556 HEPATIC/E NOVA ZELANDIA, &c. 
73. Hypnum divulsum, nov. sp. ; caule rigido crasso sub- 
dendroideo superne ramoso, ramis confertis subsimplicibus 
incurviusculis, foliis patulis lase imbricatis obovato-rotun- 
datis concavis obtusissimis minutissime serrulatis semi- 
nerviis areolis punctatis, seta levi, theca ovata cernua, 
operculo conico-acuminato. 
Has. Van Diemen’s Land. 
In habit not unlike H. vagans, Hornsch., but that has api- 
culate leaves, less widely patent, and is altogether a more 
handsome moss. 
(To be continued). 
Herarica Nove ZELANDLE et Tasmania; being cha- 
racters and brief descriptions of the Heraricæ discovered 
in the Islands of New Zealand and Van Diemen’s Land, 
during the Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and 
Terror, together with those collected by R. C. Gunn and 
W. Colenso, Esqrs.; by Dr. J. D. Hooker and Dr. 
Tuomas TAYLOR. 
Continued from page 481 of the Volume.) 
III.—S»EcrgEs or New ZEALAND. 
JUNGERMANNIA, £L. 
(Gottschea, Nees v. Esenbeck). 
1. J. Balfouriana, n. sp.; caule subceespitoso erecto sub- 
ramoso squamoso, folis subimbricatis patentibus planis 
lobo ventrali oblongo subtus apicem versus cristato cristis 
tribus lanceolatis ciliatis dorsali semiovato utroque obtuso 
ciliato, stipulis quadrato-rotundatis quadrifidis laciniis ob- 
tusis ciliato-dentatis. 
Has. New Zealand, Dr. Stanger and Mr. Colenso. 
Stems about two inches high, pale green, rising from ? 
creeping root, the scales lanceolate, ciliate. Leaves crowded 
but scarcely imbricated, oblong-lanceolate, very obtuse, bear- 
ing above a vertical lobe more than half the length of the 
leaf, the two lobes at their bases embrace the stem. Both. 
