BY R. A. BASTOW, F.L.S. 259 



Dirty brown. Stem |in, long, tufty, areolation of 

 the leaves, large, pellucid. 



A small species, chiefly remarkable for its lax 

 areolation, and for the minutely crenulate upper edges 

 of the carinse of its perianth. In size it resembles 

 L. rufescens, but is much more flaccid, and all the 

 specimens are of a dirty brownish colour. 



Tasmania, Gunn ; Brown's Eiver, Oldfield. 



Nearly allied to L. tumida, if not identical. Hook. 



4. L. TASMANiCA, Gottsclie. Stems creeping, much branched. 



Leaves imbricate, ovate, obtuse, entire ; lobule rather 

 large, inflated, apex immarginate, truncate. Stipules 

 l-3rd as large as the leaves, ovate-cordate, erect, 

 distant or near to the leaves, convex, bifid to about the 

 middle, segments lanceolate. Gottsche, " Plantse 

 Mullerianse." 



Intermediate between i. tabularis and L. serpyllifo- 

 lia, nearest to the former, smaller stature, and 

 differing in respect of smaller stipules to the leaves. 



This appears to be nearly allied to L. tumida, and 

 may even be identical with it. Fl. Tasm. ii., 236. 



Creeping amongst Radula buccinata, Stuart. 



Lower lobe of leaf scarcely distinct from the larger. 



5. L. sERPYLLiFOLiA, Libert, Syn. Hep. 374, of a compact 



habit, forming pale yellowish-green patches. Stems 

 from |- to fin. in length, slender, irregularly branched. 

 Leaves overlapping, arranged in two rows. The lower 

 lobe resembling an overlapping base to the larger lobe, 

 and is scarcely distinct from it. Stipules roundish, 

 deeply notched at the apex. Calyx pear shaped, with 

 five longitudinal angles ; the mouth is small and pro- 

 truding ; capsule, spherical and white. Cook. Brit. 

 Hep. 20. Pf. xxvii. 



Cheshunt, or trees, Archer. 



These specimens agree in all respects with European 

 examples of the species, and possess the same property 

 of staining the paper on which they are preserved of a 

 dull leaden colour. Fl. Tasm. 236, n. 



Stipule at the base of every leaf. 



6. L. LTRATiFOLiA, Sook. f. and Tai/l. Stems minute, 



scarcely 3 lines long, slender, procumbent, vaguely 

 branched, branches few and irregular. Leaves lax, 

 patent, sub-quadrate (harp- shaped), their outer mar- 

 gin recurved. Lobules oblong, involute ; stipules bi- 

 partite, segments lanceolate, divaricate. Perigonia in 



