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MACROMITRIUM ASPERULUM, Mitt. 



Stems short to very long, with numerous short erect 

 branches, reddish yellow. Leaves crowded, straight, crecto- 

 patent, imbricate, closely twisted when dry, linear, obtuse, 

 apiculate, but some leaves on the same plant lanceolate- 

 acute, 1.5 ni.m. ; nerve canaliculate, vanishing below the 

 apex ; cells rotund, strongly incrassate, large for the genus, 

 coarsely papillate, those of the lower part of base linear, 

 smooth. Seta seldom exceeding 3 m.m- ; capsule narrow, 

 oblong, furrowed when dry, narrowing into the neck, 

 1 m.m. ; lid conic ; calyptra glabrous ; peristome, none. 



On wood, Mt. Wellington, Southport. 



MACROMITRIUM ARCHERI, Mitt. 



Creeping, with numerous short, erect, branches, red or 

 green. Leaves divaricate, twisted when dry, linear, obtuse, 

 with a short apiculus, rarely more acute, 1.5 m.m.; nerve 

 narrow, keeled, lost in the apex ; cells rotund, not strongly 

 incrassate, smaller than in M. asperulum, papillose to con- 

 vex, those at the lower base linear. Seta 1 cm- ; capsule 

 oblong, about 1 m.m., smooth, mouth constricted, plicate, 

 deep red ; lid half as long ; calyptra glabrous ; peristome, 

 none. 



Mt. Wellington, Mt. iselson, Kermandie River, 



MACROMITRIUM MICROSTOMUM, Schw. 



Stems short, crowded with short, erect branches, red- 

 dish-vellow\ Leaves erecto-patent, ovate-lanceolate, rather 

 obtuse-apiculate, or sometimes subacute, twisted when dry 

 1.5 m-m. ; nerve canaliculate, lost in the extreme apex; 

 cells rotund, not very small, papillose, linear towards the 

 base. Seta, 5 m.m. ; capsule pale red, broadly oblong, 

 smooth, 1.5 m.m., tapering below, mouth red, naiTow, 

 plicate; lid rostrate, half as long; calyptra glabrous; peri- 

 stome, none. 



Mt. Wellington, Tasman's Peninsula- 



MACROMITRIUM WEYIVIOUTHII, Broth. 



Stems shortly spreading, branches usually rather long, 

 erect, yellowish-green. Leaves crowded, patent, brittle, 



