202 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Musei, by W. Wilson. 
way. Seta near 1 inch long. Peristome white. Operculum above half as long as the capsule. Calyptra large, 
longer than the capsule, eucullate, pale yellowish-brown. Male surculi extremely slender, very different in aspect 
from the fertile stems with which they are intermixed, bearing piliferous leaves variable in shape, often lanceolate 
and very small. Male flower with a few roundish antheridia, and no paraphyses. 
Gen. XLVII. CLADOMNION, Hook. fil. et Wiis. 
Peristomium duplex ; externum, dentes 16, lanceolati; internum, membrana in processus 16 carinatos 
profunde divisa. Capsula erecta, eequalis, brevipedicellata. Calyptra cucullata, magna. Operculum ros- 
tratum.— Caulis repens; surculi erecti, elongati, subsimplices. Folia plicata. Habitus Leucodontis. 
$ 1. Capsula sulcata. Folia enervia. 
l. Cladomnion sciuroides (Leskea, Hook. Musc. Exot. t. 175); dioicum, surculis vage ramosis, 
ramis subcompressis incurviusculis, foliis erecto-patentibus subsecundis ovatis acuminatis plicato-striatis 
enerviis apice serratis, capsula erecta oblonga sulcata brevipedicellata, operculo conico-subulato.—Stereodon 
(Achyrophyllum) sciuroides, Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined. 
Has. On twigs and trunks of trees, in dense woods: Huon River. (J. D.H.) Black River Gully, 
Johnny's Creek. (Oldfield, 77.) On trees, in creeks, Archer. 
DisrarB. New Zealand. 
$ 2. Capsula levis. Folia nervosa. 
2. Cladomnion setosum (Anictangium, Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 5); dioicum, surculis elongatis sub- 
simplicibus, foliis confertis subsecundis e basi ovata subulato-setaceis solidinerviis serratis, capsula oblonga 
erecta brevipedicellata, operculo rostrato.—Neckera setosa, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 8. 
Has. Tasmania, Gunn. 
Distris. New Zealand, South America. 
Tribe XIX. LESKEACEA. 
Gen. XLVIII. LESKEA, Hedwig. 
Peristomium duplex; externum, dentes 16, anguste lanceolati, tenues, intus trabeculati ; internum, 
processus totidem e membrana basilari angusta procedentes, plus minus perfecti. Capsula erecta, oblonga, 
alte pedicellata. Calyptra cucullata.—Caulis primarius repens; innovatio e ramis procumbentibus nec e 
stolonibus. Folia opaca, chlorophyllosa, nunquam scariosa, plerumque papillosa, costata ; areolis minutis 
hexagono-quadratis, inferne rectangulis. 
l. Leskea imbricata (Hook. fil. et Wils.); monoica, caule repente, surculis erectis vage parceque 
ramosis, ramulis curvulis superne incrassatis, foliis patentibus siccitate appresso-imbricatis confertis rotundo- 
ovatis concaviusculis margine subplanis nervo valido sub apice evanido subrotundis minutis. (TAB: 
CLXXV. Fig. 3.) 
Has. Moist rocks? on Mount Wellington. (O/dfie/d.) (Specimens few, and without fruit.) 
Stem $ inch. Foliage brownish or lurid.—In habit approaching to Pterogonium gracile. 
This is perhaps a young state of Cryphea. Mitten, in lit.—PrATE CLXXV. Fig. 3; 1, portion of branch; 
2 and 3, leaves :—all magnified. 
