38 PLANTS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
Inflorescentia feminea ramo brevi posita vel sessilis.  Bracteæ parve, 
margine integro; lobus anguste oblongus; lobulus similis sed minor. 
Bracteola ovato-lanceolata, ad } plus minus bifida, segmentis et sinu acutis, 
integra. Perianthium oblongo-triangulare apice lato, 5-angulatum, angulis 
superne late alatis, alis triangularibus acutis, cornubus nullis. 
Androecia sessilia vel in ramis brevibus posita, sphaerica ; bracteæ in paria 
3 disposite ovales, apice rotundato. 
Dimensions. Stem 4 to 4 inch long, diam. ‘05 mm.; with leaves ‘8 mm. 
wide ; leaves, lobe *5 mm.x:3 mm., lobule ‘15 mm.x:1 mm. ; cells ‘025 mm., 
ocelli ‘06 mm.x:035 mm.; underleaves ‘35 mm. wide, with setæ ‘075 mm. 
high ; bracts, lobe :325 mm.x:1 mm., lobule :25 mm. x:05 mm.; bracteole 
"3 mm.x:l mm., segments *15 mm.x‘05 mm. at base; perianth :5 mm. x 
'ó mm. wide at apex ; amentula ‘3 mm. x:3 mm. ; bracts, lobe:2 mm.x:15 mm., 
lobule :15 mm.x:1 mm. 
Obs. Leptolejeunea rhombifolia St. from New Caledonia has leaves with 
acute apex, entire or paucidentate, 1:25 mm.x*58 mm., lobule large, 3 times 
smaller than lobe; perianth pyriform, *9 mm. x 58 mm. ; bracts, lobe, and 
lobule irregularly dentate. 
Hab. Ermitage Stream.  Epiphyllous on Fern, Freyeinetia, ete. 145. 
EuLEJEUNEA PTERIDIS Bescherelle & Spruce in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xxxvi. 
(1889) p. elxxxvii. 
Lejeunea pteridis (Besch. et Spruce), St., Sp. Hep. v. (1915) 787. 
Monoicous. Small; pale green in colour, creeping amongst other hepaties 
and mosses. Stem slightly branched. Leaves oblong, subfalcate, apex 
rotundate, narrow at base of insertion ; lobule minute or wanting, oblong, 
free angle toothed. Underleaves oval to subrotund, bifid to below the middle, 
segments acute, sinus wide, obtuse. Bracts small, half size of perianth, 
entire, lobe oval, apex obtuse, lobule similar but smaller; bracteole oval, 
bifid to below the middle, segments obtuse, sinus acute. Perianth obovate 
to cuneate-pyriform, beak long. Andreecia with 4 to 5 pairs of bracts, keel 
of bracts papillose. 
Dimensions. Stems 1 inch long, diam. ‘075 mm.; with leaves *1 mm. wide; 
leaves, lobe ‘6 mm. x ‘4 mm., lobule *I mm. x *1 mm.: lobe 5 mm. x ‘4 mm., 
lobule *1 mm. x ‘075 mm.; underleaves ‘15 mm. x ‘1 mm.: braet, lobe 
"4 mm. X:2 mm. ; bracteole ‘25 mm. x ‘175 mm. ; perianth *5 mm. x :325 mm. 
Obs. I have had the opportunity of comparing this with original specimens 
named by Dr. Spruce, from New Caledonia, collected by Balansa ; and it 
agrees well with it. 
Endemic. 
Hab. Mont Koghi. On upper surface of fallen log. Forest, 3000 ft, 
140. Mont Mon. On bark, 478. 
