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ADDITIONS TO THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 

 By L. Rodway. 



(Received loth November. Read 15th November. 

 Issued separately 31st December, 1915.) 



The few additions here made to our flora are all crypto- 

 gamic. Of the true mosses Fissidem tasmanicus and 

 Amhlystetjium austroserpens are endemic, and recently de- 

 scribed by Prof. V. F. Brotherus, of Helsingfors. The 

 second genus was not previously represented in Tasmania. 

 Of the Hepatics, the presence of Palluricinius cotuiivens 

 on our mountains is another connecting link with New 

 Zealand flora. Chiloscyphus kirkii also was hitherto only 

 recorded from New Zealand. Galypogeia tasmanica adds 

 a new genus as well as species to our list. Of the two 

 fungi it is not surprising that the Geoglossum appears as 

 it is common in Australia, but the Mitrula has not hither- 

 to been recorded south of the equator. 



We now claim two Geoglossums and three Mitrulas. 



Geoglossum glabrum, Pers. 



Geoglossum liirsutum, Pers. 



Mitrula berterii, Mont. 



Mitrula cur u 11a to. Fries. 



Mitrula olivacea, S'acc. 



MOSSES. 



Fissidens tasmanicus. V. F. Brotherus. Plant about 1 

 cm.; leaves numerous, erecto-patent, linear, up to 1.8 mm. 

 long; apex subacute; margin not bordered, entire; some- 

 times undulate or subserrulate above; nerve narrow, lost 

 in the apex ; lower part of the sheath with a hand of about 

 4 long cells, just within the margin; cells rotundo-quad- 

 rate, irregular, about 10^i. diameter; cuticle smooth. 



Very close to F. sir ictus. J/.f.W.. to be distinguished by 

 the band towards the margin of the sheath. 



Submerged, Newman's Creek, Tasman Peninsula, W. A. 

 Weymouth. 



