. RODWAY. 227 



1913. 



rulate above ; nerve none ; cells short, fusiform, shorter 

 above, longer below, very long in the middle of the lower 

 half. Seta 1.5 cm.; curved above; capsule pendulous, 

 oblong 1.6 mm. 



Common in damp woods. 



I^emhupliylhini divuhum (H.f. et W) Lindb. 



Decumbent, vaguely branched, branches mostly erect. 

 Leaves orbicular, very concave, divaricate 0.8 mm.; mar- 

 gin subserrulate to acutely serrate ; nerve broad, ill-de- 

 fined, vanishing about the middle ; cells shortly oblong, 

 strongly incrassate. Seta 1.3 cm.; capsule inclined, ob- 

 long, 1.7 mm.; lid convex with a short, sharp point. 



Near Launceston. Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Mt. Nelson, 

 Kingston, etc. 



AVeymouthia PJrotli, 



Long, pendulous, vaguely branched, hanging from 

 boughs of trees. Leaves semipellucid, smooth, of thin tex- 

 ture, concave, obtuse ; nerves two,, unequal, obscure ; cells 

 long, vermiform, incrassate, those at the basal angles usual- 

 ly quadrate. Seta lateral, rather short, smooth, flexed; 

 capsule small, oblong to subglobose, inclined ; lid convex, 

 mamillate, shining, peristome double ; exostome teeth yel- 

 low, long slender, commisural line faint; endostome 1-3 

 membrane, processes slender perforate as long as exostome, 

 cilia none. 



Leaves oblong patent moUe. 



Leaves subrotund divaricate BiUardieri. 



WeymoiifJiia miiUe (Hedw^.) Broth. 



Syn : PilotricheUa molh Hampe, Meteorium molle (Hedw.). 



Slender with short distant branches. Leaves broadly 

 oblong, concave, patent, 1.8 mm.; margin faintly sub- 

 serrulate ; apex very obtuse or retuse, the cells at the tip 

 oblong and a well-defined patch of roughly quadrate cells 

 at the angles. Nerves two, short, unequal, faint, or none. 

 Perichaetials narrow sheathing nearly as long as the seta. 

 Seta 4-5 mm., capsule inclined tapering at the neck, 1 mm. 



St. Helens. Uxbridge, Bismarck, etc. 



Weyniouthia BiUardieri (Hpe.) Broth. 

 Syn : PilotriclieUa BiUardieri Hpe. 

 When growing on tree trunks elongated pinnate with 

 short rather regular branches, on tree branches it assumes 

 a pendulous habit, on the ground it is more vaguely branch- 

 ed, generally terminating with slender flagella. Leaves 



