BY L. RODWAY. 81 



terminal but iisually thrown to the side by a ventral inno- 

 vation, oblong, grooved, mouth not much constricted, with 

 man}^ short irregular lobes. 



Mt. Wellington. Mt. Field. Mt. Hartz. Etc. 



J a meson i el la tasmanica (Taijl.). — Decumbent, not wdry, 

 green or tinged with red. Leaves imbricate, erect on the 

 young, spreading and decurved on the older shoots, ovate- 

 rotund, base not at all constricted, flat, up to 2 mm. long; 

 ceils 24 IX., trigones small, concave. Much confusion has 

 occurred by some authorities having confused ./. culorata 

 with this. 



Mt. Hartz. St. Mary's. 



Jainc^oniella sonderi (G.), St. — Stems rigid generally 

 simple and erect in dense mats. Upper leaves erect, iin- 

 bricate, obovate 2 mm. long, lower ones squan'ose almost 

 transverse; cells quadrat© 18 ^., walls thick, trigones 

 none. Perianth oblong, 6-12 deep plaits, mouth contracted 

 irregularly dentate ; inner bracts shorter than the leaves 

 with many laciniae; bracteoles oblong, laciniate. 



West" Coast. Western Tiers. 



Aplozia, Dum. 

 Small, ascending or slightly branched. Leaves oblong 

 to rotund, succubous, obliquely inserted entire. Under- 

 leaves generally absent. Floral leaves similar to the stem 

 leaves but larger. Perianth free or slightly combined with 

 the bracts pyriform to fusiform, plicate, mouth contracted. 

 Cells mostly about 30-35 fx. with thin walls. 



1. Perianth suddenly contracted to form 



a small tubular mouth rotate 



Perianth gradually contracted 2 



2. Perianth with a deep broad ventral 



groove, mouth shortly lobed alpina 



Perianth 3 plicate, mouth deeply 

 lobed, usually torn lacerafa 



Aplozia rotata, (Mitt.). — Stems mostly 5-10 cm., simple. 

 Leaves rotund to broadly oblong, nearly transversely in- 

 serted, not closely overlapping, 0.5-0.7 mm., bracts rather 

 larger. Perianth about 2 mm., pyriform deeply 4 plicate 

 above, apex abrupt with a small tubular mouth. All 

 parts more or less red. 



In shade the bracts are little larger than the leaves. 

 In exposed places at a high altitude they are often as long 

 as the perianth. 



Mt. Wellington. Longley. 



New Zealand. 



