34 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
opposita concava, margine incurvato, semi-rotundata, margine antico 
(superiore) arcuato ad basin truncato caulem obtegente, postico (inferiore) 
recto vel parum curvato, apice rotundato interdum obtuso ; lobulus quam 
. lobus 4-plo minor oblongo-quadratus, 2-plo latior quam altus, margine libero 
recto integro, angulo acuto vel acuminato, superne complanatus, inferne 
inflatus, carina paulo arcuatá, levi ; cellule parvule rhomboides parietibus 
irregularibus, trigonis parvis, Foliola imbricata, margine superiore inflexo, 
late breviterque cuneata decurrentia quam caulis 4—5-plo latiora, apice recto 
vel parum retuso, basin versus medio canaliculata. 
Andreecia in caulibus primariis intercalaria; bracteæ perigoniales quam 
folia paulo minores,inflatze, lobo ovali rotundato, lobulo } minore ovali obtuso. 
Dimensions, Stems 1 inch long, diam. :2 mm. ; with leaves 1:5 mm. wide; 
leaves, lobe 1 mm. x ‘75 mm., lobule :5 mm. x:25 mm. ; cells ‘02 mm.x 
'015 mm.; underleaves *5 mm. high x:6 mm. broad; male bracts, lobe 
‘75 mm. x '5 mm., lobule *5 mm. x:3 mm. ; antheridia ‘15 mm. x :1 mm. 
Obs. Although no fertile stems have been met with, the other characters 
separate this plant from the other Acrolejeuneæ recorded by Stephani from 
Asia-Oceania. Acrolejeunea cucullata (Nees) would appear to be the nearest, 
but this has leaves broadly ovate, apex twice narrower than base, lobule with 
free angle obtuse or bi-angular, underleaves sub-rotund. 
Hab. Mont Mou. On trees in high forest, 3500 ft. 616. 
LOPHOLEJEUNEA MUENSIS St. in Hedwigia, xxxv. (1896) 110. 
Var. MICROLOBA Pearson, var. nov. 
Monoica. Caulis irregulariter pinnatus : folia late ovata, apicibus obtusis 
(folia ramea acuta), ad basin anticum truncato-rotundata, trigonis parvis ; 
lobulus parvus quam lobus 6-7-plo minor, triangularis inflatus, angulo libero 
acuto; foliola quam caulis 3-plo latior. Inflorescentia feminea in ramo 
longo terminalis, innovationibus nullis; bracteæ oblongo-ellipticæ acute 
dentate ; bracteola subrotundata integra. ^ Andrecia in ramis brevibus 
terminalibus. 
Dimensions. Stems 1 inch long, diam. 01 mm. ; with leaves 1:5 mm. wide ; 
leaves *9 mm. x *6 mm., lobe "9 mm. x ^6 mm., lobule *15 mm. x +15 mm., 
underleaves ‘3 mm. x ‘3 mm. 
Obs. The few stems met with of this Lopholejeunea differ from Stephani’s 
description of L. muensis from New Caledonia in the smaller size of leaves 
' mm. x *6 not 1:5 mm. x 1:17 mm., the much smaller lobules 6 to 7 times 
smaller than the lobes, not 3 times smaller, underleaves 3 times broader than 
stem, not 5 times; but as it agrees in its inflorescence, its olive colour, 
irregular pinnate stems, leaves broadly ovate, antical base truncato-rotundate, 
branch leaves acute, bracts oblongo-elliptic, acute, margin near apex irregu- 
larly dentate, it is probable that Mr. Compton's specimens are only a variety 
