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brevioribus et laxioribus; bractece perichcetii late vaginantesj 

 breviter acumiuatji', integiw; seta c 2*5 cm. alta, flexuosa, rubra; 

 theca erecta vel suberecta, e collo brevi oblongo-cylindrica, 

 pallide fusca, l^vis; operculum conicum, acutuui. 



New Zealand : Kelly's Range, Kelly's Creek, on dripping 

 rocks, and at top of Otira Gorge, 2830 ft., damp rocks in scrub 

 (T. W. Naylor Beckett). 



Species inflorescentia dioica, statura robusta foliorumque 

 forma faciliter dignoscenda. 



225 Plagiothkcium Nov^ Valesi^ Brotb., n.sp. 



Autoicum : robustiusculum, cfespitosum, ctespitibus densis, 

 turgescentibus, lutescenti-viridibus, nitidis; caulis elongatus, 

 repens, per totam longitudinem plus minusve fusco-radiculosus, 

 densiuscule foliosus, subpinnatim ramosus, ramis patulis, vix 

 ultra 1 cm. longis, complanatulis, simplicibus, obtusis ; folia 

 concava, vix decurrentia, dorsalia et ventralia symmetrica, 

 ovato-lanceolata, lateralia asymmetrica, ovata, breviter sed 

 anguste acuminatis, margin] bus erectis, apice minutissime serru- 

 latis vel subintegris, nervis binis, brevissimis, cellulis laxe 

 elongate rhomboideis, alaribus brevioribus et laxioribus; bractece. 

 perichcetii vaginantes, subulato-acuminatse, integral; seta 1-5 cm. 

 alta, pallide rubra. Ca'tera ignota. 



N.S.W.: Richmond River, Skinner's Creek, on rock (Watts, 

 n.5619) and log in Byron Creek (Watts, n 5839). 



Species PI. lamprostachydi (Hamp.) Jaeg., affinis, sed foliis 

 vix decurrentibus, lateralibus anguste acuminatis, apice minu- 

 tissime serrulatis, laxiiis areolatis optime diversa. 



226. Vesicui.akia kivalis Broth., n.sp. 



Autoica : gracilis, caispitosa, ciiispitibus laxiusculis, depressis, 

 saturate viridibus, opacis; caulis elongatus, repens, { er totam 

 longitudinem fasciculatim fusco radiculosus, laxiuscule foliosus, 

 pinnatim ramosus, ramis patulis, complanatis, vix ultra 1 cm. 

 longis, cum foliis c. 2 mm. latis, simplicibus, obtusis; yo^ia ramea 

 jateralia patula, concava, plus minusve asymmetrica, ovalia, 

 raptim plus minusve longe cuspidata, marginibus erectis, inte- 



