Mosses common to Tasmania and Queensland

Last summer, in company with Mr. H. Tryon, Government Entomologist, I spent five weeks on Roberts Plateau, a spur from the Macpherson Range, on the borders of New South Wales and Queensland. A large amount of plant material was collected, principally phanerogams and lichens. When collecting lichens a few mosses were incidentaly collected, and, by the kindness of Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.R.S., were determined by Mr. Whitelegge, custodian of mosses and ferns at the Botanic Gai'dens, Sydney. Several of these mosses, collected at heights of 3,000-3,800 feet, proved new to Queensland.
On examining Mr. Rodway's lists, published in the proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, I find that two of the most common species on the plateau — Tracheloma planifolium, Bridel, and Hypnodenaron spininervium, Hook — are reported as part of the Tasmanian moss flora. It occurred to me that it would be well to place on record mosses common to the two States, giving Queensland localities. Many species may be rare in southern localities, though quite common here, and vice versa.
By the kind permission of Mr. C. White, Acting Government Botanist, I examined the mosses in the State herbarium, finding a number without localities, and others represented by New South Wales specimens only. Other localities were obtained from reports of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society, and from papers by Messrs. James Keys, J. Gwyther, and C. J. Wild.