86 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



Tasmanian specimens referred to this by Stephani are 

 not typical, and are probably strong plants of T. fenellus. 

 Kecherclie. 

 Blue Mountains. 



7\i/h'///(/nf/n/s r/ rid is, Miff. — Very slender, decumbent 

 amongst, other small plants. Leaves nearly quadrate, l-3rd 

 unequally bifid, 1 mm., cuticle coarsely papillate. 



Adamson Peak. Hartz Mts. West Coast. Trowutta. 

 etc. 



South America. 



Marsupidium, Mitten. 



Stems short erect from a, creeping rhizome. Leaves 

 succubous, relatively large, crowded, obliquelv inserted, 

 very concave, dorsal bases connivent, margin entire or 

 variously armed ; cells large, angles thickened, cuticle 

 smooth to coarsely verrucose. Underleaves none. Arche- 

 gonia in a terminal group on a short basal branch. Sporo- 

 jDhyte inserted in a fleshy marsupium. Marsupium pen- 

 dulous on a short lateral stalk placed at the base. Capsule 

 oblong on a long thick seta. 



Margin entire or nearly so 2 



Margin armed 3 



2. Plant flaccid, dark green ahhreviaUfm 



Plant rigid, light green surcu/osuiih 



3. Margin lobed : cuticle papillose ... ^etnlofsum 

 Apex bispinous ; cuticle smooth ... piliferum 



Marsiipidium ahhrcvidtiiin (Taj/I.). — Flaccid, dark 

 green, simple, 1-2 cm. Leaves rotund or reniform from 

 a narrow subdecurrent base 2-3 mm., margin entire or 

 with a sligiit apical truncation; cuticle smooth. 



Adamsion Peak; West Coast; Trowutta. Etc. 



Auckland Islands. 



31ar.snpirliin)i siirrulosu/n (^Xees)^ Schiff. — Stem about 

 2 cm. rigid. Leaves concave, imbricate, rotund to reni- 

 form 1.5 X 2.5 mm., margin armed with a few short teetli 

 or entire; cuticle smooth. Marsupium 4 mm., seta nearly 

 as lonp- as the stem, thick. 



West Coast. Mt. Hartz. 



Eastern Australia. 



Mar.nipidiuni sefulosuni, .31 iff. — Flaccid, denselv caes- 

 pitose 2-3 cm., stem thick covered with papillose hairs. 

 Leave® concave, broadly ovate 2.5 mm., margin irregu- 

 larly lobed and dentate ; cuticle coarsel}^ papillose. 



Mt. Faulkner. 



New Zealand. 



