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9. T. calycina, ScirwiEGB. Very short stem, slightly 

 branched. Leaves yellow green, lanceolate, sub-undu- 

 late, margin flat, nerve thick, perichsetial long, 

 sheathing. Fruitstalk | to Ifin. long, red, yellow 

 above. Capsule small, elliptic-oblong sub-erect ; 

 lid with a long, slender, subulate beak. Hobart, on 

 stones and at the foot of trees. 



10. T. pungens, Hook./, and Wils. Stems rather long,. 



slightly branched. Leaves curled and twisted when 

 dry, lanceolate-ligulate, margin revolute, papillose 

 at the back, nerve strong, ending in smooth short 

 point ; perichsetial leaves longer. Capsule cylindric, 

 curved. T. luteola, Mitten; T. Tasmanica, Hampe. 

 Common on rocks, Grasstree Hill. 



11. T. recuruata, Hook. Stems short. Leaves erect, 



ligulate-lanceolate, slightly concave, margin revolute, 

 nerve thick, excurrent ; seta long ; capsule oblong, 

 nearly erect; lid conico-subulate. Nearly allied to 

 Desmatodon nervosus, twice as tall, and more slender 

 habit. On wet ground, Mt. Dromedary. 



12. T. scabrifolium, Mitt. The leaves furnished with a 



thick purple nerve with hyaline ciliiform papillae, 

 rough, shortly apiculate. Capsule erect on short red 

 ffexuose fruitstalk, narrow, cylindric, oblong, peristome 

 a basilar membrane, rather long, tesselated. Mitt. 

 Sth. Amer. Mosses. 



13. T. atrouirens, Sm. Eng. Bot. t. 2015. Stems short. 



Upper part of leaves open, incurved, oblong, acute, 

 canaliculate, nerve thick, shortlv excurrent, margin 

 reflexed. Capsule on yellowish fruitstalk, oval or 

 cylindrical, erect ; lid conical, oblique. Teeth unequal, 

 papillose, forming a short membrane at the base. 

 Mitten's Sth. American Mosses. Kangaroo Point. 

 C. Calyptra, mitriform. 



14. T. minoicles, Schw^ege. Leaves yellowish, crisped, of 



firm texture, spreading, loosely imbricate, undulate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; margins pellucid, often 

 gemmiparous at the apex. On logs, in copses, Mt. 

 Wellington. 



15. T. Latrobeana, C. Muell. Description not available. 



16. TRICHOSTOMTTM, Bbidel. 



Hairy mouth, in allusion to the 32 filiferous teeth of the 

 peristome. Key, No. 32. Hilly districts. 



