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Hab. Closely mixed with other small Hepatica and minute 

 mosses, wet stony sides of the River Mangatawhaiiti, County of 

 Waipawa; 1885: W.C. 



Obs. A species having affinity with J. inundata, Hook, fil., 

 also found in this district. 



2. J. rufifiora, sp. nov. 



Small, densely and regularly tufted in large spreading 

 patches, erect, 3-6 lines high, pale-green, simple and branched 

 below, connected at base, stems succulent, flexuous. Leaves 

 few, vertical, alternate, distant, sometimes laxly imbricate, 

 especially on old stems ; smaller orbicular and pink-margined 

 below, gradually increasing in size, elliptic and sub-apiculate 

 above ; semi-amplexicaul, quite entire, very membranous and 

 translucent, somewhat recurved ; involucral 1-2, very similar, 

 but larger ; cells large, sub-orbicular, nearly alike throughout, 

 the upper minutely and many beaded. Perianth large (for the 

 plant), about 1 line long, obovate-spathulate, 4-5 plicate, mouth 

 large, laciniate, tips pink-red. Stipules none. Fruit-stalk 3 lines 

 long, slender ; capsule globose, dark brown ; valves broadly 

 oblong-lanceolate, reticulate, slightly margined ; tips very obtuse. 



Hab. Steep shaded and wet cuttings, clayey sides of main 

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



Obs. A species having pretty close affinity with the pre- 

 ceding species (J. humilissima, mihi). It is a striking and neat 

 object in its flowering season, owing to the tips of its numerous 

 and compact perianths being coloured a lively pink-red, and 

 generally each stem bearing one, and all of a uniform height, 

 so that it is detected at some distance when passing by. 



3. J. paucifolia, sp. nov. 



Plant small, tufted, densely compact ; stems erect, 4-6 lines 

 high, regular, simple, rarely branched at base, light green, with 

 many fine pellucid rootlets springing from bases of leaves. 

 Leaves few, rather distant, alternate, vertical, ^th inch long, 

 broadly sub-orbicular, somewhat truncate at tip, recurved, 

 undulate and sub-plaited, narrowly margined • margins entire, 

 those of upper leaves sub-sinuate ; sub-canaliculate, not de- 

 current on stem, largest above and very small at base ; cells 

 large, oblong, each 5-7 beaded ; involucral similar, but larger. 

 Stipules 0. Perianth broadly obovate, slightly compressed, with 

 sinuous edges, apex very truncate, 5-6 plaited at top, mouth 

 contracted, tips curved, acuminate, each with a minute pencil of 

 3-4 fimbria?. Seta 2 lines long, slender, twisted, transversely 

 veined. Capsule very minute, globular, dark brown, bursting 

 rather irregularly ; valves narrowly margined, obtuse, and much 

 reticulated with black lines. 



Hab. In large patches with the preceding species (J. rufifiora); 

 patches generally distinct, but sometimes intermixed ; 1885 : W.C. 



