176 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Musci, by W. Wilson. 
Leaves more crowded than in 7. Antarctica, wider above; areolation less opague; colour green, tinged with 
red.—Closely allied to T. Muelleri. Leaves narrower, less appressed when dry.—PrATE CLXXII. Fig. 9; 1, leaf; 
2, capsule; 3, ditto, with operculum removed ; 4, calyptra :—all magnified. 
9. Tortula rubella (Hook. fil. et Wils.); monoica, caule breviusculo parce ramoso, foliis confertis 
erecto-patentibus subrecurvis siccitate conduplicato-incurvis oblongis subspathulatis obtusiusculis margine 
superne planis inferne revolutis, nervo rubro crasso in pilo hyalino scabriusculo excurrente, seta longiuscula 
gracili, capsula subcylindrica leptoderma, peristomii tubo basilari longiusculo.— Syntrichia princeps, ez 
parte Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. (Tas. CLXXII. Fig. 10.) 
Has. On banks, rare: Glen Leith, J. D. H., Gunn; Port Sorrell, Archer. 
Distris. New Zealand. (Knight, 87.) 
Closely allied to T. Jevipila (Schweegr.).—Habit more slender. Antheridia naked, axillary. Leaves narrower, 
more erect, scarcely recurved; areole smaller, dense and opaque. Seta more slender, red, nearly 1 inch long. 
Peristome tubular halfway.—Omitted in the New Zealand Flora.—PrATE CLXXII. Fig. 10; 1, leaf; 2, apex; and 
3, section of ditto; 4, capsule and calyptra; 5, ditto, with calyptra removed :—all magnified. 
10. Tortula papillosa (Wils.) ; “ dioica, ceespitulosa, foliis obovatis valde concavis patentibus sic- 
citate marginibus involutis papillosis, nervo superne granulifero in mucronem vel pilum excurrente, theca 
operculo tertio breviore, in pedunculo breviusculo crassiusculo cylindrica peristomii parte tertia inferiore 
tubulosa.”—Mitten, in lit. Tortula papillosa, Wils. ; Spruce, in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1845; Wils. Bryol. 
Brit. p. 135. 
Has. On trees, Gunn. 
Disrris. Probably throughout the temperate parts of the world, Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, 
Britain, and Canada. 
“This small species is readily distinguished by the green granules on the surface of the nerve in the upper 
portion of the leaf, and when dry by the involution of the margins."— Mitten, in lit. 
ll. Tortula mnioides? (Schwegr.); foliis laxe imbricatis patulis siccitate crispis undulatis ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis pellucido-marginatis.—Schwegr. Suppl. t. 910; Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 
Haz. On logs, in copses: Cheshunt, Archer ; Mount Wellington, Mossman. 
Distri. New Zealand, and, if identical with Schweegrichen’s Moss, which it appears to be, South 
America. 
Gen. XVI. TRICHOSTOMUM, Hedw., Brid. (ex parte). 
Peristomium simplex; dentes 32, plus minus perfecti, per paria approximati, filiformes, tetragoni, gra- 
nulosi, crebre articulati, intorti. Capsula oblonga, erecta. Calyptra cucullata.—Florescentia monoica vel 
dioica, fl. masc. gemmaformis. : 
1. Trichostomum elongatum (Hook. fil. et Wils.) ; monoicum, caule longiusculo rigidulo simplici, 
foliis laxis erecto-patentibus subsecundis parum flexuosis rigidulis e basi elliptica majuscula amplexicaule 
membranacea pellucida longissime subulato-setaceis solidinerviis canaliculatis granuloso-serrulatis, seta elon- 
gata, capsula elongata cylindrica erecta, operculo conico-subulato, (Tas. CLXXIII. Fig. 1.) 
Has. Moist clayey soil: Mount Wellington, Grass Tree Hill, hills about Hobarton, J. D. H., Fraser ; 
Cheshunt, Archer. 
Disrris. New Zealand. 
Allied to T. longifolium (Brid.), distinguished by the pellucid margin of the large, sheathing, elliptical base of 
the leaf. —Seta 1 inch long, reddish. Capsule pale-brown long, cylindrical. Annulus large. Operculum half as 
