BY L. RODWA^. 195 



1913. 



FhilonotLS fertiUs Mitt. 



Stems very slender, suberect, numerous in dense masses, 

 4-8 cm., usually with a fascicle of branches at the apex. 

 Leaves patent, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a slender apex, 

 3 mm. ; nerve bold, continuous ; margin slightly thickened, 

 boldly serrate, surface obscurely papillate; cells broadly 

 linear. Rest not seen. Growing in very damp places and 

 pvobal)!y only a form of Fh. tenuis Tavl. 



Ben Lomond, Recherche. 



Fh'donotis ri(/evs Broth. 



Stems numerous, erect, simple, or with terminal fascicles 

 of branches, covered below with dark brown radicles. 

 Leaves erecto-patent, closely overlapping, of rather firm 

 texture, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a rather slender apex, 

 2 mm. ; nerve bold, continuous, margin and nerve sharply 

 serrate, surface papillate, cells rectangular, shorter towards 

 the base. 



In appearance reseniVtling Breutelia affinis, but the cell 

 structure quite distinct from that of a Breutelia. 



Near Sorell- 



Breutelia Schimp. 

 Robust and coarse, branches long, spreading, copiously 

 covered with purple or brown radicles. Leaves squarrose, 

 lanceolate from a broad base, tapering to an acute apex, 

 usually with three or four deep plaits on each side ; nerve 

 excurrent ; cells narrow oblong to linear above, long linear 

 below, with a band of quadrate cells at the basal margin 

 sometimes not well developed. Capsule pendulous, ovate or 

 oblong, sulcate when dry : mouth constricted ; peristome as 

 in Bartramia. Antheridia numerous in a broad terminal 

 disk surrounded by an involucre of larger leaves. 

 Medium sized. Leaves with obscure or no plaits. 

 Band of marginal quadrate cells distinct. 



Leaves imbricate when dry nffinis 



Leaves not imbricate comniutata 



Band of few broader cells or none. 



Uppt^r cells short ... pendula 



L^pper cells liiif^ar Sicberi 



Robust. Leaves with deep longitudinal plaits. 



Base of leaf contracted divaricafa 



Base of leaf geniculate sheathing. 



Border of obloTig colourless cells , comosa 

 Border of quadrate brown cells ... crassa 



