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tion 4000ft. A smaller form submersed ; St. Patrick's 

 River — Gunn. Wet places in gullies near Brown's 

 River— Oldfield. 



7. L. NoviE-ZEALANDiiE, Nees. Fl. N.Z. ii., 135. Stems 



procumbent, branched. Leaves yellowish-green, cel- 

 lular, imbricate, spreading, orbicular quadrate, quite 

 entire or slightly emarginate ; involucral oblique, 

 2-toothed. Stipules free, ovate, reflexed, 2-fid. 

 Perianth terminal, obovate, 3-gonous, wingless, 3-fid. ; 

 segments unequally toothed. L. suhvirldis, Fl. An- 

 tarct., 438, t. 159, f 4. L. rivalis, 437, t. 158, f. 7. 

 L. sabuletarum, 437, t. 158, f 8. J. subintegra, 443, t. 

 160, f 5. Hook. Handbook, 510. (PL viii.) 



Near Hobart — Hooker. Gully Mt. Nelson, Fern 

 Tree Gully, and Macrobie's Gully— R. A. B. (New 

 Zealand, Australia, Falkland Islands.) 



8. L. BiDENTATA, Nees. Fl. N.Z., ii., 136. Stems variable 



in length, sparingly branched, prostrate. Leaves diva- 

 ricating, flat, pale green, triangular ovate, flaccid, 

 2-dentate, with a shallow sinus. Stipules small, distant, 

 2-partite ; segments 2-fid, entire, or toothed. Perianth 

 sub-sessile, angles not or slightly winged ; mouth 

 laciniate and toothed. Syn. Hep., 157. J. recurvi- 

 folia, Hook f and Tayl. Lond. Jour. Bot., 1844, 562. 

 J. leptantha, J. divaricata, and J. alternifolia, Fl. 

 Antarct., t. 159, f. 6 and 161, f 2 and 8. J. textilis, 

 Fl. Antarct., 435, t. 158, f 9 ; Fl. N.Z., ii., 137. Hook. 

 Handbook, 510. (PI. viii.) 



Tasmania — Stuart. Banks ot the Derwent, Springs, 

 Mt. Wellington. Deep Gully, Mt. Wellington ; high 

 bleak hill, Major's Falls, New Norfolk. In brackish 

 swamps near the sea, N. West Bay — Oldfield. Ches- 

 hunt— Archer. Gully, Mt. Wellington— R. A. B. 

 (New Zealand.) 



9. L. LENTA, Hook. f. and Tayl. Fl. Antarct., 154; Fl. 



N.Z., ii., 136, t. 97, f. 2. J. diademata, Lond. Jour. 

 Bot., 1844, 560. Patches thin, several inches wide, 

 pale dusky olive. Stem about one inch long ; the 

 branches few, patent. Leaves scarcely imbricated, 

 lying in the same plane, oblong, the outline swelling out 

 about the middle of the anterior margin, their cells 

 large, their sinus obtuse, the segments much divaricated. 

 The stipules have four setaceous segments, which are 

 quite entire. The perichaetial leaves are more erect, 

 wider, and their margin is more waved than the 

 cauline ; they are sometimes sparingly dentate. The 



