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shall we say animalcul, and that when, by insects or by the 
gentle breeze, these are carried to the ripe archegonia, each 
organism should develope into, not one, but a multitude of 
eges or spores, and each egg or spore, under favourable con- 
ditions, capable of developing into a perfect plant. The 
note which the Poet Laureate strikes, elicits a sympathetic 
vibration as he pens in song :— 
“ Flower in the crannied wall, 
I pluck you out of the crannies ; 
Hold you here in my hand, 
Little flower, root and all. 
And if I could understand 
What you are, roots and all, and all in all, 
I should know what God and man is.” 
Sus-orDER 1. ANDREmACEm. Split Mosses. 
Genus 1. Andreza. 
The golden margined' and black-brown centred tuft of 
Andrea, the only genus in the sub-order Andrezacee, affects 
not “‘ the mossy fountains sedgy sids,” nor yet “the limpid 
bubbling rill,” disdainful of such poetic corners, it aspires to 
great altitudes, and finding a congenial home on the face 
of the ancient storm-worn escarpment, there it luxuriates 
and aiétains perfection. Bridel, in his ‘ Muscologia Universa,” 
informs us that is found on the Alps at the line of perpetual 
snow, and that it is rarely found on low elevations or on 
plains. Mitten, in the 12th Vol. of the Journal of the 
Linneen Society, definez its habitat at an elevation of from 
11,000 to 14,UVU0 feet above the sea for the continent of South 
America; and Hobkirk, in his Synopsis of British Mosses, 
places it at Alpine and sub-Alpine heights. It has, however, 
been obtained within one mile of Hobart, and R. M. John- 
ston, Esq., has observed it near the sea level on the northern 
shores of Tasmania. 
If we proceed along the quarry road which skirts the 
southern base of Knocklofty, the first great moss-covered 
and lime-stained crags that arrest our attention on the right, 
are clothed in parts with fruited tufts of this genus. These, 
with Bartramia and Fruilania, give richly varied tints to the 
face of the cliff. 
This singular genus is the connecting link of the two 
natural orders Musci and Hepatice, and is therefore very 
interesting. The capsule is small and erect, and bursts 
by four or more vertical slits when it is ripe. In this 
character it closely resembles a Jungermannia, but in other 
respects it is truly a moss. 
There are only five species described in Flora Tasmaniz as 
native of this Island, and the number has not been increased 
in Mitten’s recent catalogue of Australian mosses; but it is 
highly probable that other species will be found on the slopes 
