36 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
Dimensions, Stem 1 inch long, diam. ‘04 mm. to 05 mm. ; with leaves 
‘225 mm. wide; leaves, lobe :2 mm. x ‘1 mm., :25 mm. x ‘1 mm., 15 mm. x 
1 mm., lobule "15 mm. x ‘075 mm., *125 mm. x ‘075 mm. ; cells ‘02 mm. x 
‘02 mm., ‘03 mm. x ‘015 mm. ; underleaves, setze ‘075 mm. long. 
Obs. In the list of Drepanolejeunea from Asia and Oceania-tropica, in 
Stephani’s * Species Hepaticarum’ there is none to which this minute species 
can be assigned; it is the smallest member of this genus that I have met 
with. 
Hab. Mont Koghi. On upper surface of fallen log. Forest, 3000 ft. 
740. 
DREPANOLEJEUNEA MICROCARPA Pearson, sp. nov. 
Dioica, minuta pallide- vel fusco-brunnea foliicola radiculosa, rhizoideis 
cinereo-albis, Folia patenti-divergentia (70°) vel erecto-patentia (30°) alterna 
dissita vel contigua, sæpe unilateralia, contorta semi-ovata subrectangularia 
acuta vel acuminata uncinata dentata ; folia ramea sspe integra; lobulus 
magnus, quam lobus dimidio minor vel jam vero exiguior, inflatus involutus, 
carinâ arcuata levi vel paullo papillosä ; cellulæ parvulæ quadratæ 4-5-6- 
gone, trigonis parvis sed evidentibus, ocellis paucis parvis, cuticula levi vel 
minute papillosà. Foliola minuta ad medium et ultra bifida, segmentis 
divergentibus cellulas 4 uniseriatas longis, disco cellulas 2 alto x 4 lato. 
Inflorescentia feminea ramo brevi terminalis innovatione singulä suffulta ; 
bractearum lobus late lanceolatus acutus vel acuminatus denticulatus, lobulus 
2-3-plo minor lanceolatus vel linearis integer vel paullo denticulatus; brac- 
teola ovalis ad 4 vel 4 bifida, segmentis acuminatis inconspicue denticulatis, 
sinu acuto ; perianthium parvum pyriforme 5-carinatum, carinis levibus, 
rostellatum. 
Androcia intercalaria vel e ramis brevibus orta; bracteæ perigoniales 
arcte imbricatæ, lobus rotundatus vel minute acutus, lobulus paullo minor, 
carina papillosá vel lzevi. 
Dimensions. Stems 4 inch long, diam. ‘05 mm.; with leaves ‘4 mm., 
nm 
‘5 mm. wide; leaves, lobe *3 mm. x ‘2 mm., lobule ‘15 mm. x "Il mm. ; cells 
‘025 mm.; underleaves ‘1 mm. x 05 mm.; bracts, lobe *45 mm. x ^2 mm., 
'45 mm. x ‘175 mm., lobule *35 mm. x ‘1 mm., :3 mm. x ‘05 mm. ; perianth 
‘tmm. x 3 mm. ; perigonial bracts ‘2 mm, x ‘175 mm. 
Obs. Its nearest ally is D. dactylophora (Nees), from which it differs in its 
dentate leaves, not spinose ; small but distinct trigones ; bracts and bracteole 
denticulate, not spinose; and the minute perianth *4 mm. x .3 mm., not 
:83 mm, x :59 mm., with keels smooth, not spinose. 
D. uncinata St. is autoicous, leaves lanceolate, perianth obovate, ‘83 mm. 
x ‘od mm. | 
Hab. Mont Mou. On trees in high forest, 3500 ft. 616. Mont Koghi. 
Upper surface of fallen log. Forest, 3000 ft. 740. 
