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Gen. V. CHILOSCYPHUS, Corda. 



1. Chiloscyphus decipiens, Gottsche ; " caule procumbente ramosiusculo, foliis ovato-deltoideis margine 

 ventrali arcuato inflexo in apicem obtusum subintegerrimum abeunte, dorsali rectiusculo decurrente basin 

 versus dentato libera [ad | partem a caule soluto], amphigastriis reniformi-transversalibus utrinque cum 

 folns subjectis connatis toto margine involute cucullatis," perianthio ovato-oblongo pHcato ore labiis rotun- 

 datis denticulatis, foliis involucralibus integris denticulatis.— G. L. et K Syn. Hep. p. 176. Gotts. Ic. Hep. 

 ined. 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands: Dusky Bay, amongst C. Billardieri [Herb. Lehmann]. Port 

 Preservation, in fine fruit, Lyall. Creeping amongst Gymnanthe saccata, Tararua, Colenso. 



Folia involucralia rotundata, remotiuscule denticulata. Amphigastrium involucrale ovatum, apice retusum, 

 mtegerrimum. 



A species readily distinguished from all others by the form of its leaves and stipules, which are of a rather 

 thick and fleshy texture. 



2. Chiloscyphus Menziesii, Mitten; caule repente rarnoso, foliis oppositis latissime ovatis obtusis in- 

 tegernmis dorso connatis a ventre cum amphigastriis ovatis apice bidentatis marginibus extus obtusiuscule 

 tridenticulatis connexis, involucri foliis concavis dentieulatis, perianthio campanulato ore laciniis brevibus in- 

 curvis. (Tab. XCVIII. Pig. 1.) 



Hab. Picked from a Lichen gathered in New Zealand by Mr. Menzies (Hi. Mitten). On the bark of 

 trees with Polyotus Taylori and Gottschea Moides, Port Preservation, Lyall. 



Fusco-viridis. Caulk uncialis, flexuosus. Folia imbricata, fere semi-orbicularia, crassa, carnosula, cellulis parvis 

 rotundis. Amphigastria apice sinu obtuso, basi latiuscule cum foliis coalita. 



A smaller species than 0. decipiens, without the thick appearance so striking in that species. In the form of 

 the stipule it comes near the East Indian C. perfoliate, Nees, and C. decurrens, Nees. The areolation is com- 

 posed of rounded cells without intercalary spaces. This species has been picked from amongst Hepatic* from Lord 

 Auckland's Islands.-l'LATE XCVIII. Kg. 1 : _1, a plant, natural size; 3, a portion of the stem with leaves ; 3, 

 a portion of the leaf with cells ; 4, a perianth with involucral leaves -.—all magnified. 



3. Chiloscyphus cMorophyllm, Mitten; caule repente ramoso, foliis imbricatis ovatis apice sinu parvo 

 rotundato bicuspidatis margine dorsali mtegemmo ventrali apicem versus 1-2-dentato, amphigastriis ovatis 

 apice brevi-bidentatis lateribus dentibus duobus parvis instructis, perianthio campanulato ore laciniis spinoso- 

 dentatis, foliis amphigastrioque involucralibus conformibus denticulatis.— Lophocolea chlorophylla, Hoot 

 fil. et Tayl. m Zand. Joum. Bot. 1844,^. 562. G. L. et N. Syn. Hep. p. 698. (Tab. XCVIII. Pig 2 ) 

 Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, J. B. H. 



Pallide virens et fuscescens. Caulk i-pollicaris. Folia ad apices ramorum majora et antice conniventia Am- 

 phigastria a foliis omnino discreta, cauli adpressa. PeriantMum ore aperto, laciniis brevibus. Capmla ovalis. 



A small plant, with more the habit and look of a Lophocolea than of the present genus. The perianths were over- 

 looked on the specimens originally described ; they agree with those of Chiloscyphus. This species is allied in size 

 and general appearance to C. physanlha, but is rather smaller, and sufficiently distinct in the form of its leaves and 

 stipules. In areolation it approaches nearly to C. Menziesii and C. decipiens.— -Plate XCVIII. Fig. 2 : —l > p i antS) 

 natural size; %, a portion of the stem with leaves; 3, a stipule detached from the stem ; 4, a perianth with capsule 

 and involucral leaves ; 5, involucral leaves and stipule detached -.—all magnified. 



4. Chiloscyphus Billardieri, Nees, 6?. L. et N. Syn. Hep. p. 175 et 704. Hook. Muse. Exot t 61 

 Hab. Northern and Middle Islands. Var. a. Bay of Islands, J. B. II. Var. /3. Dusky Bay, Menzies 

 Tararua, Colenso, etc. Port Preservation and Port Cooper, Lyall. 



