210 



MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



[VOL. 11 



553, 557, 673 (BA 11145, 11149, 11165); Rio Azopardo, Dusen 93, type of L. minuta (G-91); 

 Lago Cami, C. A. & G. Hassel de Menendez 893 p.p. (BA 11486); bahia at base of Monte 

 Sarmiento, De Gasperi (FI) ; Pto Sicurezza, De Gasperi (FI) ; "Valle delle Fate," De Gasperi 

 (FI); Staten I.: Pto Cook, Skottsberg [Exp. 1901-03] (S-PA) ; Hermite I., Hariot 177 p.p., 

 ex Hb Bescherelle, with the type of L. hariotii (G) ; Navarino I., Skottsberg [1901-03] (S-PA) ; 

 s.l., Skottsberg (G). 



FALKLAND ISLANDS: Pto Stanley, Halle 218, the type of L. halleana (G-187), also 

 Halle 193 (G). 



Additional reports include Chile (Arnell, 1955; Herzog, 1954) and Argentina (Kiihnemann, 

 1949). 



29. Lepidozia laevifolia Hooker f. & T. Taylor in G. L. & N. Syn. Hep. 208. 

 1845. 



Jungermannia laevijolia Hooker f. & T. Taylor, London Jour. Bot. 3 : 385. 1844. 

 Mastigophora laevijolia (H. f. & T.) Trevisan, Mem. 1st. Lomb. III. 4: 416. 1877. 

 Lepidozia minuta Colenso, Trans. N. A. last. 18 : 245. 1885. 



Lepidozia jacquemontii Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3: 604. 1909; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia 



No. 158. Non L. jacquemontii Stephani, Spec. Hep. 6: 330. 1922. 

 Lepidozia viridissima Stephani, Spec. Hep. 3 : 604. 1909; Icon. Hep., Lepidozia No. 164. 

 Lepidozia jalklandica Stephani, Sv. Vet.-akad. Handl. 46 9 : 64. /. 24, c, d. 1911. 



Plants of small to medium size, pale to olive-green or brownish, in depressed 

 mats; stems slender, to 3-5 cm or more long, with leaves to 0.8 mm broad, 

 bipinnate, the lateral branches short, rarely flagelliform, 1 mm apart; ventral 

 branches not seen. Line of leaf insertion oblique. Stem and branch leaves distant 

 to imbricate, plane to concave, rounded-rectangular, 0.4-0.5 mm long, 0.2 mm 

 broad at the base, the dorsal margin convex, the ventral margin straight, both 

 without teeth, quadrifid to one-half; segments incurved, broadly triangular, acute 

 from a 4- to 6-celled base; cells of the base of the segment quadrate, 16-18 /iX 18 p., 

 the wall thickened, the cuticle papillose. Underleaves subquadrate, broader 

 than the stem, squarrose-concave with the segments straight, the margins 

 entire, quadrifid to one-half of their length, the segments acute from a 3- to 

 5-celled base, the tip of one or two cells. Sexual branches and sporophyte not 

 seen. PI. 44. Fig. 29, a, b. 



Habitat: On logs, soil mats, and tree bases in forests. 



PATAGONIA— TIERR A DEL FUEGO: s.l., Dusen [313], as L. jacquemontii (G-20) 

 Aysen "Valley, Dusen [313] (C, G) ; Valdivia, Hahn, 13, ex Hb Jack, as L. jacquemontii (G-18), 

 Hahn 13, pkts as L. jacquemontii and L. jalklandica (G) ; Chiloe I., ex Hb Bescherelle, as 

 L. jacquemontii (G) ; Pto Varis, Fuljord 502 p.p., 521 p.p., 523 p.p. 543 p.p. (Hb Fulford) ; 

 Riesco I., Punta Leon, Fulford 381 p.p. (Hb Fulford); Sandy Point [Punta Arenas], Lechler, 

 PL Magell. (S-PA) ; Magellan Straits, w Channel, without collector (G) ; Magellan Straits, 

 Dusen, type of L. viridissima (G-479) ; Fuentes Bulness, Fulford 39 p.p. (Hb Fulford) ; Pto 

 Gallant, Jacquemont, type of L. jacquemontii [Stephani, 1909] (G-17) ; Halt Bay, Cunningham 

 13, as L. halleana (G) ; Estancia Cerros, C. A. & G. Hassel de Menendez 609-612, 622, 624 

 (BA 11201-04, 11214, 11216); Bahia near Monte Sarmiento, De Gasperi (FI). Hoste I., Hardy 

 Peninsula, Bahia Orange, [voyage of the "Yelcho"], Chelminski 26 p.p., 27 p.p., 28 p.p. (Hb 

 Fulford). 



FALKLAND ISLANDS: s.l., Halle 193 (G) ; Mt. Adams, Halle & Skottsberg 192, the 

 type of L. falklandia (G) ; Pto Stanley, Skottsberg 28, as L. pallida (G-178). 



The species has also been reported from the following localities: Juan Fernandez Island 

 (Arnell, 1957; Herzog, 1942a); Chile-Patagonia (Arnell, 1955, 1956a; Herzog, 1939b, 1943, 

 1948a, 1957b, 1960; Kuhnemann, 1949; Schiffner, 1907; Stephani, 1900a, 1900b, 1911); Staten 

 Island (Massalongo, 1885, 1927); Tierra del Fuego (Massalongo, 1885; Stephani. 1911); 

 Falkland Islands (Herzog, 1948a; Massalongo, 1885; Skottsberg, 1913; Stephani, 1911; Taylor 

 & Hooker, 1847). 



This species was first collected in Tasmania by Greville (G) and has a wide Antarctic 

 distribution which includes Chile. Argentina, Falkland Islands, Marion Island, Kerguelen 

 Islands, New South Wales, New Zealand and Campbell Island. 



