KiitK. — On New Species of Centrolepis. 441 



Class. FiLiCES. 



1. Hyincnopliylluin nmltifidum, Sivartz. 



1. Hypolepis millefolium, Hook. 



1. Pteris incisa, Thnnh.^_ 



1. Lomaria capeusis, Willd 



1. „ alpina, Spreng. 



2. „ dura, Moore. 



1. Asplenium obtusatum, Forst. 



1. „ bulbiferum, Forst. 



1. Aspidium aculeatuin, Sw., var. vestitum. 



1. Polypodium australe, Mett. 



Lycopodiace^. 

 J. Lycopodium fastigiatum, B. Br. 

 1. „ varium, B. Br. 



Akt XLIX. — Description of New Species of Centrolepis, 

 Labill. 



By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 



IBead before the Wellington PhUosopMcal Society, 13th February, 1891.] 



Centrolepis minima. 



A minute species forming small patches. Glabrous in all 

 its parts. Stems ^in.-^in. high. Leaves few, subulate, 

 membranous, not sheathing, acute, channelled above. Pe- 

 duncle terminal, bracts not exceeding the leaves, opposite. 

 Flowers, 1 in each bract ; carpels 2-4, rarely 6, styles 2-(), 

 slightly cohering at their base. 



Hccb. South Island : Shores of Lake Brunner, T. Kirk. 



This species forms small rather loose patches, which are 

 rather inconspicuous, only the tips of the leaves and bracts 

 rising above the sandy mud. I find no trace of scales, pos- 

 sibly owing to the advixnced season at which my specimens^ 

 were gathered. 



C. viridis. 



Forming cushion-like masses, sometimes 2ft. in diametei' 

 and an inch or more in height. Leaves Jin.-^in. long, sheath- 

 ing and imbricating at the base, filiform, obtuse, or with 

 minute acicular points, often setaceous, channelled above ; 

 sheaths more or less clothed with scattered hairs. Peduncles 

 terminal, usually exceeding the leaves, bracts distant, almost 

 equal, the basal one with a short obtuse mucro ; flowers, 1 or 

 rarely 2 in each bract, each flower consisting of a narrow 



