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6. T. australe, Mitten. Stems I to 4in. high. Leaves 

 lurid yellow green, lower half sheathing, linear- 

 oblong, upper setaceous, subulate, denticulate ; peri- 

 chsetial elongate, convolute. Fruitstalk pale brown, |in. 

 long. Capsule ovoid, erect, brown, teeth short ; lid more 

 than half as long as the capsule. Lophiodon longifolius 

 and Bidymodon longifolius, var. 3 Fl. Antarctica. 

 Trichostomum longifolium and Distichium capillacewm, 

 HI. N.Z. Hook. Handbook Fl N.Z. Key, No. 32. 

 At the base of Mt. Wellington. 



17. DIDYMODON, Bruce; asd Schimpee. 



Twin tooth. Notwithstanding the name, the teeth are not 

 obviously united by a basilar membrane. Wils. Bryol. Brit. 

 Key, JSTo. 30. Growing on the ground and on rocks. 



1. D. papillatus, Hook f. and Wils. Stems lin. long, 

 rigid, slightly branched ; branches filiform, erect. 

 Leaves yellowish, three-farious, spreading, recurved, 

 erect when dry, and sub-secund, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, keeled, entire, papillose both sides, nerved. 

 Fruitstalk i-fin long. Capsule erect, nirrow oblong, 

 pale, contracted at the mouth, teeth irregular, lid 

 conical, subulate. Zygodon tristichom, C. Muell. 

 Zygodon Preissianus, Hampe. Leptodontium papil- 

 latum. Mitt. Cat. On the ground around Hobart, 

 the Hummocks. 



18. DISTICHIUM, Be. and Schimpee. 



In allusion to the distichous or tristichous leaves. Key, 

 No. 21. At the roots of trees, on old logs. 



1. D. capillaceum, Be. and Sen. Stems forming dense 

 and wide-spreading tufts, 1 to 4in. high. Leaves 

 setaceous from a lanceolate sheathing base, quite 

 entire. Capsule erect, ovoid oblong or sub-cylindric ; 

 teeth narrow, with distant articulation, irregularly 

 two-cleft. Wils. Bry. Brit. On the slopes of Mt. 

 Wellington. 



19. CEBATODON, Beidel. 



Horn-tooth ; the teeth of the peristome have some 

 resemblance to ram's horns. Key, No. 34. Abundant. 



