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Wangaroa, Jolliffe. (Tasmania, Tristan d’Acunha.) M. Mitten lias referred F. ligi lulus to 
F. asplenioides , Sw. 
3. F. oblongifolms. Hook. f. and TFils. FI. N. Z. ii. 62. t. 83./. 8. 
Stems 1 in. long, erect. Leaves very numerous, linear or linear-lanceolate, 
obtuse acute or acuminate, somewhat indexed when dry ; margin not 
thickened, quite entire except at the crenulale apex ; nerve pale, pellucid, not 
continuous to the apex ; cells roundish, opaque. Fruitstalk slender. Cap- 
sule very small, ovoid, inclined or subcernuous; operculum not seen. Male 
inflorescence axillary on the same stems with the female. 
Var. a. Leaves linear, ligulate, obtuse. 
Var. /3. Leaves linear-lauceolate, acuminate. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, on rocks near waterfalls, both varieties, J. B. II. 
(Tasmania.) 
4. F. pallidus, Hook.f. and TFils. FI. N. Z. ii. 62. t. 83./. 7. Stems 
tufted, decumbent, very small. Leaves flabellately spreading, pale yellow- 
green, glossy, indexed but scarcely altered in drying, linear, hardly lanceolate, 
acute; margin not thickened, quite entire; nerve continuous to the apex; 
cells hexagonal, pellucid. Capsule cernuous ; operculum longer than the 
capsule. Calyptra submitriform, indexed at the base. Male inflorescence 
not seen. 
Northern Island, Colenso. (Tasmania.) 
5. F. tenellus. Hook . /. and TFils. FI. N. Z. ii. 62. t. 83./. 6. Minute. 
Stems very short, decumbent. Leaves few, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
straight ; margin not thickened, crenulate ; sheathing base denticulate ; 
nerve stout, concolorous, continuous to the apex, excurrent ; cells minute. 
Capsule erect ; annulus 0 ; operculum with a beak nearly as long as the 
capsule. Calyptra papillose at the apex. Male inflorescence basilar in Tas- 
manian specimens. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Bay of Islands, J. D. H. ; Auckland, Sinclair; 
Thomson’s Sound, Lyall. (Victoria, Tasmania.) 
6. F. dealbatns. Hook. f. and TFils. FI. TV. Z. i. 63. t. 84. /. 2. 
Minute. Stems very short, not % in. long, slender, pale greenish-white. 
Leaves few, linear-oblong, acuminate ; margin thickened, quite entire, nerve- 
less ; cells large, lax, rhomboid. Fruitstalk short. Capsule suberect, narrow- 
ovoid, contracted below the mouth ; annulus 0 ; operculum conical, beaked, 
as long as the capsule. Calyptra red-brown. Male inflorescence on diffe- 
rent stems from female. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands, on rocks near waterfalls, J. I). H., growing with 
other mosses. (Tasmania.) 
7. F. rigi&ulus, Hook.f. and TFils. FI. N. Z. ii. 61. t. 83./ 3. Stem 
1-2 in. long, slender, branched, leafy. Leaves rigid, crisped when dry, lurid 
green, ovate-lanceolate, subacute ; margin broad, much thickened, entire ; 
nerve continuous to the apex, pellucid, stout. Fruitstalk \ in. long, pale, 
slender, sometimes several together. Capsule small, ovoid, oblique; oper- 
culum shortly beaked. Male inflorescence terminal. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Bay of Plenty, Jolliffe ; East Cape, Sinclair ; Wei- 
