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7. Cells 27-43 ^., perianth angled ... hiciliata 

 Cells 18 fj.., perianth winged trialata 



8. Underleaf bifid, with small or no 



marginal lobes 9 



Underleaf with acut© marginal lobes 12 



9. Underleaves much broader than the 



stem 10 



Underleaves about as broad as the 

 stem 11 



10. Underleaves l-3rd bifid niacrost/'pula 



Underleaves deeply bifid avfjentea 



11. Margins equally curved au.<tro-al pina 



Ventral more curved than dorsal 



margin decolorata 



12. Margins nearly equally curved hidentata 



Ventral broader than dorsal margin 13 



13. Underleaves about as broad as the 



stem hispinosa 



Underleaves twice as broad mooreana 



Group E. Margins of leaves armed with many 

 spines, surface papillate. 



1. Leaves^ triangular broadly connate 



with underleaves. hucophijUa 



Leaves ovate or bifid ; underleaves 

 nearly free 2 



2. Leaves mostly ovate-triangular, 2 mm. 



long fi.ssistipula 



Leaves l-3rd bilobed under 1 mm. ... muricaia 



Loplwrolea anguli^tipula, St. — Small, rigid. Leaves 

 erect, rotund, entire, about 0.6 mm. ; trigones very large, 

 walls subnodulose. Undei*lea.ves rectangular to rotund, 

 apex broadly truncate with a short lobe at each angle 

 Lipped with a single large cell, sinus broad, nearly straight, 

 margin generally with a single small tooth. Perianth long 

 exserted pyriform, triquetrous above, mouth narrow o-lobed. 



Mt. Wellington. 



Lophocolea eicipulata, St. — Rigid, brown. Leaves at 

 first erect then spreading, rotund entire, base broad but 

 not decurrent, mostly opposite, 1.5-2 mm., trigones rather 

 large. Underleaves very small, broadly connate on both 

 sides, bifid to the middle, lobes acute, with a similar tooth 

 on each margin. Perianth broadly cylindric, mouth 

 armed with short broad irregular teeth, terminal but often 

 appearing dorsal through the extension of a single ventral 

 innovation. 



