BY L. RODWAY. 203 



1913. 



sule pyriform, neck short. 1 mm., daik red ; peristome of 

 short dark teeth. 



Blackmail's Bay, Kingston, etc. 



Fimaria cuspidata H.f. et AV. 



Stem very short. Leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 1 mm. : nerve red, bold, excurrent in an acute point ; 

 capsule clavate-pyriform, tapering into a short neck, 1 

 mm. ; peristome teeth short, incurved, with a broad base 

 and slender point. 



Continuous with F. gracih^ 



Carlton. 



Fnvana glahra Tavl. 



Small, about 3 mm., simple. Leaves clustered, imbri- 

 cate when dry, readily I'estoring, broadly ovate-spathulate. 

 apiculate, 1.5 mm.; margin subserrulate. the marginal 

 cells rectangular, incrassate; nerve slender, vanishing 

 below the apex. Seta 1 cm. ; capsule broadly p^^riform, 

 inclined, bent, unequal, 2 mm. ; neck short, mouth broad ; 

 exostome teeth lanceolate with slender tips twisted when 

 young, erect when old, only slightly barred ; endosto-me 

 processes similar and nearly as long, adhering to the exos- 

 tome below. 



Very common. 



Funarla crispuhi H.f. et W. 



Small, erect, 2.3 mm. Leaves in a terminal cluster of 

 rather more delicate toxture than in F. (jlaJira, crisping 

 when dry and not readily restoring, obovate-spathulate, 

 apiculate, 2 mm., margin serrulate with one row of rec- 

 tangular incrassate cells; nerve slender, red, vanishing in 

 the upiDer portion. Seta slender, 1 cm. ; capsule pyriform. 

 inclined, bent, pale, I mm., mouth rather broad; peristome 

 as in F. glahra, from which it differs only in textur© of 

 leaves, and that is due probably to growing in intense 

 shade. The recorded difference in capsule and peristome 

 not consistent. 



Huon, Meander River, etc. 



Funaria, tasmanira H|)e. 



Short and simple, seldcin exceeding 5 mm. Leaves in 

 a terminal tuft, broadly ovate-spathulate, apiculate, 2-3 

 mm., margin regularly serrulate, the marginal cells not 

 elongated nor incrassate ; nerve slender, vanishing in the 

 upper third. Seta slender, 2 cm., straight or nearly so, 

 capsule inclined, linear-pyi-iform, slightly oblique, smooth, 

 3 mm. ; mouth rather constricted, ring not developed, neck 



