BY L PwODWAY. 241 



1913. 



Seta slender ; capsule oblong, 1 mm. ; lid acute, as long 

 as the capsule. 



On twigs and fern leaves in damp gullies. Slopes of Mt. 

 Wellington, Gordon, etc. 



Eeiopus Mitt. 



Small, tufted with few simple branches. Leaves in five 

 rows, complanate ; the two dorsals, and one ventral rather 

 smaller than the lateral rows, broadly elliptic to orbicular, 

 apiculate, broadly bordered by a band of 4-5 linear incras- 

 sate cells ; margin entire or serrate ; nerves 2, faint or 

 obsolete, very short ; cells large hexagonal. Seta rather 

 stout, flexed, clothed with delicate hairs, strigose or almost 

 smooth; capsule small, oblong, mouth not much contract- 

 ed, rim thick, base tapering; lid conic acute, nearly as 

 long ; calyptra acute densely fimbriated, short ; peristome 

 typical. 



Eriopus apiculafiis H.f. et W. 



Pale livid green, 2-3 cm. Leaves nearly orbicular, 

 laterals about 2.5 mm. ; margin entire, obtusely serrulate 

 or a few serrations on the upper ones ; border very broad ; 

 cells nearly equal 33 x 30m. Seta shortly strigose, 1 cm. ; 

 <?apsule inclined, neck very tapering. 



Circular Head, Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Cape Frederick 

 Henry, etc. 



Eriopus tasmanicus Broth. 



Very close to the last ; bright green. Leaves broadly 

 obovate, 1.8-2.4 mm., margin with a narrower border, sharp- 

 ly dentate; cells more oblong. Seta coarsely strigose, 1-1.5 

 cm. ; capsule broadly oblong, less tapering ; calyptra more 

 hairy. 



Wet gullies Mt. Wellington. 



DiSTicHOPHYLLUM Doz. et Molk. 



Densely tufted ; stems fiat, decumbent, with few vague 

 branches. Leaves in eight rows partially complanate, the 

 dorsal and ventral leaves little smaller, oblong spathulate, 

 usually with a. border of few linear incrassate cells ; nerve 

 single, slender, vanishing above the middle ; cells 

 5mall quadrate or hexagonal mostly 12-20^, lower ones 

 longer. Seta long, smooth ; capsule oblong, inclined, with 

 a small distinct globose apophysis ; lid conic to rostrate ; 

 calyptra long mitriform with a fringed base except in D. 

 snicrocarpum. Peristome typical except that the endostome 

 membrane is short. 



The genus contains two groups. 



