138 TASMAMIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



walled, 10-14 u. Seta slender, capsule erect to much bent, 

 oblong, mouth broad, 0.7 m.m., lid conico-rostrate, calyptra 

 short, usually narrow. 



The plant grows in a great variety of places. On tenaci- 

 ouii gi'ound in exposed places it is very stunted, with small, 

 erect, broad capsules (F. Taylor, CM.). In permanently 

 moist places, it is much infested v/ith algae, and obscured 

 by growth of filaments from leaves and stems (F. sarco- 

 phylius, CM.). 



Very common. 



FISSIDENS PUNGENS, Hpe. et CM. 



Small, pale, slender, of similar habit and leaf structure 

 to F. semilimbatus, only the leaves of the males are longer 

 and narrower, also all leaves are strongly limbate, the limb 

 coalescing at the apex with the nerve, to form a strongly 

 excurrent point; cells smooth, very irregular, not incras^ 

 sate, mostly 10-15 u. Seta 5-6 m.m., capsule oblong, usual- 

 ly strongly arcuatei, 0.7 m.m. ; lid conic to rostrate, usually 

 much shorter than the capsule ; calyptra short, with a broad 

 base ; peristome bright red. 



Very common. 



This and F. semilimbatus form two extremes of one 

 group, and intervening form? are widely dispersed and 

 varied. 



