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narrow base, about 1 mm., entire or sometimes with 1-2 

 small teeth. Underleaves narrow, divided nearly to the 

 base into two slender lobes, margin armed with one or 

 two slender teeth. 



Very common on ground. 



New Zealand. 



LoijlwcoJea gunniana, Nees. — Medium size pale, rigid. 

 X<eaves crowded, erect w4th the apex slightly decurved, 

 broadly ovate-rotund from a broad base, 1.7-2 mm., apex 

 xei-y obtuse, entire or with a few minute teeth, trigones 

 small, generally convex. Underleaves hardly broader than 

 the stem, | bifid, lobes diverging slender, toothed on each 

 side, margin 1-2 dentate. Perianth long triquetrous, 

 angles narrowly winged. 



Slopes of Mt. Wellington. Gordon River. 



LopliucuU-a for^iiitliiana, St. — Robust, many branched, 

 branches about 1 cm. long. Leaves not crowded, suberect 

 base and regnlarly decurved above, broadly triangular- 

 rotund from a very broad base, apex obliquely emarginate 

 to entire, 1.7 mm., dorsal base subdecurrent. Cells 18-24 

 jj.., trigones none. Underleaves broader than the stem, 

 deeplv bifid, lobes slender, margin uni-bidentate. Perianth 

 short and broad, angles acute not winged. 



Very common. 



Eastern Australia. 



LuplxtCiiha (/clieehn, St. — Robust, closely decumbent, 

 elongating, simple or with few^ branches. Leaves strongly 

 decurved, broadly obliquely triangular-rotund from a very 

 broad base, 1 mm. long. 2 mm. wide, entire or undulate. 

 Cells 27 ^(., trigones acute. Underleaves rather broader 

 than the stem, generally deeply bifid, margin unidentate, 

 sometimes nearly 4-fid. Perianth oblong. 



Doubtfully distinct from the last. 



Launceston. 



Eastern Australia. 



Loph.ocoica rupirnhi, St.- — Robust but short, shoots 

 seldom exceeding 3 cm. Leaves rigid, very crowded erect, 

 with deflexed tips, obliquely ovate-rotund to reniform, 

 2 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, often w^ith a slightly truncate 

 bidentate apex, and often one or two small teeth along 

 the margin ; underleaves rather large, 2-3rd bifid, lobes 

 acute dentate, marginal teeth long acute ; bracts and 

 bracteole large, dentate. Perianth long, mouth truncate, 

 armed, angles with narrow dentate wings. 



Mt. Wellington. Dromedary. Bischoff. 



