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The following is a revised description of all the species known 

 to occur in New Zealand. 



1. Rhodophyllis acanthocarpa, J. Ag. Epic, 1876, p. 364 ; De 

 Tom Syll. AJg., 1897, vol. iv., p. 343 ; Laing Rev. List, in Trans. 

 New Zeal. Instit., 1901, vol. xxxiv., p. 341. 



Callophyllls acanthocarpa, Harv. in Hook. Fl. New Zeal., 1855, 

 vol. ii., p. 251. 



Calliblepharis? tenuifolia, Harv. in Hook. Fl. New Zeal., 1855, 

 vol. n., p. 243. 



Fronds membranous, of medium size, irregularly dichotomously 

 branched, rosy crimson. Main branches 1-3 cm. wide, linear 

 oblong, margins entire or becoming fimbriate later; ultimate 

 branches d mm. wide, apices usually obtuse. Thaliu< composed 



IJZL in ,l ay T 8 ' an inner of lar ^ e cells tw ° or more deep 

 arranged parallel to the surface of the frond, and an outer consisting 



arrin^mil* * yeF . Bma 5 Cells ; from above a rosuiate-areolate 

 arrangement is seen, in which the circle of minute cells surround- 



C i'l f° tral . °; ie a PPears sub-prominent. Veins absent. 



scat er a d P npf ^ mal -' aCU L ea * e - Tet ™sporangia zonately divided, 

 scattered near the apices of the frond, of medium size 30-50 x 2<)£ 



Si^'lair • S£8l l f la nd , ? n Ascldia > L U a11 f Ja ^bs River, 

 Sinclair; Chatham Islands (teste Agardh). 



nofcl^astThfv 1 ^ I 1 ', V01 ; b P - 251 ' Harve y stated fchat ^ was 

 prove to t h, ? . Clt / 0f i h A 8 s P eci <*>and feared that it might 



may be account] f Va K e l °! 0aU <*Wfo Hombroniana. This 

 S H^vevbo^ i y th ! f l Ct that in L >' a11 ' 8 gatherings quoted 

 fiafthe true f *22K "* t0 be f ° Und ' and that he did not detect 

 The Uo pLL^?» ° Ca vi m P ° SSeSSed a ^odophyllis structure, 

 even in th ^Z\ Z"f l f qmte distinct and ma J »* recognised 

 may always be dtt' l ^ f rUCtm ' e of the frond - Callophyllis 



is ^^^^^ aUmplM ^ f ta*M* Harv., which 

 example ilSSJS£u^t * S ,°, meWhat iux nriant and proliferous 



of Calibl^a ^^ KftEP' ; rhe Plant haS th ° as P ect 

 the form of the tetra^f iu but the struct ^e of the frond and 



me tetraspores are those of Rhodophyllis. 



on ot aculeate cystocarps, E 

 confounded with *n V ^u^ 



acan- 



except 22. Laingii («.▼.) ^ ullI °unaoct with any other species 



et aspectu 



2. Rhodophyllis Laingii, Cotton, sp. nov 



t^itfESSE r p . ia ' ****** »™». **- 



distinctiscellularum strati^ ?*T fimb « a ^. Frons duobus 

 ibus per duas series frondi« n i ' ° ellulis wterioribua major- 

 corticalibus minutis, asnectn 11 . ? P arellela 8 dispositis, cellulis 



' SpectQ rosul ato-areolato a superficie Venae 



