BY L. KUDVVAV. 231 



1913. 



•obtuse papillae ; nerve slender, faint, lost above the 

 iniddle ; ceils oblong, rather longer towards the base ; sur- 

 face of the middle of the leaf covered with very minute 

 nodules. 



East Tamar, Goulds Country. 



Dendrocryphaea Par. et Schiuip. 



Suberect, simple, or with few. very short, barren 

 -branches. Leaves oblong or ovate, plurifarious, patent, im- 

 bricate, subacute ; nerve lost below the apex, cells rather 

 small, rhomboid, incrassate, becoming longer towards the 

 base. Perichaetials long, acute. Fertile branches usually 

 numerous, short, lateral ; capsule sessile, immersed in the 

 perichaetials, oblong with a narrow base, wide mouth and 

 thick ring; calyptra small, mitriform ; lid conic; peris- 

 tome double, exostome teeth erect, narrow lanceolate sub- 

 obtuse, smooth, articulations distant ; endostome mem- 

 brane very short, processes filiform exceeding the exostome. 



Dendrorriiphnea tasiiianica (Mitt). 

 Syn : Cryphaea tasmanica Mitt. 

 Growing in masses on occasionally submerged rocks in 

 streams Stems suberect, 3-8 cm., lateral branches very 

 short. Leaves very broadly ovate from a rather narrow 

 base, margin subserrulate ; apex subacute, imbricate 2 

 rfim. ; perchaetials 3-4 mm., linear, acute. Capsule dark 

 red 0.7 mm. 



Upper reaches of the Meander. 



Cryphaea Mobr. 



Suberect, slender, with many simple, lateral branches. 

 X»eaves ovate from a narrow base, apex slender acuminate, 

 nerve slender, lost above the middle ; cells small rhomboid. 

 Perichaetials long and slender. Fertile branches lateral, 

 very short ; capsule sessile immersed in the perichaetium, 

 •narrow oblong ; calyptra short mitriform ; lid erect, conic ; 

 peristome double, exostome teeth slender papillose, endo- 

 stome membrane very short, processes filiform papillose, 

 -shorter than the exostome, cilia none. 



Cryphaea parvula Mitt. 

 Stem very slender 2-3 cm., branches many. Leaves ovate 

 with a very acute apex, 1.2 mm.; margin plain; nerve 

 narrow, lost in the attenuated apex. Perichaetials slender 

 3 mm. ; capsule broadly cylindric 2 mm. 



