1048 HEPATIC^ COLLECTED BY MR. T, WHITELEGGE IN N. S. WALES, 



roundish-quadrate and notched near base; cells rather large, oblong- 

 quadrate, no trigones. Underleaves as broad or slightly broader 

 than the stem, on the branches 2-3rds as broad, contiguous 

 pyramidal or sub-conoid from a broad base, divided for l-3rd of 

 the length into 3-5 narrow teeth which are closely appressed to 

 each other. Involucre on short postical branches, Involucral bracts 

 3 pairs, the innermost smallest, outer pair ovate to ovate-acuminate 

 more or less dentate at the apex, pistillidia linear, long, about 15. 

 Perianth (?). Male (?). 



Measurements. — Stems about % inch to f inch long, '2 mm. diam. 

 with leaves -65 mm. wide ; leaves flattened out "8 mm. long x 

 •55 mm. broad ; cells, }q mm., -06 mm. x "04 mm. ; underleaves '35 

 mm. high X "33 mm. broad; segments '125 to "15 mm.; outer 

 bracts •5 mm. high x •4 mm. broad, and '7 mm. x '5 mm. ; middle 

 bracts 1*1 mm. high x '6 mm. broad; inner bracts •8 mm. high 

 X "5 mm. broad ; pistillidia ^2 mm. long x ^05 mm. broad. 



Rah. — On wet earth, Mermaid's Glen, Blackheath, Blue 

 Mountains, 3,000 feet. September 5, 18S5. — T. Whitelegge. 



Ohs. — L. dendroides is readily distingviished from L. nutans 

 (H. f. T.) Mitt., by its more creeping habit and pinnate ramification. 

 Only undevelo|)ed pistillidia have been met with in either species. 



Mr. Mitten describes the perianth of his Lemhidium ventrosu7n 

 as " superne valde incrassato," and in his notes on Lemhidium in 

 Hookei''s Handbook Fl. New Zealand, as trigonous, but no 

 further description is given. 



(L. dendroides in the dendroid habit, rigid leaves, and conoid 

 stipules, is nearly allied with the curious Lepidozia tenax H. f. 

 and Tayl., which I sus))ect is a true Lembidium, as well as L, 

 nutans) B. C. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXVIII. 



Fig. 1. Plants nat. size. 2. Portion of stem antical view enlarged. 3. 

 Portion of stem postical view x 31. 4. Leaf flattened out x 3L 

 5. Portion of leafx'290. 6-7. Underleaves x 85. 8. Under- 

 leaves x by 31. 9. Outer bracts x 31. 10. Middle pair of bracts 

 x31. 11. Inner bracts X 31. 12. Involucre x 24. 13. Pistillid- 

 ium X 85. 



