62 TASMANIAN BIIYOPHYTA, 



Aneura pinyuis (Z.), Dum. — Decumbent, very concave^ 

 thick and of a greasy or waxy appearance, margins wavy, 

 acute edged, with 1-2 series of larger colourless or purple 

 ceils, relatively thick in the middle, and very convex on 

 the ventral side, branches few and irregular, often 2-3 cm. 

 long, 5 mm. wide to much smaller. Calyptra often 7 mm. 

 long, thick and coarsely papillate. Very variable in size, 

 but the character always distinct. 



Mt. Wellington, New Zealand. Cosmopolitan. 



Aneura alterniloha, Hf. ct T. — Robust, often 3-5 cm. 

 long, and 5-10 mm. wide, procumbent, broad and tough, 

 with short, broad, lateral branches or lobes, flat or slightly 

 convex, 8-10 ceils thick in the middle, margins acute of one 

 series of large cells. 



Common in wet gullies. New Zealand. 



/. rohu.^ta. — Froncls 6-10 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, with 

 few or no lateral branches, margins alternately lobed, lobes 

 obtuse or retuse, 2 mm. long, 4 mm. broad at the base. 



Russell Falls. 



Aneurd rrassa, Xeea. — Robust, rigid, tough, 3-6 cm. 

 long, 2-3 mm. wide, bipinnate, branches very irregular, 

 sometimes all short, biconvex, 12 cells thick in the middle, 

 margin very obtuse, apex immarginate. 



Mt. Wellington. New Zealand. 



Distinguished from A. ■pinmatifidd and A. loiu/iflora 

 by the obtuse margin, and from A. alter nil oha by the ab- 

 sence of the enlarged marginal cells. 



Aneura plnnatifida, Sec^. — Dark green to black, 

 densely pulvinate, generally 1-2 cm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, 

 with few or many lateral branches, typically very concave 

 dorsally, but varying tO' flat or slightly convex, 7-10 cells, 

 thick in the middle, margin obtuse of small cells. 



Cosmopolitan. 



Aneura h))i<i'ifli)ra ^ St. — Very variable. Procumbent, 

 but generally with numerous erect branches, irregularly 

 bipinnate, flaccid, brownish, often 3-4 cm. long, branches 

 with expanded crenulate apices, mostly 3 mm. wide, flat, 

 about 12 cells thick in the middle, tapering to the acute 

 margins. Calyptra 8 mm. long, cylindric. 



Lottah. Slopes of Mt. Wellington. 



Distinguished by its short, flat branches, with simple 

 acute marsins. 



