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fin. long, branched ; branches 1-2 Imes long, erect, close, 

 opposite and alternate, flexuous, simple forked and pinnate, 

 few-leaved. Leaves 3-fid, lobes long, subulate, and spreading, 

 5-6 celled ; lamina very short, 2 cells deep, cells narrow 

 linear. Perichaetial leaves larger and broader, ovate, tip 

 laciniate. Stipule closely resembling leaves, only smaller in 

 size. Perianth terminal and basal, large for plant, 2 lines- 

 long, whitish, lanceolate, plaited above, cells linear, parallelo- 

 grammic, clear ; mouth lacinio - fimbriate (usually twelve 

 fimbriae, their cells very long). Fruit-stalk iin. long. Capsule 

 small, brown-red ; valves sub-linear- lanceolate, margined, 

 obtuse, with longitudinal parallel stout dark lines, and latitu- 

 dinal fine brown ones ; cells narrow parallelogrammic. 



Hah. On the ground in low wet woods, forming thick 

 spreading patches, near Norsewood. County of Waipawa ; 

 1885 : IF. C. 



Ohs. A very peculiar-looking and striking little species,, 

 from its numerous long white perianths, which are very con- 

 spicuous owing to their erect position above the plant, their 

 size, and colour. 



3. L. minutisdina, sp. nov. 



Plant very small, exceedingly slender, lin.-2in. long, g^jin. 

 broad, prostrate, creeping, bipinnate, much branched; branches 

 alternate, irregular, some very long for plant, and some ending 

 with flagellcB ; pale-green when fresh, but of a light-brown 

 afterwards. Main stem (and flagellar) translucent, composed 

 of longitudinal parallelogrammic cells. Leaves distant on 

 main stem, close together and patent on branches and branch- 

 lets, 3-rayed, cut nearly to base, the minute lamina composed 

 of two small cells ; segments capillary, sub-articulate, acute, 

 spreading, 6-celled, the lowermost geminate. Stipules 

 similar but smaller, witli fine white rootlets descending from 

 their bases. 



Hah. On rotten logs among other Hejyatica, particularly 

 Gottschea sps., creeping between and over its leaves ; 

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



Ohs. A peculiar and minute, almost microscopical, plant ; 

 its known affinities are with L. lindenbergii, Gottsche, and 

 L. cajnUai'in, Lind. 



Genus 14. Mastigobryum. 



1. M. heterodontuia, sp. nov. 



Plant creeping, 2in.-3in. long, 1^ lines broad, stout, leafy 

 to base, dichotomous ; branches spreading at right angles ; 

 fiagelliE stout, short. Leaves brownish - green, thickish, 

 opaque, closely imbricated, sub-trapeziform, very broad at 

 base, dimidiate, truncate, falcate, recurved, 3-fid, teeth 



