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sub-oblong-quadrate, broadest at base, tip truncate, with a 

 long cilia-like spreading tooth at each angle (sometimes, also, 

 a similar tooth in the middle of sinus), sinus excised, irregular, 

 broad and deep, margin entire ; anterior margin slightly- 

 arched, and depressed near tip; posterior margin straight. 

 Cells large, orbicular, walls double with connected linear 

 cellules. Stipules free, small, largely bifid ; lobes long, fiexu- 

 •ous, recurved, spreading, each with 3-4 basal longitudinal 

 geminate cells, and two small teeth on the outside ; sinus 

 very large. Perianth sessile, erect, often two together near 

 base, campannlate ; tips largely laciniate, recurved. Calyptra 

 globose, urceolate, mouth laciniate. Fruit-stalk 8-9 lines 

 long; valves oblong, obtuse, brown. 



Hab. On trunks of tree-ferns (Dlcksonia sps.), low w'et 

 woods near Norsewood, County of Waipawa ; 1886 : W. C. 



10. C. fuontana, sp. nov. 



Plant small, j)rostrate, simple, linear, flexuous, very 

 delicate, sub -J^in. long, 1 line broad. Leaves sub-opposite, 

 close, oblong-quadrate, sides straight entire ; tips truncate, 

 irregularly ciliate-toothed ; teeth 2-5 (usually 4), straight, 

 spreading. Cells large, clear, oblong-hexagonal, regular in 

 almost lateral bands. Stipule small, free, broadly ovate, 

 bifid; lobes acuminate, forked ; sinus large, rounded; ciliate, 

 cilise few ; cells as in leaves. 



Hab. On ground with other small Hcpatica, sides of 

 Mount Tongariro, County of East Taupo ; 1887 : Mr. H. HiU. 



Obs. This plant in its young state is whitish pellucid, 

 leaves with fewer and more distant teeth ; when aged it is 

 longer, dark-brown, more flexuous and sub-rigid, wdth its 

 leaves more distinct : unless these, from more copious and 

 better specimens, should form two species. 



11. C. heterodonta, sp. nov. 



Plant prostrate, stems stout, about lin.-l|in. long, lanceo- 

 late, 2 lines wide at middle, simple, and branched at base. 

 Leaves green, sub-imbricate at middle of stem, oblong-quad- 

 rate ; tips bifid (sometimes irregular) and much ciliate ; 

 lateral margins entire, but some leaves have one long ciliate 

 tooth at the middle of the anterior lateral margin, or (but 

 more rarely) one on the posterior margin. Stipule minute, 

 free, narrow ovate, bifid, and sometimes trifid, with six ciliae, 

 three on each side. Cells large, clear, oblong-hexagonal. 



Hah. "With preceding, G. montana, Col. 



Obs. This plant possesses several characters in common 

 with C. montana, while it differs in others, which are also 

 constant. Better specimens are wanting. I picked out both 

 from a quantity of iDroken vegetable rcjcctavienta. 



