228 TASMANIAN BKYOPHYTA, 



U.S. TAS. 



divaricate, broadly oblong or sabrotund, very obtuse, 2.2 

 mm. ; margin subserrulate ; nerves two very faint ; cells 

 linear, towards the apex oblong, a patch of ill-defined ob- 

 long cells at the angles. Perichaetials sheating, only a 

 little longer than the other leaves. Seta 1 cm., curved, 

 capsule 1.2 mm. oblong. 



George River, Gordon^ Sandfly. 



Camptochaete Eeichardt. 



Stems erect from a creeping rhizome with irregular 

 simple or pinnate branches, commonly dendroid. Leaves 

 patent, or more or less complanate, concave, smooth, glossy, 

 not plicate, with 2 obsolete nerves or nerveless, cells vermi- 

 form, those at the extreme base shorter, without enlarged 

 cells at the angles. Seta not long, with a sygmoid curva^ 

 ture. Capsule cernuous, smooth, oblong-cylmdric, taper- 

 ing at the neck; calyptra lohg, slender, cucullate; lid 

 bcoad, shortly conic, apiculate ; exostome pale, teeth 

 lanceolate connected at the base ; endostome rather longer, 

 with a connecting membrane for nearly half the length, 

 cilia small or none. 



Leaves orbicular ... arhuscuJa. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate. 



Leaves patent ramtilosa. 



Leaves complanate deflexa 



Leaves ovate, subobtuse. 



Leaves erecto-patent gracih. 



Leaves squarrose tasmanica. 



Ca7npiochaefe arhu^culn (Sm.) Reich. 

 Syn : Isotliecium arhuscula Hook. 



Stems erect, dendroid, usually 10-15 cm., branching pin- 

 nate simple but with some of the lateral branches some- 

 times bold and also pinnate. Leaves nearly orbicular, 

 apiculate, margin entire or obscurely dentate, with two 

 short, very faint nerves, 1.7 mm. long; perichaetials 

 sheathing, longer and acute. Capsule oblong to cylindric 

 2 mm. 



Common in damp shaded woods. 



Camptochaete ramuJosa (Mitt.) Reich. 

 Syn : Porotrichum ramulosiim Mitt. 



Stems erect or suberect, dendroid, copiously and irregu- 

 larly branched above, 8-10 cm. Leaves sub-complanate 

 when dry, equally placed when moist, ovate, acuminate, 

 serrulate, nerves faint or none, 1.5 mm. long; perichaetials 



