BY L. RODWAY. 137 



€.8 mm. long, dorsal base with a large ligulate expansion 

 overlapping the stem; cells 15 ^., l;rigones small, walls 

 straight: lobule broadly helmet-shaped, close to the stem, 

 less than l-3rd as large as leaf, as broad as long with a 

 ^traight mouth ; underleaves obcuneate, little broader than 

 the stem to l-3rd bifid, upper margin with an obtuse 

 ^ngle or t.ooth, a minute style interposed between the 

 lobule and the stem. "Perianth large obovate with a 

 broad ventral keel, coarsely strigose."" — (Stephani.) 



Specimen sterile determined by Franz Stephani. 



Near Launceston. 



New Zealand. 



Frullania peiitaphura, Tayl. — Small, nearly black on 

 Tocks, dark green in shade. Leaves rotund not closely im- 

 bricate, diverging when moist, about 0.5 mm. long, apex 

 incurved, dorsal base rotund, cells 15 ix., trigones small, 

 wails straight; lobule helmet-shaped, as broad as long, 

 nearly half as large as leaf, mouth broad, straight, a 

 n'inute style inter]30&ed ; underleaves obcuneate. little 

 broader than the stem, ^ bifid; margin unidentate ; bracts 

 ovate with an entire margin, lobule lanceolate ; bracteole 

 naiTow and deeply bifid. Perianth clavate convex and 



3-5 ribbed on both surfaces. 



Fr. reptan.<, Mitt., is leather more robust, growing on 

 damp bark. Fr. falsa, St., a depauperated fonn growing 

 on dry rock. 



Very common. 



Eastern Australia. New Zealand. 



Frullania diplota, Tayl. — Small in mats on bark or 

 rocks. Leaves concave ovate-rotund, apex mostly sub- 

 acute incurved, 0.5 mm. long; cells 18 ^.. but variable, 

 trigones large confluent or in marginal cells small, lobule 

 pitcher-shaped, longer than broad, remote from the stem 

 and not parallel to it, a short broad style intervening; 

 imderleaves little broader than the stem, obcuneate angled 

 above l-3rd bind. Perianth oblong smooth, with a broad 

 ventral keel. 



Fr. con</esta, H. et T ., is a small dark red fcTm, grow- 

 ing amongst moss. Fr. weijimmtliiana, St., is a small 

 elongating form growing on bark. 



Very common. 



Eastern Australia. New Zealand. 



