BY C. J WILD. 



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Fissidens tenellus, J, Hook, an I Wils. 



Habk. Fl. N. Z. p. 407, Minute : Stems very short, decum- 

 bent. Leaves few, linear lanceolate, acuminata, straight ; margin 

 not thickened, crenulate ; sheathing base denticulate ; nerve stout, 

 concolorous, continuous to the apex, excurrent, cells minute. Capsule 

 erect ; annulus none ; operculum with a beak nearly as long as the 

 capsule. Calyptra papillose at the apex. Male inrloresence basilar, 



Ashgrove, on damp banks, August, 1837 — not uncommon near 

 Brisbane 



Fissidens oblongifolius. J. HookandWils. 



Habk. Fl. N.Z. p. 407. Stems ^ to § inch long, erect ; leaves 

 very numerous, linear or linear-lanceolate, stems acute or acuminate, 

 somewhat inflexed when dry : margin not thickened, quite entire 

 except at the crenulate apex ; nerve pa!e, pellucid, not continuous 

 to the apex ; cells roundish, opaque : fruitstalk slender ; capsule 

 very small, ovoid, inclined or subeernuous ; operculum not seen ; 

 male infloresence axillary on the same stem with the female. 



Hab. Rocks, Moreton Island. H. Tryon. 



Lepidozia capilligera, Lind. 



Habk. Fl. N. Z. p. 521. Steins 1 inch long, erect, simply 

 pinnate ; branches with capillary tips ; leares olive-brown, subim- 

 bricate, half vertical or horizontal, and stipules obovate-quadrate or 

 cuneate four-fid to the middle ; lobes divaricate, subulate. Fruit 

 unknown. L. tetrapila, Tayl, in Lond. Journ, Bot. 1864, 370 : 

 Syn. Hep. 716. 



Steetzia Lyellii, Nees. 



H. B. Fl. N. Z. p. 541. Frond 2 to 3 inches long oblong or 

 linear, crenulate or subserrate. 



Blyttia, Syn. Hep. 475 (Steetzip, 785), Hook. Brit. Jung, 

 t. 77. 



Marchantla tabularis, Nees. 



Hb. Fl. N. Z. p. 545. Patches large, oblong, lobed ; terminal 

 lobes toothed, nerveless ; peduncles 1 to 4 inches long ; female 

 receptacles with 8 to star-like rays ; involucres with 2 to 4 per- 

 ianths, £ shorter than the ray, tumid, white, 4-fid ; segments 

 lacerate ; central beard slender, fibrillose ; fruitstalk short ; male 



