198 FLORA OF TASMANIA, | Musci, by W. Wilson. 
1. Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw. Sp. Musc. p. 172); foliis superioribus conniventibus late ovali- 
lanceolatis concavis integerrimis nervo continuo, perigonialibus apice serratis, capsula incurvo-pyriformi 
sicca plicata ore corrugata, annulo composito, operculo convexo, seta plus minus arcuata.— Dr. et Schimp. 
Bryol. Europ. t. 305. 
Has. Grass-tree Hill, Brown's River, Back River, New Norfolk. (J. D. H.) (Gunn.) (Oldfield, 
127, 133, 137-8.) (Zyall.) On stones of fossiliferous limestone, and walls, Cheshunt, Archer. 
DistriB. All parts of the world. : 
2. Funaria crispula (Hook. fil. et Wils.) ; foliis patentibus siccitate laxe crispatis obovatis apicu- 
latis concaviusculis subserrulatis evanidinerviis, seta breviuscula sinistrorsum torta, capsula globoso-pyri- 
formi curvata brevicolla, operculo planiusculo.—F. radians, Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. (Tas. 
CLXXV. Fig. 2.) 
Has. On rocks: on the Kermandie Rivulet, South Huon. (Oldfield, 57.) (Specimens few and 
imperfect.) Port Sorrell, bank near Cheshunt, and on rocks, north side of Cataract, Launceston, Archer. 
Allied to F. glabra, Taylor, but differs in the form of the capsule and in the crisped foliage.— Peristome double, 
inner yellow. Annulus none? Spores rather large, granular, E x CLXXV. Fig. 2; 1, plant; 2, leaf; 
3, apex of ditto ; 4, peristome :—all magnified. 
Tribe XV. SPLACHNER. 
Gen XLII. SPLACHNUM, Linn. 
Peristomium simplex ; dentes 8 vel 16, lineari-lanceolati, plani, haud trabeculati, plus minus per paria 
approximati, partimque connati, rarius «equidistantes, hygroscopici, siccitate nunc reflexi nunc erecto-inflexi, 
infra capsule orificium adnati. Capsula erecta, ovalis, oblonga vel conica, exannulata, apophysi (capsula 
ipsa seepe majore) suffulta. ` Operculum conico-convexum. Calyptra conico-mitreeformis, lacera, vel cucul- 
lata, basi integra vel inflexo-appendiculata, nuda vel pilosa. Spore minute, radiatim (lineolis sporarum 
6-8) dispositee.—Florescentia monoica vel dioica: fl. masc. discoideo-capituliformes ; antheridia paraphy- 
-sibus clavatis immixta. Folia mollia, laze areolata, evanidinervia. 
$ 1. EREMODON (Bridel).—Dentes 8, equidistantes, siccitate erecto-incurvi. 
1. Splachnum (Dissodon) callophyllum (C. Mueller, Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 546); “ceespites laxi, 
inferne tomento purpureo intertexti, lati; caulis tenerrimus, ascendens, subelatus, late foliosus, amaene pal- 
lide virens, flaccidus ; folia caulina laxe imbricata, tenerrima, flaccida, e basi angusta late spathulato-ovalia, 
cuspidata, ubique e cellulis maximis amcene chlorophyllosis tenerrimis mollissimis rhombeis basi elon- 
gate quadratis chlorophyllosis reticulata, margine e medio usque ad apicem summum argute serrata, nervo 
subtenui virente excurrente percursa; perichetialia longius cuspidata, omnia cuspide flaccidissimo molli ; 
theca in pedunculo longiusculo crassiusculo rubente geniculato ascendente, sensim in collum thecæ longius- 
culum angustum incrassato erecta, anguste cylindrica, sed medio amplior, microstoma, olivacea, dein fus- 
'cescens, sepius madore ad partem dimidiam superiorem obliqua, operculo eupulato obtuso obliquo brevis- 
simo; peristomii dentes erecti, madore conniventes, breves, infra orificium oriundi, flavescentes, opaci."— 
C. Mueller, l.c. (Mitten, in lit.) Eremodon robustus, Hook. Jil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. p. 93. t. 87. f. 2. 
Has. Fern-tree Valley, Mount Wellington, Mossman. 
Distris. New Zealand. 
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2. Splachnum Octoblepharum (Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 167) ; foliis obovatis longe acuminatis sub- 
