BY L. RODAVAY. 233 



1913. 



On tree trunks in damp gullies. 



Near Launceston, New Town Creek, Mt. Wellington. 



HoMALiA Brid, 

 Small, decumbent and stoloniferous, stem quite prostrate 

 or suberect, pinnately branched, complanate. Leaves im- 

 bricate, inserted 8-fariously but flattened in one plane, the 

 lateral leaves oblique, unequal sided, inflexed at the base 

 on one side ; nerve short or none ; cells small, rhomboid. 

 Seta long, slender, curved at the top ; capsule ovoid, droop- 

 ing ; lid rostrate ; calyptra, cucullate ; peristome double ; 

 exostome teeth naiTOw lanceolate; endostome membrane 

 J, processes subulate; cilia rudimentary or none. 



Homalia falcifoUa Hook. 



Branches broad 3 mm. across. Leaves pale green, glossy, 

 crowded, oblong, with a broad, flat, falcate, obtuse apex ; 

 margin entire ; nerve none. Perichaetials long, erect, nar- 

 row. Seta very slender 1.5-2 cm. arched at the top, smooth. 

 Capsule oblong horizontal or nodding; lid short, conic. 



Recorded as Tasmanian, but no Tasmanian specimen in 

 any of the collections. 



Trachyloma Bride]. 

 Erect, pinnately branched, dendroid. Leaves complanate 

 ovate, acute, shining ; nerves one or two, short, obsolete ; 

 cells long vermiform with acute ends. Seta long slender 

 arising from the main stem; capsule fusiform, suberect; 

 lid long-conic; exostome teeth rather long, slender; endo- 

 stome membrane very short, the processes long and slender ; 

 no cilia. 



T rarhiihnini phin'ifoHa Bridel. 

 Syn : Xeckera planifoVia Hook. 

 Stems from a creeping base, erect, dendroid, 6-10 cm. ; 

 branches many, complanate, irregularly pinnate. Leaves 

 bright green, shining, complanate, in six rows, the two 

 dorsals and ventral s erect appressed. laterals patent, 

 all about equal, ovate, lanceolate, acute, 2.5-3 mm. ; mar- 

 gin serrate, spinulose above ; nerve one or two short, obso- 

 lete. Columba Falls, George River. 



Lepyrodon Hpp. 



Medium, soft, with numerous erect simple stems, the lower 

 portions of which are densely clothed with dark radicles, 

 forming dense cushions. Leaves crowded, soft, trans- 



