THE SEXUAL STAGE OF CLUB-MOSSES. 175 
badly shaped potatoes. Up to a few years ago very few club- 
mosses had been found at this stage of development anywhere in 
the world, so there remained much to be learnt of the life-history of 
Complete branched early sexual stage of T’mesipteris of large size. 
Magnified 10 times. (After Holloway.) 
the genus. The honour of having filled this blank has come to New 
Zealand. The Rev. John EK. Holloway, D.Sc., of Hokitika, during 
the last few years has dug up hundreds of our club-mosses at all 
stages of their sexual development, and in a series of brilliant papers 
