MUSCIKE^ — WILLIAM MITTEN, A.L.S. 335 



10. FABRONIA. 



Fabronia, Eaddi Atti dell Acad. Scienz. di Siena, ix. 230, ex 0. Mull. Synops. Muse. ii. 31. 



F. socotrana, Mitt. 



Monoica ; folia humida patentia imbricata ovalia ovatave acuminata cellula terminali elongata 

 angusta margine denticulis paucis brevibus subintegerrimave nervo medio evanido cellulis 

 oblongis versus angulos pluribus quadratis areolata, pericbaetialia longiora conformia. 



Socotra. On the highest peaks of Haghier near Adona. B.C.S. n. 1425. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



The specimens, all without fruit, seem to come nearest to the Abyssinan F. 

 schimperiana ; but are a little more robust, with the areolation of the leaves 

 more lax, and the serrulation of the margin less evident. 



HEPATIC/E. 



1. LEJEUNIA. 



Lejeunia, Libert, in Ann. Gen. Sc. Phys. 372, t. 5 ; Syn. Hep. 308. 



A large cosmopolitan genus, chiefly developed in warmer and tropical 

 regions. 



L. serpyllifolia, Libert. Ann. Gen. Sc. Phys. vi. 374, t. 96, f. 2 ; Gotts. 

 Lindb. et Nees, Syn. Hep. 374. 



Socotra. B.C.S. 1440 pro parte. 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan. 



A few stems creeping on a small branch appear to belong to this species. 



2. FRULLANIA. 



Frullania, Eaddi Jung. Etr. in Mem. Soc. Ital.Mod. xviii. 20, t. 2; Gotts. Lindb. et Nees, Syn. 

 Hep. 408. 



Another cosmopolitan genus, with its greatest development in the tropics. 

 1. F. socotrana, Mitt. 



Monoica, exibs repens pinnatim ramosa ramulis simplicibus f urcatisve ; folia imbricata diver- 

 gentia oblato-orbiculata apice incurva lobulo subgloboso compresso, cellulis parvis rotundis 

 basi ad insertionem pluribus majoribus coloratis areolata, ampbigastria parva caulem vix 

 latiora ; folia involucralia majora lobulo late lanceolato ampbigastrioque ovato bidentato 

 integerrimo ; periantbio brevi compresso dorso biventre quadriangulato igitur cum plicis 

 lateralibus octo-plicato, plicis omnibus sinuoso-undulatis ; spicse masculae breves 

 rotundatae. 



Socotra. B.C.S. On bark, nn. 1464, 1465. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



