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4. G. basaltica, Mitten. Small hoary tufts. Leaves 



spreading, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate with a hyaline 

 hair point, keeled by the percurrent nerve, perichoetial 

 with a much longer hair point. Pruitstalk curved. 

 Capsule ovoid-globose, plicate when dry. Teeth red, 

 perforated, sub-entire, reflexed when dry, lid short, 

 conic-acuminate. Inflorescence monoicous. Hook., 

 Handbook JST.Z. PI. Mount Rumney, on rocks. 



5. G, funalis, Be. and Schimp. Grimmia SchuMzii, 



Beidel. Stems tufted ; leaves crowded, lanceolate, 

 sub-secund, gradually tapering into a long rough 

 diaphanous point, their margins recurved. Pruitstalk 

 curved, shorter than the perichsetium. Capsule 

 shortly elliptic or obovate, furrowed, annulus very 

 large, teeth of the peristome long, deeply bifid. Wils. 

 Bry. Brit. 



G. Orthogrimmia, Capsule on straight pedicel. 



6. G. leucophcea, Geeville. Stems rather short, tufted ; 



leaves spreading, erect, imbricated when dry, ovate- 

 oblong, concave, with long hair points, margin plane ; 

 capsule exserted, erect, elliptical or oblong ; lid short, 

 eonico-rostellate ; annulus large, dehiscent, teeth bifid, 

 perforated. Wils. Bry. Brit. On moist rocks, near 

 Hobart. 



24. PTYCHOMITEIUM, Beuch and Schimpee. 



Name from tttv X v, a plait, and unpiov, calyptra, in allusion 

 to the furrowed calyptra, Key, Wo. 17. On rocks in 

 mountainous places. 



A. Leaves entire. 



1- P. acutifolium, Hook. /. and Wils. Low, thick 

 branched. Leaves dense, open, incurved, when dry 

 twisted, lanceolate-subulate, acute, solid nerve, 

 areolation pellucid at the base. Capsule large, erect, 

 oval, ringed. Teeth short, partly divided, connected 

 by a basilar membrane. On banks and trap rocks 

 near the Derwent. 



B. Leaves serrate. 



2' P seiratum, Mitten ; Glyphomitrium Mittenii, Jaegee. 

 Leaves open, recurved, ovate at the base, gradually 

 acuminate, serrate. Capsule oval, cylindrical ; lid 

 subulate, nearly as long as the capsule ; teeth rather 

 long, red, uneven, deeply divided, approximating in 

 pairs. Key, No. 17. On rocks, Cataract, Launceston ; 

 rocks, Proctor's Boad, near Hobart. 



