22 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA, 
LornocoLEA Leviret Schiffn. Hepat. Buit. (1900) 182. 
Paroicous. Small, corticolous. Stems simple or slightly branched; 
leaves entire, retuse, bidentate or pluridentate ; underleaves free or slightly 
connate on one side, bifid to below the middle, with a small exterior tooth on 
each side : involuere and perianth relatively large ; bracts dentate ; bracteole 
dentate. 
Dimensions. Stems 4 to 4 inch long, diam. :2 mm.: with leaves 1'5 mm. 
to 2 mm, wide ; leaves 1°5 mm. x 75 mm., 1 mm, x 75 mm., ‘5 mm. X '6 mm.; 
perianth 2:25 mm. x 1 mm. 
Obs. Lophocolea Levieri, named by Schiffner in honour of one of the most 
accurate and generous of Italian cryptogamic botanists, is recorded from 
Java and Sumatra ; the New Caledonia specimens agree in every particular 
with Schiffner’s description, except in being rather smaller. 
Lophocolea Levieri is the only paroicous species belonging to this genus 
recorded from Asia and Oceania by Stephani, in his list of 267 species. 
Our native L. heterophylla (Schrad.) is described as monoicous, whereas it 
is usually paroieous. ZL. Levieri might well be regarded as the Eastern 
representative of L. heterophylla, as the range of variation in its leaves is from 
entire to paucidentate. 
Hab. Mont Mou. On stones and mud in stream, 800 ft. 444. Mont 
Mou. On bark. 478. Mont Koghi. From bark and rocks, near stream, 
1000 ft. Forest. 801. Mont Arago. On old fronds of a filmy fern. 
Moist forest, 1000 ft. No locality. 804. 
Java, Sumatra. 
ÜHILOSCYPHUS ARGUTUS Nees, Syn. Hep. 183; St. Sp. Hep. (1906) 215. 
Leaves oblong-quadrate, apex rotundate, with 5-8 small teeth, marginal 
cells small ; underleaves connate on both sides, bifid with 1 large marginal 
tooth at each side, sometimes 2.  Androcia on short branches. 
Hab. Mont Koghi. From bark and rocks, near stream, 1000 ft. Forest. 
801. 
Asia tropical and subtropical; Pacific Is. Australia and New Zealand 
subtropical. 
CHILOSCYPHUS BEESLEYANA Pearson, sp. nov. 
Dioiea, mediocris olivaceo-brunnea cæspitosa. Caulis simplex vel parum 
ramosus. Folia: alterna imbricata horizontalia vel patenti-divergentia 
oblongo-quadrata vel ovato-quadrata, margine antico (inferiore) parum 
curvato decurrente, postico (superiore) curvato; apex quam basis triplo 
augustior truncatus late lunulato-retusus bidentatus segmentis divergentibus 
acutis; cellule majuscule subrotundatæ trigonis magnis. Foliola cum foliis 
ambobus anguste coalita, quam caulis 4—5-plo latiora, magna, ad medium vel 
altius bifida, sinu lato, segmentis acuminatis utroque lacinias 2 magnas 
curvatas extrorse gerente. Androcia ramis brevibus posticis disposita. 
