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flora. T.. princeps, though sometimes growing on the bare rock, prefers 
hollows or crevices where a little soil has collected. 
Still keeping to the rocks, we may find in obscure corners, sheltered and 
half-hidden by some overhanging projection, the unique and beautiful Fab- 
ronia Tayloriana , Hamp., perhaps in the form foliis integris , Broth. Fab- 
ronia Scottiae , C. M., may also be found, a species wide-spread in N. S. W., 
and which was first collected by Miss Scott, now Mrs. Forde, a lady who in 
her earlier years spent much time and showed much skill in making drawings 
of many of our Australian mosses. In the crevices of the rocks we shall find 
a few species of Bryum , but, in the absence of fruit, for they are mostly 
sterile, some of them are not yet determinable. We may note, however, B m 
subatropiirpureum, C. M., B. peraristatum , C. M., ( a beautiful species ), 
B. erythropyxis , C. M., and perhaps B. pachytheca, C, M., which last is 
exceedingly plentiful throughout the district, growing mostly upon the 
ground, where, mixed with Funaria hygrometrica, it forms a perfect picture, 
with its thick, dark-red, hanging capsules, a typical Doliolidium. 
Turning now to the ground at the base of the rocks, generally damp and 
shaded, we shall find probably specimens of Breutelia affinis ( Hook. ) Mitt. ; 
B . commutata ( Hamp.) Par. : Bartramia papillata, H. f. W. ; B. gymno- 
stoma, Broth,, sp. nov. , in appearance very much like B. papillata, but dis- 
tinguished, as the name implies, by its want of a peristome: Bryum calodic- 
tyon, Broth., sp. nov., a most distinctive and dainty species of the Argyro- 
bryum group: Triquetrella papillata ( H. f. W. ): perhaps also Tr. albicus- 
pes . Broth., sp. nov,: Weisia flavipes , H. f. W. : Hymenostomum Sullivani, 
C. M. (rarely): Encalypta tasmanica, Hamp. etC. M.; Funaria hygromet- 
rica (L)Sibbth., var. sphaerocarpa (M;assp. ): F. tasmanica , Hamp., a 
fine species with very distinctive characters: F. ( Entosthodon ) apophysata 
(Tayl.): F ( Entosth.) aristata , Broth., very similar to the preceding, but 
differing in its percurrent nerve: Fissidens elamellosus , Hamp. et C. M.: F. 
macrodus , Hamp.: the inevitable Ceratodon purpureus\ possibly Campy l- 
opus Woollsii, C. M., Ditrichum affine , C.M., and two or three species of 
Pottiaceae which anticipate those ,growing on the open ground that slopes 
down to the richer flat country. 
Leaving then the rocks, we turn our attention to the hard ground, where 
the grass grows scantily and bare spaces of water-washed soil provide treas- 
ure spots for the bryologist. If one has been previously accustomed to the 
luxuriating coastal mosses, especially the fine, tree-loving, sub-tropical forms 
of the Northern Rivers, he will simply revel in the rarities here displayed. 
Dignity he will throw to the winds; he will not even go down upon his hands 
and knees: he will lie flat upon the ground, and, lens in hand, forget the 
world and its cares in the delighted contemplation of the rich garden of 
Nature spread out before him. The Pottiaceae are particularly in evidence, 
as they are throughout the district. Probably Tor tula atrovirens (Sm.), will 
be the first thing to greet our eye; then Barbula calycina Schwgr., and per- 
haps B. torquata , Tayl. Before turning to the minuter mosses that consti- 
tute the special attraction of the spot, we take note of Bryum pachytheca 
