30 REY. W. A. LEIOIITON ON" NEW NEW-ZEALAND LICHENS. 



membranaoeus, infundibuliformis, 5-angiilatus, 10-costatus, margine 

 superne lO-fidus; lobis anantheris 5, cum petalis alternantibus, re- 

 flexis; lobis fertilibus antheras 3^ biloculares (loculis divaricatis), in 

 cucullis petalorum reconditas gerentibus. Ovarium oblongum, vil- 

 losum, subquinquelobatura, 5-loculare. Ovula 00^ amphitropa, pla- 

 centae axili biseriatim affixa. Stylus iuclusus. Stigma minutum, ob- 

 scure 5-lobuni. 



Tlie peculiar form of the leaves, and the larger flowers, serve 

 to distinguish this from the preceding. 



I am indebted to Mr. Fitch for the drawings that accompany 

 this communication. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate IL 

 Scaphopetalum longe peditncidatitm, 



1, leaf; 2, inflorescence ; 3, flower, showing calyx and corolla; 4, corolla 

 opened to show the staminal tube. In older flowers the margin of the 

 tube is reflected ; 5, outer surface of petal ; 6, ovary ; 7, transverse 

 section of ovary. 



Scaphopetalum Mnnnzi. 



Plate III. 



corolla 



5, portion of staminal tube ; 6, ovary ; 7, cross section of ovary. 



Scaphopetalum Blaclcii, 



8, leaf with inflorescence; 9, flower; 10, back of a petal; llj front of a 

 petal; 12j portion of the staminal tube; 13, ovary; 14, cross section 

 of ovary. 



The drawuigs have been taken from flower-buds, and not from fully 

 developed flowers, in wliich the staminal tube is larger in proportion 

 than is shown in the figures. 



Additions to the Lichens of New Zealand. By Eev. W. A. 



Leigh^n, B.A., r.L.S. 



(Plate IV.) 

 [Read February 21, 1867.] 



By the courtesy of Dr. Hooker, the learned Director at Kew, 

 I have lately enjoyed the opportunity of examining a portion of 

 the unarrauged lichens in the Hookerian herbarium, and have cle- 

 tected the following amongst the collections made in New Zea- 

 land by AViUiam Colenso, Esq., F.L.S., in the year 1865-1866, 

 which are undescribed and new. 



