Musci, by W. Wilson.) FLORA OF TASMANIA. * n 
subsimplici, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis patentibus subrecurvis siccitate erispis tortilibus carinatis mar- 
gine subreflexis nervo rubello percursis, capsula ovato-cylindracea, operculo brevi-rostrato. 
Var. foliis laxioribus. (Oldfield. 
Has. Hobarton, on the ground, Lyall; west side of Cataract, Launceston, Archer. 
Distris. New Zealand, Australia. 
5. Tortula calycina (Schwegr. Suppl. t. 119); caule brevissimo subramoso, foliis lanceolatis sub- 
undulatis margine planis crassinerviis, pericheetialibus elongatis vaginantibus, seta longissima, capsula ellip- 
tico-oblonga suberecta, operculo longissimo subulato.—T. flexuosa, var.?, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 125. 
Var. foliis longioribus acutioribus attenuatis. (Gunn.) 
Has. Hobarton; on stones and at the foot of trees, dry hills: Brown's River, etc., Lyall. (Oldfield, 
331, 132.) (Gunn, 1620, 1587.) Port Sorrell, Archer. 
DisrRis. New Zealand, Australia, East Indies. 
6. Tortula pungens (Hook. fil. et Wils.); dioica, caule longiusculo subramoso rigidulo, foliis 
erecto-patentibus subrecurvis siccitate crispato-tortis lanceolato-ligulatis margine revolutis dorso papillatis 
nervo valido concolore in mucronem levem breviusculum excurrente, perichetialibus longioribus erectis 
lanceolatis membranaceis subvaginantibus, capsula cylindrica curvula.—T. luteola, Mitten, in Kew Miscel. 
1857, p. 258! T. Tasmanica, Hampe, in Linnea? (Tas. CLXXII. Fig. 7.) 
Has. Common on rocks: Grass Tree Hill, etc., J. D. H., Gunn; on a high hill called the Drome- 
dary, Johnny's Creek. (Oldfield, 59, 317, 115.) Cheshunt, Archer. 
DistriB. Australia. : 
Nearly allied to 7. pilifera (Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 12).—Leaves wider, not piliferous, less dilated below, more 
erisped when dry. Perichetial leaves less sheathing. Seta longer (1 inch), reddish below, yellowish above: 
flexuose.—PLATE CLXXII. Fig. 7; 1, leaf; 2, capsule; 3, calyptra :—all magnified. 
7. Tortula Antarctica (Barbula, Hampe, C. Mueller, Syn. Muse. i. 638); synoica, laxe cespitosa, 
caule inferne radiculoso subgracili longiusculo, foliis erecto-patentibus subrecurvis siccitate laxe tortis lan- 
ceolato-ligulatis obtusis canaliculato-carinatis nervo crasso rubente in aristam hyalinam spinulosam producto 
margine revolutis basi pellucide reticulatis superne dense minute areolatis chlorophyllosis tenuissime papil- 
losis, capsula in pedicello stricto rubenti-stramineo erecta. —T. Muelleri, F/. Antarct. p. 103; Fl. N. Zeal. 
p. 11. Syntrichia princeps, De Not. ex parte Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. (Tas. CLXXIL Fig. 8.) 
Has. Hobarton, J. D. H.; Port Sorrell, Archer. 
Distris. Falkland Islands, New Zealand. 
Leaves fawn-coloured, more lax and more twisted when dry than in T. Muelleri (Br. et Sch.), to which it is 
more nearly allied than to 7. levipila (Schwegr.), which has spathulate leaves —PLATE CLXXIT. Fig. 8; 1, leaf; 
2, capsule; 3, calyptra :—all magnified. 
8. Tortula cuspidata (Hook. fil. et Wils.); synoica, caule longiusculo crassiusculo subramoso, 
foliis confertis erecto-patentibus subrecurvis siccitate incurvis ligulatis obtusis margine revolutis nervo 
crasso rubente in mucronem longiusculum lævem producto basi pellucide reticulatis superne minutissime 
densius areolatis papillosis, capsula in pedicello rubello torto erecta.—Syntrichia princeps, De Not. ex parte 
Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. (Tas. CLXXII. Fig. 9.) 
Haz. Moist earth, in woods, on Mount Wellington, Oldfield ; Kangaroo Bottom, J. D. H. ; Cheshunt, 
Archer. 
Disrgis. New Zealand. 
