BY L. RODWiLY. 19 



WEISSIA WEYMOUTHI, CM. 



Small, caespitose, yellow, stems usually 2 m.m. Leaves 

 patent, lanceolate with a broad base and acute apex, con- 

 cave, 3 m.m. ; surface and margin minutely papillose ; 

 nerve rather broad, shortly excurrent ; cells opaque, small, 

 quadrate, rectangular below. Seta about 1 cm., capsule 

 oblong, erect, or nearly so, annulus red, 1.3 m.m.; lid ros- 

 trate, half as long ; peristome none. 



WEISSIA MICROCARrA, Hf et W. 



Small, usually in dense caespitose masses ; stems simple, 

 under 1 cm. Leaves narrow, recurved, concave, acute, 2 

 m.m. ; margin irregularly subscrrulate ; nerve narrow, 

 canaliculate, vanishing below the apex; cells rather regu- 

 lar, rotundo-quadrate. mostly less than 6 u. in longest 

 diameter, minutely nodulose ; those of the base long rect- 

 angular. Seta 1.5 cm.; capsule broadly oblong, erect, 1 

 m.m.; annulus dark; lid with a subulate rostrum, quite 

 half as long ; peristome short and irregular. 



Common on shadv banks. Mt. Faulkner. 



WEISSIA BICOLOR (Hpe). 



Very similar to W. microcarpa. Leaves obtuse to 

 subacute, sometimes with an acute indurated apex, 1.8 

 m.m. ; margin undulate, otherwise plain ; nerve medium 

 breadth, canaliculate, not well-detined, and vanishing at a 

 distance from the apex ; cells stronglv incrassate, very irre- 

 gular, rotundo-quadrate to oblong, up to 20 u. in longest 

 diameter, c^uite smooth, those at the base linear, their 

 lumina often connected. Seta 1 cm. ; capsule oblong, 0.8 — 

 1 m.m. ; lid rostrate, about half as long ; peristome teeth 

 short, erect, lanceolate, irregular. 



Mt. Wellington, Mt. Nelson, Mt. Field, etc. On damp 

 rocks. 



WEISSIA FLAVIPES, Hf et W. 



Small, yellowish, caespitose, stems 5 m.m. Leaves 

 patent, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 3 m.m., concave ; mar- 

 gin involute to plain ; nerve excurrent ; cells opaque, irre- 



