16 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA. 



TORTULA PUNGENS, H.f.W. 



Dark green, in loose cushions. Stems 1 — 2 cm. Leaves 

 mostly in a terminal coma, spreading, 2 — 2.5 m.m., narrow, 

 oblong, flexuose, apex obtuse or round, with a slight acum- 

 inate centre ; margin plain ; nerve shortly excurrent in a 

 hard point ; cells rotundo-quadrate, surface obscurely no- 

 dulose, basals linear; perichaetials loose, often not distinct. 

 Seta pale, 1 — 2 cm. ; capsule fusiform, 2 m.m. ; ha subu- 

 late, as long as the capsule; peristome teeth long, slender^ 

 red, split to the base, irregularly twisting. 



Kingston, Margate, Sheffield. 



TORTULA PSEUDOPILIFERA (Hpe CM.) 



Very similar to the last, more robust, stems ascending^ 

 2 — 4 cm. Leaves patent, oblong, obtuse, mostly 3 m..m; 

 margin revolute in the middle, plain above; nerve shortly 

 excurrent in a hard point ; cells rotundo-quadrate, 

 opaque ; surface finely nodulose papillate ; perichaetials 

 loosely sheathing with subulate apices. Seta 3 cm. ; cap- 

 sule cylindric oblique, erect, or nearly so, 3 — 4 m.m. ; lid 

 conic, half length of capsule ; peristome pale, basal mem- 

 brane short or none, teeth slender, very irregularly twisted. 



Wattle Hill Margate. Foot of Mt. Wellington. 



TOETULA PEINCEPS, De Not. 



Syn. T. Muelleri Br. Schimp. 



„ antarctica Hpe. 



rubella H.f.W. 



,, pandurifolia Hpe. CM. 



„ euspidata, H. f. et W. 



Tufted. Stems about 1 cm. Leaves lyrate-spathu- 

 late to broadly ligulate, obtuse, 3 m.m.; tipped with a 

 ouspidate colourless point half tlie length of leaf ; margin 

 recurved below, plain above ; nerve continuous ; cells more 

 or less opaque, quadrate, obscurely papillose, lower ones 

 rectangular. Seta red, about 2cm.; capsule narrow, cylin- 

 dric, slightly oblique, mostly 3 m.m. ; lid cylindric to conic, 

 about half length of capsule ; peristome red, rather long,, 

 twisted, lower portion a white cribrose tube. 



