176 NEW ZEALAND PLANTS. 
published in the “ Transactions of the New Zealand Institute” has 
added greatly to what was previously known concerning the life- 
history of Lycopodium. 
Tmesipteris, which closely resembles a club-moss in appearance, 
also passes the sexual stage of its career underground. Up to last 
year this stage of its development was unknown, but Professor 
Very young complete early sexual stage of 7'mesipteris. 
Magnified 45 times. (After Holloway.) 
Anstruther A. Lawson, of Sydney University, from material he col- 
lected in New South Wales, had the honour of first making known 
to science a part of the life-history of this remarkable plant. Since 
then Holloway has confirmed and amplified Lawson’s results, using 
a wealth of material he had discovered in the moist forests of West- 
land. He has also been able to trace the development of the young 
