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gusta basi obcordato, compressiusculo, sursum quinqui- 

 costato; foliis pericheetialibus rotundatis auriculis ob- 

 longis, intus laciniam subulatam ferentibus ; perigoniis 

 oblongis. 

 Hab. Swan River. Mr. James Drummond. 



Tufts in flattish cushions, very dark purple. Stems 3-4 

 lines long. Auricles of the leaves sometimes hypertrophied. 

 Stipules not wider than the stems. From F. dilatata, Nees, 

 the smooth calyx and from F. fragilifolia, Tayl. the oblong 

 perigonia keep the present very distinct, whilst the 5-ribbed 

 calyx separates it from our F. keviscypha. 

 7- F. laviscypha, Tayl.; caule exiguo, implexo, prostrato, 

 subpinnato ; foliis imbricatis, patentibus, margine recurvis, 

 integerrimis ; auriculis galeiformibus; stipulis minutis, 

 obovatis, bifidis, utrinque unidentatis ; calyce demum axil- 

 laris obcordato, leevi, tubifero. 

 Hab. On bark. n. 104. Columbus, Ohio. W. S. Sullivant. 

 n. 150. Cincinnati. Lea. Hook. Herb. 

 Patches 2-3 inches wide, dark brownish-olive. Stems ± an 

 lo ng. Leaves loosely imbricated, convex. Stipules not 

 wider than the stems. Perichsetial leaves roundish-egg- 

 shaped, entire, their auricle having interiorly a single subulate 

 s pine ; the stipular oblong, acute, bifid, subdentate. Calyx 

 plane above, with a single tumid keel below. From F./ra- 

 9difolia s Tayl., the present may be known by the perichaetial 

 leaves being entire ; whilst all the leaves are more minutely 

 and delicately cellulose. 



8 « F. macularis, Tayl .; caule implexo, repente, subpinnato; 

 foliis subimbricatis, patentibus, oblongis, obtusis, integerri- 

 mis; auriculis galeiformibus, decurvis; stipulis minutis, 

 ovatis, apice fissis, integerrimis ; calyce terminali oblongo- 

 obcordato, supra piano, leevi, subtus unicarinato, tubifero ; 

 foliis pericheetialibus oblongo-rotundatis, auriculis acutis, 

 stipulari bifido, segmentis acuminatis. 

 H ab. On bark. St. Vincent's. Rev. L. Guilding. 



Patches 1-2 inches wide, purplish-brown. Stems scarcely 

 3 lines long. Auricles of the leaves close to the stein, their 



