194 TAS-MA^'IAN BRYOPHYTA, 



R.S. TAS.. 



oiobosc, pcncliiloiis. smooth, 1.5 mm., mouth small, lid 

 minute- 



Common in wet open situations. 

 Var. : WeijDtoii.flii. Capsule erect, nodulose ; mouth broader. 



Port Cygnet, Gordon, Margate. 



Philonotis Bride!. 



Suberect or decumbent, vaguely branched, spreading, 

 branching oiten dichotomous. Leaves squarrose lanceolate^ 

 acute; nerve bold continuous to shortly excurrent; cells 

 rectangular, rarely quadrate, those of the base not con- 

 spicuously shorter. Capsule globose or oblong, inclined 

 or pendulous, striate; peiistome as in Barfranila. Auther- 

 idia numerous, forming a relatively broad disk siirrounded 

 by an involucre of large leaves. 



Distinguished from BrenfeUa by less robust habit and the 

 different leaf structure. 

 Stems slender ; leaves remote. 



Leaves prominently papillose scahrifoli<i 



Leaves serrate tenuw 



Stems long, sim])le and slender fert'dis 



Stems rol)ust, leaves imbricate rujens 



FJi 'do notify scabrifolia H.f. et W. 

 Syn. : Ph. remotifolia H.f. et VV. 



Slender, pale sage-green, the branches usually fascicled 

 at the ends of the stems. Leaves patent, not crowded, 

 ovatedanceolate, tapering to an acute point, 0-8 mm. ; mar- 

 gin, nerve, and surface strongly scabrid; nerve shortly ex- 

 current, cells quadrate-rotund. Sleta 2-3 cm.; capsule in- 

 clined ovate-globose, sulcatte, 2-2.5 mm., mouth broad; 

 exostome teeth lanceolate; endostome processes slender 

 from a basal membrane. 



Colebrook, Mt. Nelson, near Lannccston, Western Tiers^ 

 etc. 



PhUonofis tenuis Tavl. 



Stems slender, simple or with fascicled branches, usually 

 2-3 cm. Leaves erect o-pa tent, not crowded, lanceolate, 

 tapering to a very slender point, 3 mm., margin and nei-ve 

 serrate ; nerve rotund, excurrent in a long point ; cells 

 linear-rectangular, transparent. Seta 3-4 cm. ; capsule 

 globose!, inclined 2.5 mm., striate. Exostome teeth lanceo- 

 late, rather short; endostome with a membranous base and 

 short, irregular processes. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington, Mt. Nelson, Mt. Roland, etc- 



