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short obtuse nodules. Seta slender, 1.5 cm.; capsule nar- 

 row, oblong, or cylindric, with rather prominent ribs when 

 dry, tapering below, 2 m.m. ; lid nearly as long; calyptra 

 narrow, brown ; peristome of 8 irregular cilia. 



Sometimes considered not distinct from the last. 



On wood, Mount Wellington. 



ZYGODON BROWNII, Schw. 



Stems green or yellowish, decumbent, 1.5 cm. Leaves 

 patent, ovate-lanceolate, acute, undulate, concave, 2 m.m. ; 

 margin often with a few spinous teeth above ; nerve strong, 

 vanishing just below the apex; cells rotund, strongly in- 

 crassate, with very short, obtuse nodules. Seta from below 

 the new shoots, about 1 cm. ; capsule oblong, cylindric, very- 

 tapering below, obscurely ribbed, 1.4 m.m. ; lid half the 

 length of capsule. Exostome a short membrane, seldom 

 bearing irregular te«th ; endostone of 8 erect irregular 

 cilia. 



Very common on rocks and bark. 



ZYGODON OBTUSIFOLIUS, Hook. 



Stems slender, with few irregular branches, in dense 

 clusters, seldom 1 c-m. long. Leaves erect, imbricate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, concave, obtuse, 0.5 m.m. ; margin plain ; nerve 

 broad, vanishing below the apex ; cells small, rotund, coarsely 

 nodulose, papillate, lower ones smooth, rectangular, interme- 

 diate ones quadrate, and ascending some distance within the 

 margin. Seta 6 m.m. ; capsule oblong, deeplv furrowed 

 when dry, dark red, 1.1 m.m. ; lid shorter than the capsule; 

 calyptra short, dark ; peristome double, the exostome of 8 

 recurved, short, broad, geminate teeth; endostome of 8-16 

 incurved cilia. 



On wood, Macquarie Harbour. 



ZYGODON MENZIESII, Mitt. 



Syn : Z. Dnimmondi, Tayl. 



Condonblepharum Menziesii, Schw. 



Densely tufted, stems short, 5-8 m.m. Leaves erecto- 

 patent, imbricate, oblong, shortly apiculate, 1-1.5 m.m.; 

 margin revolute in the middle, otherwise plain ; nerve bold^ 



