1036 HEPATIC^ COLLECTED BY MR. T. WHITBLEGGE IN N. S. WALES, 



revolute. Stylus minute, subulate. Underleaves approximate,' 

 nearly plane, broadly rotund or roundish, amplexicaul, emarginate, 

 sinus obtuse, shallow (l-5tli deep), segments sub-acute, margin 

 entire (not reflexed), umbonate near the base (4 times broader 

 than the stem). 



Inflorescence dioicous. Involucre terminal or seated on short 

 crowded branches near the apex of the stem. Bracts ovate or 

 cultrate, acute, upper margin entire, lower sub-dentate, lobule 

 reflexed, evolute, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, dentato-ciliate. 

 Bracteole sub-oblong-quadrate or Ungulate, bifid to l-3rd, seg- 

 ments acute, margin distantly dentate-laciniate, sub-bracteole 

 oblong-oval, bifid, distantly dentate. Perianth projecting, obovate, 

 truncate, trigonous, the third angle postical, antical side convex, 

 smooth with thin margins. 



Androecia lateral forming long linear catkins, bracts much 

 smaller, lyriform, cucullate, compressed, apex with one or two 

 small teeth, antheridia oval, in pairs. 



Measurements — Plants 1| to 2 inches long, with leaves 2* mm. 

 to 2-5 mm. broad, leaves 1-75 mm. long x 1-25 mm. broad, 175 

 mm. X 1- mm., 1-5 mm. x 1-25 mm. ; cells -02 mm. x -03 mm., -025 

 mm., -02 mm.; lobule 1 • mm. long x -6 mm. broad, 1- mm. x -5 mm.; 

 stylus -25 mm. long x -075 mm. bi^oad at the base; underleaves 

 1 • mm. high x 1 -25 mm. broad, 1 • mm. x 1 • mm., -75 mm. x -75 mm. ; 

 sinus -2 mm. deep; bract 1-75 mm. long x 1- mm. broad ; lobule 

 of bract 1 -25 mm. long x -75 mm. broad at the base ; bracteole 

 1-5 mm. long X -75 mm. broad; .segments -5 mm. long; perianth 

 2-75 mm. long X 1-25 mm. broad; ^ amenta 3- to 4- mm. lonor, 

 •75 mm. broad; perigonial leaves -6 mm. long x -5 mm. broad, 

 •5 mm. X -4 mm. ; anthei-idia "175 mm. x -15 mm. 



Ohs. — This species diflfers from F. falciloba in the more delicate 

 texture, larger, broader lobules, rounder underleaves which are not 

 reflexed at the margin, the more acute bract, with dentate, ciliate 

 lobule, bracteole laciniate-ciliate, perianth more acutely angled, 

 androecia long not sub-globose. 



