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bracts broadly oval, .sub-ontirc, slightly dentate or emarginate at apex ; 

 bracteole smaller, ovate, tri-qiiadridentate at apex ; androecia on very 

 short, postical branches; very small, subglobose, 2 pairs of perigonial 

 bracts. 



H ah it at. —Opepc, May 17. Nos. 40 and 44. Taupo, May 16. 

 No. 38. 



Observations. — I have type specimens of this very distinct species. 

 Neither J' nor 5 is described by Stephani, but I have found both on 

 Professor Setchell's specimens. 



Frullania (Galeiloba) laciniaeflora sp. no v. 



Dioicous; small, pale, greenish brown in color, intricately caespi- 

 tose; stems irregularly ramose, branches spreading, pinnate or bi- 

 pinnate, horizontally inserted, vaginate, imbricate, recurved or 

 squarrose, oval, appendiculate, appendix rotundate ; lobule small, 

 galeate, sub-rotund, mouth wide, erect or slightly divergent from stem, 

 often explanate, then lanceolate, obtuse ; cells small, quadrate, 4, 5, or 

 6-sided, walls and angles thick, nodulose; underleaves large, three 

 times broader than the stem, sub-orbicular, margin entire, bifid to 

 one-fourth, segments triangular, acute, sinus acute ; inflorescence on 

 short branches, very numerous, usualty imperfect ; bracts wath lobe 

 broadly oval, apex rotundate or obtuse, lobule lanceolate, acute, 

 unidentate on one side near the middle or entire ; bracteole oblong- 

 quadrate, bifid to the middle or below, slightly dentate, segments 

 broadly lanceolate; perianth projecting about one-half beyond the 

 bracts, broadly oval, tri-plicate, keels obtuse, densely covered with 

 erect laciniae, beak short ; spores brown, tuberculate, 15-20 on face. 

 Androecia on more delicate and simpler stems, produced on short 

 alternate branches, globose, 3 pairs of bracts, perigonial bracts, lobe 

 semi-rotund, entire, apex obtuse, lobule broadly lanceolate, apex acute. 



Habitat. — Kahikanui. near Whakapara, Julv 8. No. 50. Tvpe 

 Herb. Univ. Calif., No. 213701. 



Dimensions. — Stems 2 cm. long ; with leaves 1 mm. wide ; diameter 

 of stem .2 mm. ; leaves, lobes .75 mm. X .6 mm., 85 mm. X .6 mm. ; 

 lobule .2 mm. X .15, explanate .2 mm. X .075 mm.; cells. 02 mm.; 

 underleaves .5 mm. X .5 mm., segments .15 mm., .5 mm. X -45 mm., 

 seg. .15 mm., .45 mm. X .45 mm., seg. .15 mm. ; bracts, lobe .7 mm. X 

 .6 mm., lobule .6 mm. X .3 mm. ; bracteole .55 mm. X .4 mm., seg. 

 .3 mm. ; perianth 1.25 mm. X 1 mm. ; valve of capsule .65 mm. X 

 .325 mm. ; spores .03 mm. ; elaters .25 mm. long X -02 mm. wide ; 

 perigonial bract, lobe 5 mm. X .3 mm., lobule .45 mm. X .2 mm.; 

 antheridia .15 mm. X .1 mm. 



Observations. — There are two FruUanias recorded from New Zea- 

 land with hairy perianths; viz., F. pycantha Tayl. and F. rostellata 

 Mitten. T have seen the original specimens of both and with neither 

 of them does F. lacinaeflora agree. F. pycantha Tayl. is a much 

 more robust species, stems 4 to 5 cm. long, reddish brown in color, 



