BY L. RODWAY. 229 



1913. 



longer, sheathing, with a slender apex. Capsule arcuate, 

 2 mm., oblong-cyclindric. 



Gullies on lower slopes of Mt. Wellington. 



Cam pfochoete deflejca (Mitt.) Reich. 



Syji : Porotrichum dejiexum Mitt. 



Stems dendroid, erect, irregularly branched, above, 7 



cm. Leaves complanate^ ovate, acuminate, subserrulate 



above; nerves faint or none 1-1.4 mm. Perichaetials 



longer with a more acute apex. Capsule bent 1.7 mm. 



Very close to C. ranmloaa, but leaves more complanate 

 and smaller. Some forms appear intermediate. 

 Common in damp gullies. 



Camptochaete gracih (H.f. et W.) Reich. 

 Syn : Porotrichinn grocile Mit^., 

 Isotheciniii yrarile H.f. et W. 

 Small, suberect or decumbent, matted 3 cm., the simple 

 branches irregularly inserted. Leaves erecto-patent, ob- 

 long, surface smooth, base narrow^ apex obtuse or subacute, 

 margin serrulate ; nei-ves very faint or none, 0.8 mm. 

 Perichaetials sheathing rather longer, subacute. Capsule 

 bent, 1.3 mm. 



Cfunptochaefe fasmaiiica Broth. 



Decumbent, elongated and irregularly branched very 

 slender 2-5 cm. Leaves squarrose, minutely papillose on 

 the external surface, oblong, concave, subobtuse, 0.8 mm., 

 serrulate abo-ve ; nerves two, faint. Rest not seen. 



Distinguished from C. r/racile by looser habit and squar- 

 rose leaves. 



In water. Western Tiers. 



Pa PILL ARIA CM. 



Elongating pendulous, on branches. Branching irregu- 

 lar. Leaves plurifarious, closely set, imbricate, acute; 

 nerve single vanishing above the middle ; cells oblong to 

 fusiform, surface of the greater portion of the leaf more or 

 less papillate. Seta from the base of the lateral branches, 

 about 1 cm. ; capsule small, broadly oblong, erect ; lid 

 obliquely conic ; calyptra very short cucullate. clothed with 

 a fev/ erect hairs ; peristome double, exostome teeth papil- 

 lose, lanceolate, rather obtuse ; endostome membrane shal- 

 low, processes papillose, filiform, imperforate; cilia none. 

 Leaves with very large auricles. 



Branches robust with flagellate tips ; papillae nodulose 

 flavo-Iimbata. 



