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3. I. mitteniana, sp. nov. 



Plant pale whitish-brown with a slight tinge of green ; 

 sub-erect, 2in.-2|in. high, loosely branched ; branches long, 

 simple, and sparingly pinnate, 2 lines wide. Leaves opposite, 

 close, sub-imbricate above, broadly triangular or semi-rhom- 

 boidal (snitiller at bases), slightly decurrent ; tips acute, re- 

 curved, irregularly ciliate. Perichastial erect, oblong, ciliate, 

 tips rounded. Stipules large, distant, sub-oblong-quadrate 

 or broadly reniform, sub-margined, patent, convex much re- 

 curved, amplexicaul, largely ciliate (sub-ciho-fimbriate) ; ciliae 

 broad at base, flexuous, cellular ; sinuses large, round. Cells 

 small, sub-o'rbicular, with minute interstitial cellules, much 

 larger oval and oblong at centre and base. Perianth tubular, 

 2} lines long, trigonous, edges undulate with double teeth, 

 mouth lacinio-ciliate. Fruit-stalk liin.-l^in. long; capsule 

 rather small ; valves oblong-lanceolate, margins slightly un- 

 even, tips obtuse. 



Hah. Among other Hcpaticce, wet forests near Norsewood, 

 County of Waipawa ; 1885 : W. G. 



Genus 18. Sendtnera, Endlicher. 

 1. S. quadrifida, sp. nov. 



Plant sub-erect, 2in.-3in. high, with 2-3 main stems from 

 base, each bi- sometimes tri-pinnate, light-green; branches 

 alternate, distant, simple and forked, defiexed, the few lower 

 ones with their tips drawn out and sub-flagellate ; the tops of 

 the u^oper ones and of the main stems sub-glomerate, from 

 their numerous compacted leaves, recurved and nodding ; tips 

 reddish. Leaves erect, sub-appressed, imbricate on branches, 

 ^line long, narrow oblong, sides straight and largely lacinio- 

 ciliate, quadrifid, or bifid with each of the two main lobes 

 deeply divided ; lobes acuminate, wavy, spreading, their mar- 

 gins shghtly uneven ; sinuses sub-acute, large and deep, ex- 

 tending two-fifths of leaf. Stipules similar to leaves, but 

 smaller. Cells distinct, guttulate in longitudinal and parallel 

 lines, small, sub-orbicular and elliptic, larger and more oblong 

 at base. Fruit not seen. 



Hah. Among mosses and low herbage on the ground, 

 high hills at Lake Waikare, County of Wairoa: 1888: Mr. 

 H. Hill. 



Ohs. This is a peculiar-looking little plant, especially in its 

 dry state, being then sub-rigid, and somewhat resembling the 

 branches of the smaller states of Lycopodiu7u densuvi, Labill., 

 its leaves and stipules presenting a quadrifarious appearance. 

 It is, however, allied to S. scolopcndra, Nees, and to S. 

 flag cllif era, Nees, but differing from both in habit and in 

 colour, aud in several characters. 



