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Hah. On bark of living trees among other Ilcpaticce, often 

 found creeping over Mctzgcria. : edges of woods near Danne- 

 virke, County of Waipawa ; 1888 : W. G. 



Ohs. Its very diminutive size and pure-yellow colour dis- 

 tinguish it well from all other species known to me. It is 

 rather scarce, though from its smallness it may have been often 

 overlooked. A similar small New" Zealand species {B. stran- 

 gulata, Hook, and Tayl.) is given in " Syn. Hepat," p. 730 : dis- 

 covered by Hooker in 18-40, but apparently omitted by him 

 in " Fl. Nov. Zealand. ; " differing, however, from this species 

 in several characters. 



2. E. hjcopodioides, sp. nov. 



Plant erect in little tufts, very small, about 2 lines long, 

 J^in. wide, simple and 2-3 - branched ; branches and main 

 stem all of nearly same length and size, sub-cylindrical. 

 Leaves brownish, alternate, densely imbricate throughout, 

 sub-rotund ; tips produced over (or incised at) apex of lobule ; 

 lobule broadly oblong, tumid, rather large for leaf, being nearly 

 half its length. Cells orbicular, small, larger at centre and 

 base. 



Hah. On branchlets of living trees among other Hepaticce 

 and mosses; woods near Dannevirke, County of Waipawa; 

 1888 : W. C. 



Ohs. A n:ost peculiar-looking little species ; differing widely 

 •from all others known to me ; resembling the tiny narrow 

 spike of a small Lycopodium, or a minute catkin of some 

 amentaceous or coniferous plant. 



3. B. alhipes, sp. nov. 



Plant minute, sub Jin. long, creeping, thickly overrunning, 

 branched, stems cellular ; light-green. Leaves alternate, 

 broadly oval, close, but not imbricate, margined ; lobeobovate 

 two-fifths of length of leaf. Perichajtial erect, sub-apiculate. 

 Cells orbicular, compa,ct, sub-longitudinally ranged in regular 

 lines. Perianth pedicelled, free, campanulate ; mouth slightly 

 denticulate. Fruit-stalk exserted, white ; capsule orbicular, 

 black-purple ; spores oblong and linear-oblong, obtuse, one 

 end generally broader, sometimes slightly curved. 



Hah. On branchlets of EjncaypKrtcs microphyllus, Eaoul ; 

 and on branchlets of Mclicytus microphyllus, Col. ; woods, 

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



4. B. epLphylla, sp. nov. 



Plant prostrate, creeping, 2in.-2iin. long, bipinnately 

 branched ; branches alternate, long ; branchlets short. 

 Leaves of two shapes and sizes : (1) on main stems, close but 

 not imbricate, sub-orbicular, anterior margin and apex rounded, 

 the posterior less so and contracted at base ; (2) on smaller 



