96 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



Form, bifida. — Leaves with a very narrow subdecur- 

 rent insertion as in the type, but the underleaves an 

 shortly bifid with an obtuse sinus. 



Cradle Mt:. 



Lophorolefi (•drdifoUd , St. — Shoots 3-6 cm. Leaves 

 closely imbricate, ovate to rotund, 2-3 mm long, entire, 

 insertion broad, one or both sides generally cordate, cells 

 27 IX., trigones small, concave ; underleaves | size of 

 leaves, upper ones oblong, lower ones subrotund, apex 

 shortly bifid, sinus very broad, margin entire or anned 

 with few small teeth, base sinuate free. Perianth as in 

 L. austrigena. 



Forms connect with L. austrigena. 



Mt. Hartz. Adamson Peak. Cradle Mt., Etc. 



Form. (listirlia. — Leaves more piano-distichous than 

 erect, apex decurved. 



Approaching L. inacro.sti iiula. 

 Cradle Mt. 



Lopliocolea 2^<^'^^cistipida, Rod. — Robust, simple or 

 with few vague branches, 2-4 cm. Leaves crowded, imbri- 

 cate, rotund L3 mm., margin entire, dorsal base subde^- 

 current, ventral ampliatei; marginal cells 20 ^., trigones 

 small, intermediate cells 35 fx., trigones small, basals 60 x 

 25 ^., trigones none; underleaves absent except in the 

 region of reproduction, sometimes only a narrow dentate 

 bracteole present, at others 2-3 large oblong stipules with 

 recurved margins very like those of L. aifstrigena, and 

 below these 2-3 reduced to vanishing spines. Bracts O'blong, 

 twice as long as leaves, often with a filiform process near 

 the ventral base, bracteole narrow oblong, shortly biden- 

 tate, margin often dentate ; perianth narrow campanulate 

 I exserted, trigonous, median keel dorsal, mouth broad 

 with 3 broad unarmed lobes. 



Allied to' L. am^trigena and L. cdrdiffdia. 



Bank of Cteek near Cradle Mt. 



Lophorolea planiu^rula, Tagl. — Medium sized, tender, 

 flaccid, livid-green. Leaves alternate, rotund from a 

 slightly constricted base, middle ones about 2 mm., smaller 

 below, larger above, erect, entire, no trigones. Under- 

 leaves rather large, free, l-3rd bifid, lobes acute, margin 

 unidentate. 



St. Mary's. 



Auckland Islands. 



