102 TASMANIAN BRYOPHYTA, 



15. Leaf entire rarely a few bifid limosus 



Leaf with 3 short oblique lobes ... tridentatus 



Chi'!oscy2')hui^ conjugatu^, Mitt. — Very robust and often 

 10 cm. long'. Leaves opposite crowded imbricate erect, 

 broadly ovate-triangular from a broad base, 3 mm. long, 

 dorsal bases united across the stem, margin entire dorsally 

 substrict, reflexed, ventral margin more curved, shortly 

 united to the underleaf ; cells 36-44 ^.; trigones large and 

 very convex. Underleaves reniforai concave, 1.5 mm. long, 

 twice asi broad, margin entire or armed with few very 

 small teeth. 



Mt. Wellingtou. Adamson Peak. Zeehan. Cradle 

 Mt., Etc. 



Form, dentatus (Ch. mnorei, St.). — Leaf margin usiially 

 bearing a few small teeth. Margin of underleaf more dis- 

 tinctly armed. Not consistently distinct from type. 



Common in forests. 



Cliiloscyphus Jiirlii, St. — Pale green to yellow, mostly 

 3-4 cm. long. Leaves plane in damp' localities, more erect 

 in dry ones, crowded, closely imbricate ovate obtuse, 1.5-2 

 mm. long, alternate, dorsal base expanded into a dentate 

 appendage, margin otherwise entire or with a few small 

 serrations; cells 28-32 fx., trigones huge and confluent, 

 cuticle papillose. Underleaf reniform nearly as broad as 

 the leaf, very short closely imbricate, margin entire or 

 armed with minute teeth, slightly united with the leaves. 



Adamson Peak. Mt. Field. 



New Zealand. 



C'hilo^cyjjhus hiUardieri (Schw.), JVees. — Robust, rather 

 rigid, brownish. Leaves opposite crowded, erect, asym- 

 metric, broadly ovate-triangular from a broad base, 2 mm., 

 dorsal margin substrict and combining at the base with 

 the opposite leaf, margin variously armed with spinous 

 teeth usually two conspicuous ones at apex; cells 20-30 m. ; 

 trigones very large confluent. Underleaves broadly reni- 

 form, not very concave, more or less armed with short 

 spinous teeth. 



Mt. Wellington. Adamson Peak. West Coast. 



Form, intef/rifolia. — Leaf and underleaf margin entire 

 or with very small teeth. Resembling C7^ conjiic/afus, 

 Mitt., only of much smaller size. 



Mt. Hartz. Adamson Peak. 



