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branches, sub-imbricate and more oval ; lobe very small, 

 angular, sub-trapeziform, tip truncate. Cells distinct, guttu- 

 late, brownish, somewhat obscure. Perianth terminal on 

 short lateral branchlets, between two branchlets that are 

 divergent from base (giving the appearance of a cross) ; 

 peduncled, with no proper perichostial leaves, long, oblong- 

 cuneiform, sides straight, increasing in width to mouth, tip 

 truncate, slightly uneven ; capsule included, narrow obovate, 

 mucronulate. 



Hah. Epiphytical on fronds of Hymenophyllum (sps.) ; 

 damp woods, Dannevirke, County of Waipawa ; 1888 : W. C. 



Genus 22. Lejeunia, Libert. 

 § 1. Stipules 0. 



1, L. ochracea, sp. uov. 



Plant small, brownish-yellow, creeping, lin. long ; main 

 stem flexuous, terete, shining, sub-tripinnate, much branched ; 

 branches close, very irregular in size, long and short alter- 

 nately. Leaves orbicular, tapering at bases, imbricate ; lobule 

 rather large, ovate, inflated ; tips truncate. Cells minute, 

 compact, orbicular, with minute interstitial cellules. Sti- 

 pules 0. 



Hah. On bark of trees, mixed with and overrunning 

 Frullania (sps.), woods, Norsewood, County of Waipawa; 

 1885 : W. C. 



§ 4. Stipules 2-fid. 



2. L. alhiflora, sp. nov. 



Stems Jin.— |-in. long, creeping and ascending, much 

 branched, often forming a small densely - implexed mass. 

 Leaves pale-green, highly cellular (also stems), pinnate, alter- 

 nate, distant, sub-sessile, spreading, wavj', slightly obovate, 

 obtuse, margined ; tips sometimes dimidiate, the anterior 

 apical margin excised ; lobule oblong-obovate, one-fifth of 

 leaf ; involucral leaves smaller, entire. Cells orbicular, 

 punctulate. Stipules elliptic, largely bifid, tips obtuse. 

 Peduncles numerous, terminal on short lateral branchlets, 

 long, curved. Perianths erect, whitish, very conspicuous, 

 campanulate, exserted free, smooth, plicate, obscurely angled 

 at top, mucronate, 4-fid shortly cut ; lobes oblong, tips obtuse, 

 jagged, sub-mucronulate. Pruit-stalk stoutish, length of 

 perianth ; cells large, longitudinal, transversely and equi- 

 distantly ringed with 4-5 brown bands. Capsule globular, 

 dark-coloured ; lobes sub-acute ; elaters adhering ; spores 

 rather large, oblong and sub-linear-reniform, thickisli, red- 

 brown, opaque. 



Hah. On branchlets of Eincarimrus microi^hyllus and 



