242 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



R.S. TAS^ 



DiscoPHYLLUM. Leaves bordered, crisped when dry. Calyp- 

 tra with a fringed base. 

 Apex apiculate. 



Margin serrate rotundi folium. 



Margin distantly serrulate crispulum. 



Margin plain puIchcUum. 



Apex obtuse ajnhlyoijhyllum. 



Mniadelphus. Leaves not bordered ; not crisped wheit 

 dry. Base of calyptra not fringed microcarjjum, 



DistichophyUum rotiuidi folium (H.f. et W.). 



Small, seldom exceeding 3 cm., freely branched. Leaves 

 complanate, patent, broadly oblong-spathulate, rather 

 crisped when dry, 1.2 mm.; margin seiTate ; apex with a 

 small apiculus which is continuous with the border. Seta 

 1 cm. ; capsule narrow oblong, 1 mm. ; apophysis half as 

 long ; calyptra deepily fringed at the base and with a few 

 erect hairs at the apex. 



Damp gullies, Mt. Wellington, Zeehan. 



Distichophyllum crispulum (H.f. et W.). 



Small, decumbent, stems about 2 cm. Leaves oblong 

 from a narrow base, 2 mm., apex apiculate, border very 

 narrow, lost below the apiculus ; margin sinuate, distantly 

 serrulate above. Seta very slender, 5 mm. ; capsule in- 

 clined cylindric, 1 mm. ; lid conic, half as long. 



Mt. Wellington, Leiths Creek. 



Distichophyllum pulchellum (H.f. et W.) 



Stems usually under 1 cm. Leaves crowded, broadly 

 obovate-spathulate of firmer texture than other species, 

 little crisped when dry, 1.2 mm.; margin plain, bordered, 

 apex with a short acute apiculus. Seta 7 mm. ; capsule 

 suberect, broadly oblong, 1 mm. 



Upper reaches of Meander River. 



Distichophyllum amhlyophylhnn (H.f. et W.). 



Stems elongated, often 5 cm., with few vague branches. 

 Leaves pale green, becoming livid, oblong-spathulate, im- 

 bricate, much crisped when dry, 2 mm. ; margin plain, un- 

 dulate, bordered ; apex very obtuse, rarely apiculate. Seta 

 4 cm.; capsule broadly oblong, 1.4 mm.; apojDhysis half as 

 long. 



D. sinuosum^ H.f. et W., is simply a form of this with 

 leaves more crowded and slightly unequal. It diffei-s in 

 no anatomical detail. 



