/8 T.ASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



large. Perianth long, narrow, not much flattened, mouth 

 I'otund, armed with rshort spines. 



Mt. Wellington, Cradle Mt., etc. 



New Zealand, Campbell Islands. 



FlagiochiUi dccurrifoJ in, St. — Seldom branched, up to 

 6 cm. long. Leaves crowded, erect, and closel}^ imbricate, 

 broadly obliquely ovate, ver}' obtuse, about 2 mm. long, 

 dorsal margin nearly straight, strongly reflexed, base sub- 

 decurrent, ventral margin deeply rotund undulate occa^ 

 sionally with a few irregular teeth towards the apex; cells 

 about 20 /<., trigones as large as the cells. Perianth 

 oblong freely exserted. Very close to P. magellanicaj 

 L'lndh. 



West Coast. Hartz Mts. 



New Zealand. 



Plagioclula pu-^Hhi, JInuf. — Usuallv 1-2 cm., sometimes 

 longer, dull green, generally with descending stolons. 

 Lower leaves small, entire, obliquely reniform ; upper 

 leaves about 2 mm. long, nearly rotund but the ventral 

 side ampliate, margin more or less, dentate, dorsal margin 

 slightly reflexed, insertion abrupt ; cells 30 jj,.^ walls 

 thick, trigones large confluent. 



Mt. Faulkner. West Coast. 



Auckland Islands. 



riagiorliila rnf]iruh)s(i. Miff. — Flaccid, manv branched. 

 Leaves pale green, crowded erect, appressed broadly ovate- 

 trigonous up to 4 mm. long, much smaller below, doreal 

 margin nearly straight, entire, ventral margin broadly 

 expanded entire, apex rotund or narrow truncate with 

 two small teeth; cells mostly 30-35 ^., trigones medium 

 acute to convex, sometimes larger and rotund. 



Mt. Wellington. Adamson Peak. 



Plaginchila phurafa, Hf. et T. — Usuallv under 2 

 cm., simple or with few branches, rather rigid. Leaves 

 narrow obovate from a narrow base, slightly asymmetric, 

 1.5 mm. long, dorsal margin slightly curved, nude, apex 

 truncate with 2-3 bold teeth, ventral margin more curved 

 with few short broad obtuse teeth; cells 18 /« ; surface 

 with many very short rotund papillae. 



It has a resemblance to small forms of P. hjnllii. 



Mt. Wellington. West Coast. 



PJagiorliila innirriroJ/tr, TIf. cf T. — Small, seldom ex- 

 ceeding 2 cm. rigid, usually simple. Leaves small, seldom 



