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FLORA OP NEW ZEALAND. 



\Thmgi. 



Frondes glauco-virides, carnosas, subtus concolores, apice marginibus sursum conniventibus anticeque adpressis. 

 Spores nigra?. 



The habit of this is that of the European R. glauca, Linn., but it is much larger and has more deeply channelled 

 fronds. The capsules are clustered and fill the cavity of the fronds. In describing the fronds as orbicular and an 

 inch in diameter, Dr. Taylor alludes to the whole plant ; but it must not be compared with R. crystallina, Linn., 

 which has a frond of very different structure. The acuminate appearance of the fronds is entirely owing to the ap- 

 pression of the margins at the apices of the laciniae. 



2. Eiccia nutans, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 12. v. %. p. 708. G. L. et N. Syn. Hep. p. 606. 

 Hab. Northern Island : Lake Boto-a-kiwa, Colenso. (A native of England.) 



These specimens look different from the usual British states of the species, being much more thickly covered 

 beneath with much elongated almost black-purple fimbriae. The upper surface is pale yellow-green, bordered with 

 deep purple. In all other respects they correspond with European and American specimens. 



3. 'Bicda.fluitans, Linn., G. L. et N. Syn. Hep. p. 610. 



Hab. Northern Island : deep water, head of Wairarapa Valley, Colenso. (A native of England.) 



Nat. Ord. CII. FUNGI. 



By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley. 



Though the list of Fungi here offered cannot be regarded as a perfect catalogue of all the species which exist 

 in New Zealand, it is evidently, looking at its component parts, a fair sample of what may be expected, and there- 

 fore an analysis of it cannot be regarded as altogether useless. 



The species enumerated or indicated are 158*, which may be classed as follows : — 



British species ............. 48 



European, all of which, with the exception of L. Fontanesii, may be expected to occur in 



Great Britain ............. 6 



Cosmopolites, taking Hypoxylon annulatum in the widest sense ..... 3 



Tropical and subtropical . . . . . . . . . . . .19 



Ceylon ............... 1 



Antarctic .............. 3 



Van Diemen's Land ............ 2 



Sikkim Himalaya ............. 1 



New species ............... 75 



158 

 The new species are divisible into three groups, consisting of — 



Subtropical forms . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 



Australian forms ............. 



European forms ............. 



We have, therefore, on the whole — 



Tropical and subtropical forms, including that from Ceylon, the cosmopolites, and the 

 Australian ............. 



European forms, including that from Sikkim, and the Antarctic species 



5 

 42 



75 



58 

 100 



* A few species received since the above list was drawn up are not taken into account, and, to avoid confusion, 

 are marked with an asterisk, instead of being numbered consecutively with the others. 



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