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Forma suhmersus. — Leaflobes shorter, cuticle smooth. 

 Bracts not enlarged; periarith wholly exserted oblong, not 

 plicate, 3 mm., mouth suddenly contracted, shortly fim- 

 briate. 



Lake Leila, Cradle Mt. 



Sjyhenolohm iiirjrus, Rod. — Small densely clustered m 

 blackish cushions, the shoots simple or with few branches, 

 about 1 cm. long. Leaves obcuneate from a narrow base, 

 spreading, to i bifid, lobes broad, apex rather acute 1 mm. 

 long; cells 14 ^., with very thick walls, cuticle smooth. 

 Bracts similar to the leaves only larger, connate with an 

 oblong bracteole. Perianth broadly cylindric, deeply 5- 

 grooved, 2 mm. long, mouth closely contracted with a few 

 shorti fimbriae. 



On rocks in rivulet, Cradle Mt. 



Alicularia, Corda. 

 Small, ascending or procumbent, little branched with 

 numerous ventral rhizoids. Leaves succubous obliquely 

 inserted, rotund to oblong, entire ; underleaves rudiment- 

 ary, lanceolate or none. Bracts enlarged round the thick- 

 ened apex, which fonns a short broad marsupium ; peri- 

 anth tender, more or less connate with the bracts and wall 

 of the marsupium. 



Alicularia tenelJa, Rod. — Decumbent or ascending, 

 dispersed amongst other small plants rarely forming mats. 

 Leaves ascending, flat or slightly concave, oblong to 

 rotund, rather delicate and flaccid, 1 mm. base sub- 

 decurrent; cells 32 m., trigones small or none, cuticle 

 smooth. Marsupium short and broad, bracts very large. 



Mt. Hartz. Adamson Peak. St. Patrick's Head. 

 Cradle Mt., Etc. 



ACROBOLBUS, NeES. 



Stems prostrate with bunches of rhizoids from the 

 under surface. Leaves succubous, bilobed with unequal 

 lobes, erecto-connivent near the inflorescences. Underleaves 

 absent or i-udimentaiy. Sporophyte inserted in the base 

 of a terminal marsupium ; perianth absent; calyptra adnate 

 with the inner wall of the marsupium. 



Acroholhus cinera^cens (L. et L.), Schffn. — Small, 

 iisuallv matted, pale green. Leaves piano-distichous, ob- 

 long about l-3rd bifid, lobes unequal, 1-1.3 mm., margin 

 plain; ceils 35 ^.^ trigones rather large, convex, cuticle 

 coarsely papillose. 



Mt. Wellington. West Coast. 



Australia. New Caledonia. New Zealand. 



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