BY E. A. BASTOW, F.L.S. 273 



5. S. EHODiNA, Hook. f. et Tayl. Frond minute, oblong, 

 dichotonious, tender, pellucid, costate. Caljptra very 

 long, linear, roseate. Capsule linear, oblong. Lond. 

 Journ. Bot. 1845, 93 ; Syn. Hep. 487. 



Frond 2-3 lines long, calyptra mucli shorter. luvo- 

 ■ lucral scales about the base of the calyptra 4 or 5 

 dentate, apices setacious, erect. The spores and elators 

 frequently emitted from a lateral cleft in the capsule, 

 or in an indefinite number of valves, the apices of the 

 divisions always cohering. The whole plant is rose- 

 coloured. 



Sufiiciently different from any other Tasmanlan 

 species. From the description of the capsule it may 

 be doubtful if it truly belongs to this genus. Fl. 

 Tasm. ii., 239. 



Tasmania, Archer. 



35. METZGEEIA, Raddi. 

 No Perianth, 



Calyptra on under side of continuous frond. 



Fronds more or less branched, flat, linear ; midrib distinct. 

 Inflorescence dioecious. Fruit from the lower surface of 

 the frond, on the midrib. Involucre a ventricose 2-lipped 

 scale. Perianth 0. Calyptra ascending, obovoid, rather 

 fleshy. Capsule on a long fruitstalk, ovoid; elators 

 adhering to the tips of the valves, with one spiral fibre. 

 Antheridia 1-3 from the midrib beneath the frond, in a 

 1-leaved involucre. Ovoid buds occur on the narrow tips 

 of the fronds. 



1, M. FTJRCATA, Nees. Fronds \ to 3in. long, tender, 



linear, forked or dichotoniously branched, glabrous, 

 the margin and costa beneath setulose or naked. 

 Calyptra ascending from the side, hairv and setose. 

 Fl. JST.Z. ii., 166 ; Syn. Hep. 502 ; Fl. Antarct. 167 and 

 445 ; Fl. Tasm. ii., 239 ; PI. ii. f. 5, PI. xxxii. 



Var. ^- 1. major: St. Patrick's Eiver, Gun7i. 



Yar. ^- 2. minor: running over the surface of rocks, 

 Launceston, Gunn. 



Yar e- prolifera : Tasmania, Gunn. Back River Grully, 

 Oldfield. Cheshunt, Archer. 



On trees, in gullies, Mount Wellington, R.A.B. 

 (Cosmopolitan.) 



2. M. ERiocATjLA, Gottscke. See Saixomitrium eriocaula. 



PI. xxxii. 



