56 The Cryptogamia of the Australian Alps. 



but found by the writer on the Went worth River 

 sources, near main Dividing Range ; Silurian forma- 

 tion at 3600 feet. 



1. Enthostodon laxus (J. Hook, et Wils ). — On the southern 



slopes of the great Dividing Range ; not common. 



2. Enthostodon minuticaulis (C. M.). — Found near Omeo, 



on the mica-schists and alluvium, by Mr. Sullivan 

 during January, 1884. 



3. Enthostodon apophysatus (Tayl.). — On the edge of the 



Omeo Plains, near Lake Omeo ; 3000 feet elevation. 



1. Funaria hygrometrica (Linne), — Common at the sites 



of burnt eucalyptus logs and on clayey soils near 

 Omeo. 



2. Funaria pulchriclens (CM.). — In similar localities with 



F. hygrometrica. 



<■ 6. Bartramieas. 



1. Bartramia Hampei (Mitten). — On the shaded banks of 

 the Livingstone Creek (2000 feet) and near the sum- 

 mits of Mount Kosciusko ; metamorphic and granitic 

 areas. 



1. Philonitis appressa (J. Hook.). — On the Dividing Range, 



near Omeo ; 4000 feet elevation. 



2. Philonitis fertelis (Mitt). — On the sources of the 



Mitta Mitta, ascending to Mount Hotham at 6000 

 feet elevation. 



1. Brutelia affmis (Hook.). — On the granitic bosses of 



Mount Hope, between the Mitta Mitta and Hume 

 Rivers, and also on the Buffalo Ranges, in the Ovens 

 valley. 



2. Brutelia commutata (Hampe). — Very abundant on the 



metamorphic schists in the Livingstone Creek 

 valley, where it forms thick coatings in shaded side- 

 lings ; ascends to 5000 feet 



3. Conostomum curvirostre (Mitt.). — Baron von Mueller- 



records this moss from the Mienyang Mountains, but 

 it is common on Mount Sisters, near Omeo Plains, on 

 granitic and quartz-porphyry areas; 3000 to 4000 

 feet. 

 1. Meesia Muelleri (C. Muel). — On the porphyritic rocks 

 at Mount Cobboras, and also on the summits of 

 Mount Kosciusko ; the latter habitat discovered by 

 Mr. Sullivan. 



