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Obs. A curious little naked species, without stipules, and 

 with margins nearly entire, and therefore having affinity with 

 G. tuloides, Hook. fil. and Taylor, another New Zealand species 

 formerly discovered by myself; also pretty near to two pre- 

 ceding species, (in this paper), G. late-virens and G. nitida, from 

 the same forests. 



12. G. ramulosa, sp. nov. 



Plant creeping, prostrate, ascending, stem 1-1£ inches long, 

 4 lines broad, linear, obtuse, flattish, thickly rooting below on 

 lower part of stem, much branched with several short branchlets 

 at tops. Leaves numex-ous, and very closely set from base, 

 somewhat inflated, spreading, stem-clasping, pale-green ; ventral 

 ovate-oblong, acute and finely serrulate at tips ; upper margin 

 rounded, lower nearly straight, both margins entire and slightly 

 recurved ; dorsal lobes similar, but much smaller, sharply 

 acuminate at upper angle of tip ; cells orbicular, small ; stipules 



0. Involucral long narrow acuminate and much laciniate- 

 serrate. Fruit-stalk short, shorter than involucral leaves ; 

 capsule broadly ovate, red-brown. 



Hab. On bark of trees, among other Hepatica and mosses, 

 spreading in small patches, but apparently very local and scarce; 

 forest between Norsewood and Danneverke, County of Waipawa ; 

 1883: W.C. 



Obs. A species having some affinity with G. tuloides, Hook, 

 fil. and Taylor, and with G. simplex, mihi (supra), from its not 

 possessing stipules, and its nearly entire leaves. 



Genus 9. Psiloclada, Mitten. 



1. P. digitata, sp. nov. 



Plant minute, procumbent, very membranaceous. Stems 

 1-2 inches long, very slender, pinnately branched, with fine 

 rootlets at tips. Leaves pale-green, microscopical, rather close 

 set, sub-quadrate in outline, patent, those on main branches 

 much broader than their stems, 8-4 lobed, the blade as long as 

 or longer than the lobes, and appearing as if 5-7 nerved ; lobes 

 subulate, spreading, with the apparent " nerves " continued into 

 them ; cells large, regular, oblong or sub-quadrate, extending to 

 tips of lobes. Stipules similar, but much smaller and adpressed. 

 Fruit, etc., not seen. 



Hab. Damp shady woods, among other Hepatica and mosses, 

 near Norsewood, County of Waipawa ; 1885 : W.C. 



Obs. The cells of this little plant somewhat resemble those 

 of Lepidozia patentissima, only they are more regularly disposed 

 in lines among the apparent " nerves." Some of the long 

 capillary branchlets have also the appearance of fine rootlets at 

 their tips, as in some Lepidozia. The 4-lobed leaves, with their 



