. HEPATICH NOVJE ZELANDIA, &c. 565 
In characters this species comes very near to Plagiochila 
interrupta of Lindenberg from Switzerland. The present, 
however, is much larger, more erect, while the leaves are 
longer and more convex. 
21. J. fruticelia, n. sp. caule cespitoso erecto ramoso basi 
subnudo, foliis contiguis erecto-patentibus ex angusta basi 
obovatis margine recurvis apice subtridentatis, calyce ter- 
minali obovato subcompresso bilabiato ciliato-dentato. 
Has. New Zealand. 
Patches loose, wide, pale green. Stems four inches high, 
naked below, repeatedly branched and fascicled above; the 
branches erecto-patent, bending. Leaves not imbricated, 
just touching one another, convex from the recurvation of 
the margins, teeth three or four, sometimes only two, limited 
to the tops of the leaves, except the pericheetial which are ` 
more extensively dentate, and the terminating pair are erect 
and adpressed to the calyx. "This has a wide mouth closely 
toothed, almost ciliated. The single perigonium observed 
was a lanceolate terminal spike, more pale than the cauline 
leaves. 
This species is strongly allied to Plagiochila sciophila, Lind. 
from Nepal; this last however is a prostrate species, is much 
smaller, has the leaves shorter, their anterior margin more 
curved and by no means has a dendroid habit. 
(Lepidozea, Nees v. Esenbeck). 
22. J. levifolia, nobis supra, p. 385. 
Has. New Zealand. 
23. J. tetradactyla, nobis supra, p. 386. _ 
Haz. New Zealand. 
(Mastigobryum, Nees v. Esenbeck). 
24. J. Nove-Hollandie, Nees. 
Has. New Zealand. 
(Mastigophora, Nees v. Esenbeck). 
25. J. flagellifera, Hook. Musci Exot. t. 59. 
Has, New Zealand. | 
