24 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
Perianthium inferne tubulare 4 cellulas crassum obovatum, bracteis immer- 
sum, trigonum alatum, alis irregularibus augustis vel latis (1-6 cellulas latis) 
margine crenulato ; superne alis longis multis (9), perianthio adnatis, fere e 
basi ad apicem percurrentibus, irregularibus undulatis, interdum apice liberis 
linguiformibus, ornatum ; os perianthii latum 3-lobatum, lobis quibusque 
lacinias c. 10 longas (6-10 cellulas longas) gerentibus. Calyptra tenera 
archegoniis 8 rubellis vel basin versus vel sparsim ornata. Capsula ovalis 
leptodermis pariete unistrato ; pedicellus inferne sectione transversä cellulas 
periphericas 18 quadratas (8 cell. in diametro), sectione longitudinali cellu- 
larum quadratarum pallide brunnearum ordines 35-40, exhibens. Spore 
numerosissimæ minutissimæ rotundatæ læves pallide rubello-brunneæ margine 
pallidiore distinetæ (tamen perfecte mature). Elateres pauci dispiri, spiris 
plus minus 15-plo cireumvolutis. 
Inflorescentia mas postico-lateralis seu vere postica ; amenta brevia e 
bractearum 4—5 paribus dense imbricatarum composita secunda ovalia ventri- 
cosa, lobo bifido, segmentis acutis, lobulo paulum minore; antheridia spherica 
solitaria ; bracteola ovato-acuta bidentata. 
Dimensions. Stems $ to 1 inch long; diam. of stem :225 mm.; with 
leaves 2 mm. wide; leaves 1 mm. long x 75 mm. wide; cells *04 mm.; 
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underleaves *8 mm, widex ‘3 mm. high; lowest bracts 1:25 mm.x’6 mm. ; 
bracts 15 mm.x1 mm.; perianth 2 mm.x 1:5 mm. upper portion ; arche- 
gonia ‘225 mm.x'05 mm.: pedicel 1 mm.x-02 mm.; capsule ‘75 mm.x 
‘> mm.; spores ‘015 mm.; elaters *1 mm.x:015 mm.: male bracts, lobe 
‘Oo mm.x:3 mm., lobule *4 mm.x:3 mm.; male bracteole ‘3 mm.x:2 mm. ; 
antheridia *15 mm. 
Obs. This is a very remarkable species, near to C. cymbaliferus (Hook. f. & 
Tayl.), Gottsche, Lindenb., & Nees, from which it differs in many characters. 
Iam surprised that none of our authorities has raised this species to full 
generic rank, as it has several characters separating it from Chiloseyphus. 
Hab. Mont Koghi. Dense mat on upper surface of fallen log. Forest, 
3000 ft. 740. 
ZOOPSIS RIGIDA Pearson, sp. nov. 
Dioica, parva hyalina, inter hepaticas repens, flagella postica aphylla 
radieulosa ecostata, e cellulis elongatis composita, emittens; rhizoideis 
numerosis in filorum fere senorum hyalinorum fasciculos congregatis. Caulis 
simplex, vel ramos posticos paucos interdum attenuatos emittens, plano- 
convexus vel biconvexus, paginá anticá plana vel parum convexä (sectione 
transversä) 4 cellulas lata, cellulis 2 interioribus late oblongo-quadratis, 
cellulis marginalibus pachydermibus (trigonis nullis), interne quadratis, 
externe conicis vel rotundatis liberis eminentibus, in paria approximatis (sinu 
angusto interjecto), et apicibus setas singulas minutas erectas vel hamatas 
striolatas gerentibus; pagina posticá convexä (sectione transversá) 4 cellulas 
