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I have seen no mention by any observer that the leaves of Loplio- 

 colea muricata are papillose on their postical side. I find that to be 

 the case with all specimens I have examined from New Zealand and 

 Tasmania. 



fSande la Coste in his description of his Lophocolca horridula says 

 of the leaves, "dorsum papillis elevatis conicus, in ventre deficienti- 

 bus. " This is a species which has been referred to L. muricata by 

 Stephani. 



Lophocolea muricata according to Stephani has a very wide dis- 

 tribution. CJiiloscyphus echinellus is restricted to New Zealand and 

 Tasmania. 



Zoopsis argentea Hook. & Tayl. 



Hook, Hep. antarct., p. 167, 1844. 



Jungermannia (Metzgeria) argentea Hook & Tayl., Jour, of Bot., p. 400, 

 1844. 



Habitat. — Mamaku Bush, North Island, New Zealand; coll. W. A. 

 Setchell, 1904. 



Cephalozia (Prionolobus) hirta St. 



Stephani, Sp. Hep., Bull, de I'Herb. Boissier, no. 8, 1908, p. 345. 

 Cephalozia dentata (Eaddi) Mitten, Flora Tasmania, II, p. 222. 



Habitat. — Taupo, North Island, New Zealand ; coll. W. A. Setchell, 

 May 16, 1904. 



Observations. — I picked out a few sterile stems of a minute 

 Cephalozia growing on Frullania fugax. The specimen is too meager 

 to determine with certainty, but may be referred to C. hirta St. until 

 better specimens are obtained. 



It differs, however, from C. hirta in being only half its size, stems 

 3 to 4 mm. long, not 8 ; also the cuticle is papillose, of which no men- 

 tion is made by Stephani, although specimens recorded from Queens- 

 land, by him, collected by C. J. Wild, have the same character. 



Stephani does not report his C. hirta from New Zealand, although 

 Colenso and Rodway record C. dentata from there, which according 

 to Stephani 's synonymy is the same as his C. hirta. 



The plant is very minute, .stems simple or once branched, branches 

 postical, rhizoids few, delicate, ascending to apex of the stem; leaves 

 distant, alternate, bifid to the middle, segments and sinus acute, 

 denticulate, cuticle papillose. 



