262 TASMANIAN HEPATIC^. 



Inflorescence dicecious. Fruit terminal on proper tranches. 

 Involucral leaves two or three, not auricled. Perianth 

 ovoid or obovoid, terete or 3-4 angled ; mouth contracted, 

 tubular. Calyptra pyrif orm, persistent, bursting belovsr the 

 apex. Capsule on a very short fruitstalk, globose, 4-cleft 

 half --way ; elaters adhering to the valves, truncate, with one 

 spiral fibre ; spores large, irregular. Antheridia in the 

 saccate bases of closely imbricate 2-lobed perigonial leaves. 

 Pistillidia 2 or 4 in each perianth. 



I. Lobule more or less falcate or acuminate. 



* Stipules 2-fld. 



1. F. falciloba, 



2. F. deplanata, 

 ** Stipules 2-fid, sub-dentate. 



3. F. clavata. 

 *** Stipules 2-fid, dentate. 



4. F. monocera. 



5. F. proboscidiphora. 



6. F. Hampeana. 



II. Lobule clavate. 



7. F. congesta. 



8. F, megalocarpa. 



9. F. diplota. 

 HL Lobule ^ orbicular. 



10. F. reptans. 

 Note. — No description of F. Gaudichaudii available. 



1. F. FALCILOBA, Hook. f. and Tayl. Stems 1-2 inches long, 

 branched. Leaves brown, ovate or orbicular-oblong, 

 slightly incurved ; lobule large, elongate, falcate ; 

 involucral 2-lobed ; lobule much cut. Stipules or- 

 bicular-oblong, 2-dentate ; involucral large, 2-fid, 

 1-dentate on each side. Perianth convex on the 

 dorsal, and having a broad keel on the ventral face. 

 Hook. Handbook Fl. KZ., 536. Syn. Hep. 423. PL 

 xxviii. 



Patches wide, reddish rusty brown. Stems Sin. 

 long, alternately branched ; the branches bearing 

 calyces shorter and more tumid. Leaves convex, 

 closely imbricated. Perigonia are short obtuse spikes, 

 sometimes almost round. 



The curved tubular tops of the lesser lobes reach 

 below the inferior margin of the upper lobes, which is 

 a very distinctive mark, coupled with the short 

 perigonia. Lond. Jo urn. Bot. 1844, 581. 



Tasmania, Gunn. Penguin, and moist rockj banks, 

 Eisdon, HooTier. Dense mats on the south side of 

 rocks, Johnny's Creek, rocks by the seaside, South- 



