118 TASMANIA^ BEYOPHYTA, 



ovate-lanceolate, sub-obtuse, apiculate 1 m.m. ; not much 

 twisted when drv ; nerve bold dark yellow, continuous or 

 lost in the apex ; cells rotund, not very small, coarsely 

 papillose, linear at the base. Seta usually exceeding 

 1 cm.; capsule narrow, oblong, red, smooth, 1.5-2 m-m., 

 narrowing below and at the mouth; lid half as long; 

 calyptra glabrous ; peristome, none. 



Very close to M. microstomum. 



Near Strahan. Zeehap.. 



MACROMITRIUM PUSILLUM, Mitt. 



Stems short, branches crowded, very short, erect, dark, 

 nearly black, except the apex. Leaves patent, linear lan- 

 ceolate, constricted above a broad base, concave, rather 

 acute, 1.2 m.m., twisting when dry, smooth, or nearly so; 

 nerve rather flat below, furrowed above, lost in the apex; 

 cells rotund, incrassate, broadly rectangular below. Seta, 

 3-5 m.m.; capsule, 1-2 ixL.m., oblong, naiTow below, furrow- 

 ed; lid. rostrate; calyptra glabrous; peristome, none. 



Near Latmceston, Circular Head. 



MACROMITRIUM TASMANICUM, Broth. 



Stems long, widely spreading, branches short, numer- 

 ous, erect, livid green. Leave® patent, imbricate, ovate, 

 acute, 1.7 m.m., nearly smooth; nerve not very strong, 

 vanishing below the apex; cells small, rottmd, incrassate, 

 with small, simple papillae, cells of the lower third of the 

 leaf narrow linear. Seta 1 cm. ; capsule red, smooth, 

 broadly oblong 1 m.m., mouth narrow, plicate; lid with a 

 slender rostrum as long as the capsule; calyptra glabrous; 

 peristome, none. 



Mt. Wellington, Circular Head. 



MACROMITRIUM LONGIROSTRE, Schw. 



Stems long and spreading, branches rather robust, 

 erect, 1-2 cm. Leaves erecto-patent, crowded, imbricate, 

 not twisting when dry, nearly smooth, lanceolate, very 

 acute, 2 m.m. ; nerve narrow, keeled, lost below the apex; 

 cells very small, strongly incrassate, quadrate-rotund, con- 

 vex, becoming linear at the base. Seta. 1 cm., dark; cap- 



