BY DR. B. CARRINGTON AND W. II. TEARSOX. 1045 



22* Lepidozia centipes, Tayl. Syn. Hep., p. 201. 



Under shady rock ledges, Mossman's Bay, Deer., 1884 (5); 

 On wet clay in caverns and shady places, Gore Cove, 

 Sydney, July, 1885 (50); Blue Mts., Sept., 1885 (12). 



23* Lepidozia capillaris (Sw.) Prodr. Fl. Ind. occ, Lindenb., 

 Syn. Hep., p. 212. 

 North Willoughby, July, 1885 (57). 



24 Lepidozia gracillima, n. sp. 



Dioicous C?), caespitose forming entangled ascending tufts, flagelli- 

 ferous, slender, pale green. Fronds pinnate, linear, gracile, liliforra, 

 somewhat rigid, branches ap[)roximate divergent, alternate, short, 

 postical or lateral. Leaves distant, erecto-patent ; quadrate, qua.d- 

 rifid ; cells smallish to median size. Androecia on short lateral 

 or postical branches. 



Plants forming soft pale green tufts, stramineous beneath, flagel- 

 liferous, graceful ; fronds pinnate, pinn?e short, divergent, of nearly 

 equal length, so that the outline is linear. Stem about the thick- 

 ness of horse-hair (on cross-section 7 and 8 cells in diam., cortical 

 cells 12 much larger), flagella capillary at the base leafy, branches 

 short, alternate, lateral or postical ; rootlets confined to the under 

 stem. Leaves distant except on branches where they are more 

 appi'oximate, not much broader than the stem, obliquely patent, 

 cuneate, sub-qaadrate, palmate, quadrifid to about a third some- 

 times half the length, segments incurved, slightly divergent patent, 

 usually 4 cells long, 2 or 3 diam. at the base. Underleaves about 

 as broad as the stem, quadrate, quadrifid to about a third, seg- 

 ments equal ; cells sub-quadrate, translucent, smallish to medium, 

 sized, with thin walls, no trigones. Inflorescence dioicous. 

 Involucra wanting. ^ Amentula on short lateral or postical 

 branches consisting of 6 to 15 pairs of perigonial leaves, imbri- 

 cated, ventricose, ovate, bifid, antheridia oval. 



Measurements. — Stems 1 to 2 inches long, with branches 5* mm. 

 wide, •175 mm. to •2 mm. diam.; leaves -3 mm. long x •S mm. 

 broad, seg. -1 mm., 25 x -275, seg. •I, -25 x ^25, seg. -1 ; cells •OS 



