118 TASMANIAN BRYOrHYTA, 



branches, asymmetric 0.6 mm. shortly quadrifid, lobes 

 nearly equal triangular mostly 6 cells broad at the base; 

 €ells 17 ij..; underleaves small quadrate not broader than 

 the stem, deeply quadrifid. 



Common. 



New Zealand. 



Lepiilozia yarvitexta, St. — Slender elongated often to 

 <:■ cm., branches long flagellate. Leaves asymmetanc, ob- 

 liquely obciincate. all remote and closely appressed, 0.5 

 mm., dorsal border curved more than twice as broad as the 

 ventral quadrifid to the middle, lobes broadly lanceolate 

 4-8 cells broad at the base; cells 18-27 ^. long; under- 

 leaves as broad as the stem, very short quadrifid to the 

 middle. 



Verv close to L. procera, and probablv onlv a form 

 of it. 



Very common. 



New Zealand. 



Lepidozui cliordiOlfera, Tayl. — Small slender generalh 

 densely massed. Leaves subtransverse asymmetric 0.6 mm. 

 long, quadrifid to the middle, disk oblique, dorsal margin 

 twice as long as the ventral 1-2 dentate, lobes diverging 

 lanceolate very acute 8-9 cells broad at the base, usually 

 one or more armed with a lateral tooth; cells 17 ^.; 

 underleaves nearly as large as the leaves, broader than 

 long, deeply quadrifid. 



Mt. Wellington. Mt. Field. West Coast. 



South America. 



Lepidozui asymmetrica, St. — E-ather robust, many 

 branched and densely massed, lower branches sometimes 

 with flagellate tips, upper ones terminating abruptly. 

 Leaves imbricate asymmetric, concave, the lobes incurved 

 0.9 mm. long, 0.8 mm. wide, quadrifid to the middle, doreal 

 margin broadly expanded, lobes broad 4-12 celled at base 

 acute; cells 27 ^.; underleaves less than half as large, 

 2-3rd quadrifid, lobes very acute. 



Very common. 



Form, parva. — Habit and appearance of the type only 

 smaller in all details. Leaves 0.5 mm., l-3rd quadrifid, 

 lobes about 12 celled at the base. Approaching Z. 

 rhordulifera, but lobes not spreading and without the 

 lateral teeth. 



The species has a distinct habit, but no clearly defined 

 characters marking it from its relatives. 



