BY L. RODVVAY. 91 



Cells linear. Capsule fusiform. 



Sheath broad. 



Apex with acute tc«th Oldfieldii 



Apex obscurely toothed or 



truncate flavipes 



Sheath narrow. 



Lid half as long as capsule affine 



Lid short setosum 



DITKICHUM ELONGATUM, H.f. et W. 



Siyn : Trichostomum cylindricarpum, CM. 



Stems usually under 1 cm. Leaves very slender, 5 

 m.m. ; base rather short and naiTow ; margin irregularly 

 dentate, especially towards the tip ; cells oblong, incrass- 

 ate, mostly with a convex or sub-papillate surface. Seta 

 2-3 cm. ; capsule erect, equal, or nearly so, cylindric, 3 

 m.m., pale; lid narrow, conic, nearly 1 m.m.; annulus 

 dark. 



Common. Slopes Mount Wellington. 



DITRICHUM AUSTRALE, Mitt. 



Stems generally about 1 cm. Leaves yellow-green, 

 subulate from a long sheathing base, 4 m.m. ; margin with 

 a few bold teeth, mostly at the apex ; cells oblong, in- 

 crassate, smooth, those at the base long, rectangular. 



Barren specimens only in collections. 



This from Hooker: — "Fruit stalk pale brown, ^-inch 

 long. Capsule ovoid, erect, brown, teeth short; lid more 

 than half as long as the capsule." 



Top of Mount Welilngton. 



DITRICHUM OLDFIELDII, Mitt. 



Stems 1-2 cm., forming light green mats. Leaves 

 tapering from a broad sheathing base, 4 m.m. apex den- 

 tate; cells long, rectangular. Seta 3-4 cm.; capsule nar- 

 row, fusiform, brown, slightly inclined, 2.5 m.m. ; lid 

 conic, half as long. 



Lower slopes of Mount Wellington. 



