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very prominent on the lower surface, vanishing in tne apex. 

 Seta slender. 2 — 3 cm.; capsule erect, cylindric, 1.5 m.m. ; 

 lid conic ; peristome teeth pale red, short, erect, on a short 

 basal membrane. 



On deadwood and on ground Bellerive. 



BARBULA AUSTRALASIAE, H.f. et W. 



Small, in dense reddish-brown tufts ; stems erect, usu- 

 ally under 5 m.m. Leaves erecto-patent, slightly recurved, 

 1 — 2 m.m. ; lanceolate, from a broad sheathing base taper- 

 ing to an acute apex, concave ; midrib dark, broad, flat, lost 

 in the apex ; margin incurved ; cells rotundo-quadrate, 

 strongly incrassate, very obtusely papillate. Seta 1 cm. ; 

 capsule erect, dark brown, ovate-cylindric, 1 m.m. ; lid ros- 

 trate-conic, nearly as long ; peristome teeth nearly as long 

 as the capsul'e, straight, or very nearly so. 



On ground Bellerive, Eaglehawk Neck. 



BARBULA CALYCINA, Schw. 



Robust for the genus in dense ferruginous tufts, stems 

 erect, 1 — 2 cm. Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, ovate- 

 lanceolate, 3 m.m. ; nerve bold, continuous or shortly ex- 

 current ; cells rotund, incrassate, nodulose-papillate, lower 

 ones linear, colourless. Perichaetials very long, closely 

 sheathing. Seta yellow, long and slender, 4 — 5 cm. ; cap- 

 sule erect fusiform, 1.3 m.m. ; lid with a subulate rostrum 

 as long as the capsule ; peristome pale, twisted, as long as 

 the capsule, the teeth split to the base ; calyptra very long, 

 filiform. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington. Common. 



BARBULA SUBTORQUATA, CM. et Hampc 



Stems in loose tufts, usually 1 cm., high, brownish. 

 Leaves lanceolate, tapering to a very acute point, 2 m.m. ; 

 margin revolute ; nerve rotund continuous ; cells small, 

 rotundo-quadrate, smooth or obscurely papillose, incrassate, 

 elongated and subhyaline below. Seta slender, 2 — 3 cm., 

 red ; capsule cylindric, slightly oblique, dark, 2 m.m. ; lid 

 cylindric, half as long ; peristome with a short base, closely 

 twisted. 



On ground Eaglehawk Neck. 



