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linear, minutely striate, tip snb-mncronulate. Stipule very 

 large (for plant), sub-quadrate, 2i lines wide, slightly bifid, 

 sub one-fourth from tip, laciniate-serrate. Cells large, of 

 various shapes and sizes, orbicular to narrow oblong, their 

 walls double. 



Hah. On rotten logs among ferns, where it forms large 

 spreading patches, low woods near Dannevh'ke, County of Wai- 

 pawa; 1888: W.G. 



4. G. licterodonta, sp. nov. 



Plant gregarious, light-gi-een, sub-procumbent ; stems and 

 branches stout, succulent, lin.-l|^in. high, 4-5 lines wide at 

 top, branched above, bipinnate, branches long, spreading. 

 Leaves distant below, closely imbricated above, half -clasping, 

 ventral lobe oblong-ovate, tip acute, sharply cut serrate, a 

 thick plait from tip of dorsal, with small short plaits running 

 to margin, and all the plaits denticulate on the under side of 

 lobe ; anterior margin slightly toothed ; posterior margin 

 laciniate-serrate ; dorsal lobe, anterior base arched, produced, 

 denticulate, the bases overlapping each other on stem ; tip 

 sub-truncate, toothed ; the posterior margin curved, thick, 

 coarsely denticulate, and much within the margin of ventral. 

 Cells large, oval, walls thick. Stipule broadly hi|)pocrepi- 

 form, l-|-2^ lines wide, narrowest at base, bifid half-way 

 down, lobes truncate, tips trifid, margins coarsely laciniate 

 all round, each lobe with 5-10 broad lacini® ; sinus broad, 

 rounded at base. 



Hah. On rotten logs, woods near Dannevirke, County of 

 Waipawa ; 1888 : W. C. 



5. G. steno-carpa, sp. nov. 



Plant bright yellow-green, gregarious, semi-prostrate and 

 sub-erect ; stems very stout, lin.-ljin. long, forked at top, 

 branches short, 4-5 lines wide ; main stem narrower, with root- 

 lets at base. Leaves close, imbricate, wavy, 3-J- lines long ; 

 ventral lobe semi-ovate, serrate, tip acute, with one short 

 plait running from tip of dorsal lobe towards margin of ven- 

 tral ; anterior margin, the basal portion coarsely laciniate- 

 serrate ; posterior margin nearly entire, with 1-2 small distant 

 teeth, bases overlapping on stem ; dorsal lobe, tip narrow, 

 truncate, with a long curved tooth at the upper angle ; ante- 

 rior margin somewhat coarsely serrate ; postei'ior margin 

 curved slightly within ventral, coarsely toothed. Involucral 

 leaves erect, narrow oblong, largely laciniate ; laciniae wavy. 

 Stipule bifid, laciniate. Cells large, clear, oblong, double- 

 walled. Fruit-stalk slender, l^in. long. Capsule narrow 

 linear, cylindrical, 3 lines long, brown ; valves linear ligulate, 

 .sub-acute, with numerous broad longitudinal dark lines, and 

 closer finer lateral ones ; cells quadrate. 



