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curved, undulate, 4 — 5 m.m. ; upper edge of hyaline sheath 

 ascending from rib to margin ; no rather slender, shortly 

 exserted. Seta 2 — 3 cm. ; capsule erect, cylindric, 2 m.m., 

 yellow; annulus red; calyptra long, acute ; lid conic, rather 

 obtuse, half as long as capsule ; peristome teeth pink, slen- 

 der, free from the base, twisted, more than half as long as 

 the capsule. 



On ground and dead wood. Mount Wellington. 



LEPTODONTIUM Hampe. 



Suberect or decumbent, often elongated and brancxied. 

 Leaves small, ovate, squarrose; nerve bold, vanishing be- 

 low the apex ; cells irregularly rotund, incrassate, the sur- 

 face papillose, rough with acute nodules. Capsule narrow, 

 erect ; lid conic ; calyptra cucuUate ; peristome of 32 fili- 

 form, straight, smooth, unequal legs. 



LEPTODONTIUM PAPILLATUM (Hf. et W.) 



Syn : Didymodon papillatum, Hf. et W. 



Habit decumbent, spreading, dark, the tips yellowish 

 green, stems often 2 — 4 cm. Leaves patent, ovate, acute, 

 imbricate, trifarious, coarsely papillate, 1.5 m.m.; margin 

 revolute, except at the apex ; nerve rather narrow, vanish- 

 ing below the apex; cells rotund, incrassate, only slightly 

 enlarging towards the base. Seta 1 cm.; capsule L5 m.m. 

 Very seldom found in fruit. 



On ground about Hobart, New Norfolk, etc. 



HOLOMITRIUM, Mitt. 



,. Shortly creeping with erect, simple branches, forming 

 loose tufts. Leaves subulate from a short sheathing base, 

 smooth ; nerve slender, vanishing at the upper third of the 

 lamina; cells small, round, incrassate, those of the base 

 larger, rectangular. Seta long ; capsule narrow, oblong 

 erect ; lid subulate long ; calyptra long, narrow, split on 

 one side at the base. Peristome of 16 short incurved teeth 

 appearing as a cone at the mouth of the capsule. 



