CoLENSO. — Description of new Pryptogamic Plants. 19 



squares, their margins minutely constricted at nodes, tips 

 reddish. 



Hab. In wet hollows, deeji woods south of Dannevirke, 

 County of Waipawa ; 1888 : W. C. 



Obs. A species having affinity with T. flabellata of Hook., 

 " Musci Exotici," tab. 13 (but liot of La Billardiere, "Plant. 

 Nov. HolL," tab. 25-4, an Australian species, which I believe 

 to be very distinct). 



Genus 31. Metzgeria, Eaddi. 



1. M. flavo-virens, sp. nov. 



Plant small, gregarious, forming thick sub-erect sub-fla- 

 belliform tufts, 3-5 lines diameter-; branches irregular, ^ 

 line wide, translucent ; midrib stout, cellular ; margins slightly 

 thickened ; yellow-green ; crisp when dry. Cells large, 

 hexagonal-orbicular, walls narrow double with minute inter- 

 stitial cellules. Peduncle usually axillary at forks, sometimes- 

 two together, ^ line long, stout, bristly. Involucre small, 

 ovate, acuminate, adpressed. Calyptra oblong-obovate, dark- 

 green, bristly ; bristles close, patent, white, pellucid, tips 

 obtuse. Capsule small, globular ; cells sub-quadrilateral. 

 Antheridia in alternate scales, ovate, acuminate, laciniate, 

 bristly. 



Hab. On trunks of living trees, near their bases, forming 

 dense large spreading patches ; dry woods near Daunevirke,. 

 County of Waipawa ; 1888 : IV. C. 



Order VIIL— FUNGI. 



Tribe III. Hydnei. 



Genus 13. Hydnum, Linn. 



1. H. novce-zealandice, sp. nov. 



Large, much and intricately branched from a short thick 

 sub-corky stem ; whole mass very compact, surface uneven, 

 roughish, somewhat resembling an advanced cauliflower ; 

 branches irregular, flexuous, 2in.-4in. long, pithy, soft yet firm 

 and toughish, whitish below and throughout, with a reddish- 

 brown tinge outside at tips ; spines sub-secund, numerous, 

 close but very distinct, of irregular lengths ^in.— |in. long, 

 smooth, subulate, acute, sometimes tips bi- and tri-fid. 



Hab. On Ncsodaphnc tawa, forests near Dannevirke, County 

 of Waipawa ; 1888 : W. C. 



Obs. Apparently this must form a large plant, as the por- 

 tion of one brought fresh to me was as big as a small cauli- 

 flower, about 4in. across, and evidenth' severed from a larger 

 part. I may here observe that the species under H. clath- 

 Toidesi?), Pall., ("Handbook Fl. N.Z.," p. 611), was also de- 



