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exceeding 0.6 mm., narrow obovate from a narrow base, 

 dorsal margin lightly curved, nude, ventral margin more 

 strongly curved, apex and ventral margin armed with 

 about 7 bold broad teeth; cells 18 ,«., v/alis thick, trigones 

 none, cuticle smooth. 



Very close to P. jjleurata, but smaller with a smooth 

 cuticle. 



Mt. Wellington. 



New Zealand. 



Adelanthus, Mitt. 



Stems erect from a creeping rhizome, simple or with 

 few long branches, apex usually circinate. Leaves succu- 

 bous, rotund, margins incurved, entire or minutely 

 dentate; cells rotund, walls thick; underleaves none or 

 iTidimentary. Perianth fusiform on a short branch to- 

 wards the base of the stem, mouth contracted. Calyptra 

 fleshy. 



Distinguished from rotund leaved Fhirjiochilae by the 

 margin being inflexed not reflexed. From Jamesoniella by 

 the different habit and dentate upper leaves. 



Adelanthus faJcattis, Mitt. — Usually 2-4 cm. Leaves 

 erect appressed rotund, 0.8-1.2 mm. diameter, dorsal base 

 decurrent, ventral rotund, lower leaves entire, upper ones 

 often dentate ; cells quadrate with thick walls, lower cells 

 longer with thinner walls. Perianth 2-3 mm. long. 



Very common. 



New Zealand. 



CUSPIDATULA, St. 



Small, decumbent simple or with few branches. Leaves 

 crowded, secund on the dorsal aspect, ovate with a broad 

 base and acute apex, succubous ; cells rotund, walls thick, 

 trigones large confluent; underleaves none. Perianth 

 terminal large, ovate-cylindric, plicate, mouth narrow 

 lobed also with numerous filiform fimbriae; bracts and 

 bracteolei larger than the lea.ves, deeply bifid and dentate. 



Very close to AnastrophyJIum. 



Cuspidatula monndon (Hf. et T.), St. — Leaves 1.3 mm. 

 broadly ovate, imbricate, apex spinous, ventral margin 

 often with a rudimentary lobe. 



On most mountains. 



Australia. New^ Zealand. 



