92 TASMANIAN BEYOPHYTA, 



DITRICHUM FLAVIPES, CM. 



Stems 1-2 cm-, forming rather dense yellow-green 

 mats. Leaves with a short broad base and a subulate 

 lamina, 6 m.m. ; margin entire ; apex subtruncate and 

 obscurely dentate ; cells long, rectangular. Seta very slen- 

 der, pale yellow, 3-5 cm. ; capsule erect, oblique, fusiform, 

 pale brown, 3-4 m.m. ; lid conic, about one-third the length 

 of the capsule. 



On the ground. Foirestier's Peninsula. 



DITRICHUM AFFINE, CM. 



Stems about 1 cm., forming mats on rocks, bright 

 green. Leaves with a narrow sheathing base, gradually 

 tapering to a subulate lamina, 4 m.m. ; margin entire, eix- 

 cept at the tip, where there are a few irregular te^th ; cells 

 long, rectangular. Seta slender, 2-3 cm. ; capsule erect or 

 slightly inclined, narrow, fusiform, pale brown, 2.5 m.m. ; 

 lid slender, conic, nearly half as long as the capsule. 



Slopes of Mount Wellington. 



DITRICHUM SETOSUM, H.f. et W. 



Stems short, seldom exceeding 5 m.m. Leaves yellow, 

 filiform, tapering from a short sheathing basie, 2.5 m.m- ; 

 apex rather obtuse, subdentate ; cells rather opaque, linear, 

 smooth. Seta slender, yellow, 2 cm. ; capsule fusiform, 

 slightly oblique, 2 m.m. ; lid short, conic, abooit a quarter 

 as long as the capsule. 



Slopes of Mount Wellington. 



CYNODONTIUM, Schimp. 



Small, tufted, with short simple stems. Leaves linear ; 

 nerve broad, continuous, cells rectangular, without in- 

 flated alars. Seta erect or bent, medium lengt.h. Capsule 

 erect to pendulous, oblong, ribbed; lid rostrate, oblique; 

 calyptra cucullate; peristome teeth erect, stria.te, split low 

 down into two slender papillose legs. 



The genus closely resembles Campylopodium, but dif- 

 fers in leaf structure, and in the equal legs of the peristome 

 teeth. 



