94 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



ANTSOTHECIUM CRISPUM (Schreb.), Lindb. 



Stems slender, erect, simple, in dense clustei-s, 2-3 cm., 

 pale green. Leaves squa,rrose, base broad, short, abiniptily 

 linear above, '2-5-3 m.m. ; margin revolute, entire, or irregu- 

 lar when dry from collapse of the delicate cells ; nerve van- 

 ishing above the middle ; cells rather large, rectangular, be- 

 comino- longer towards the base. Seta slender, dark; cap- 

 sule inclined, oblong, without an annulus, 1.5 m.m. ; lid 

 large, conic, or obliquely rostrate; peristome short, dark. 



Slopes of Mount Wellington. 



ANISOTHECIUM FEREUGINIUM, Mitt. 



Syn : Dicranum ferruginium, Mitt. 



Stems dark red-brown, 1-3 cm., erect in dense dark 

 cushions. Leaves patent, base not very broad, gradually 

 narrowing into a subulate lamina, 2 m.m., concave; nerve 

 thin, vanishing above the middle ; cells large, quadrate 

 above, rectangular below. Seta slender, 5 m.m. ; capsule 

 broadly oblong, dark, erect, or slightly inclined, 0.5 m.m. ; 

 lid boldly rostrate, rather longer; peristome teeth short, 

 broad, erect, red, not split. 



Mount Wellington summit, Ben Lomond. 



DISTICHIUM, Br., Schimp. 



Slender, erect, dichotomously branched. Leaves disti- 

 chous, base short and broad, subulate above ; cells narrow, 

 rectangular, rather broader towards the base. Capsule 

 erect or cernuous, glossy, ovate or nearly cylindric; lid 

 conic : calyutra cucullate ; peristome teeth divided to the 

 base or somewhat attached by a membrane which becomes 

 torn or perforated. 



DISTICHIUM CAPILLACEUM (Sw.), Br. 



Syn : Swartzia montana, Lindb. 



Pulvinate, the stems erect, 3-6 cm., silky, dark green, 

 slender. Leaves distichous, the base erect, concave, and 

 closely clasping the stem, above subulate and patent or 

 squai^rose, 3 m.m., densely irregularly papillose ; margin 



