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sub-cylindrical, slightly clavate, apiculate, smooth. Capsule 

 oval, whitish ; seta produced, nodding ; valves oval, membran- 

 aceous, spreading, not cut to base ; elaters as in r/en. descr. 



Hah. On upper branches of tall trees, adhering to bark and 

 overrunning lichens (Stivtce) ; forests, Norsewood, County of 

 Waipawa; 1886: W.C. 



Obs. This species is rather peculiar ; small though it is, it 

 makes a show from its densely clustered habit of growth and 

 patent sub-transverse leaves ; it has also a pretty appearance 

 when in fruit, with its spreading white 4-valved capsules peering 

 above the tips of its dark leaves, resembling minute starry 

 flowers. It is also singular from the curious sinus of its 

 stipules, which, as far as I know, is quite a unique character. 



4. F. minutissinia, sp. no v. 



Plant very small, about 2-3 lines high, erect, thickly 

 gregarious, appearing black in the mass. Stems procumbent, 

 sub ^-inch long, much implexed, bipinuate ; brauchlets alter- 

 nate, very short. Leaves on main stem distant, on branches 

 close and touching but scarcely imbricate, sub-orbicular and 

 broadly elliptic, margins entire, tips rounded and recurved, basal 

 portion inflexed in a minute triangular interlobule or lobelet 

 between lobule and stein, brownish, the young leaves and 

 branchlets light-green ; lobule large (for plant), nearly fths of leaf 

 in size, distant from stem, elliptic-clavate, broadest at apex, 

 erect a little inchued, produced at base slightly beyond inavgin 

 of leaf, dark-purple ; iuvolucral leaves oblong-ovate, apiculate, 

 entire. Stipules orbicular, sinus large, angle acute at base and 

 very broad at margin. Perianth obovoid, triangular, sides 

 slightly concave, apex truncate, mucronate, mucro obtuse, dark 

 brown, shining. Cells excessively minute, orbicular-oblong 

 with microscopical interstitial cellules. 



Hah. On branches of trees, forming thickly compact and 

 spreading patches ; banks of River Mangatawhainui, near Norse- 

 wood, County of Waipawa ; 1886 : W.C. 



Obs. This very minute species is readily distinguished from 

 all other known New Zealand species by its large erect lobule. 



6. F. scabriseta, sp. iiov. 



Plant procumbent, creeping, spreading. Stems stout, 1-H 

 inches long, brown, 8-pinuate, much branched ; branches long, 

 leafy throughout. Leaves alternate, close-set on main stem, 

 slightly imbricate on branches, broadly oval, light-grccn, margins 

 entire but slightly uneven, recurved ; lobule same colour as leaves, 

 small, arched, tip short, obtuse, scarcely produced beyond leaf; 

 involucral leaves sub-obovate, entire ; cells small, sub-oblong- 

 angular, with thick walls composed of a chain of very minute 



