BY E. A. BASTOW, F.L.S. 251 



Similar in appearance to some states of L. microphylla, 

 "but differing in the narrow outline of its stems (owing 

 to the shortness of the branches), and the leaves are 

 more deeply qnadrifid with more acute lacinise, which 

 are not collected together at their apices, but stand out 

 from each other. Fl. Tasm. ii., 251, t. 180. f. 1. 

 PL xxii. 



Tasmania, Gunn. Mount Wellington, amongst 

 Plagiochila retrosjpectans and L. JJlotlirix, Oldfield. 



3. L. QUADRiFiDA, Liudb.; Gottsche. Sp. Hep. Lepidozia. 



p. 23. t. 4.; G. L. and N. Syn. Hep. p. 203. PI. xxii. 

 St. Patrick's Eiver, Gunn, Plains rivulet, R.A.B. 



4. L. cAPiLLiGEKA, Iyi«,cZ&. PI. !N".Z. ii., 145. Stems lin. long, 



erect, simply pinnate ; branches with capillary tips. 

 Leaves olive-brown, sub-imbricate, \ vertical or hori- 

 zontal, and stipules, obovate-quadrate or cuneate, 4-fid 

 to the middle, lobes divaricate, subulate. L. tetrapila, 

 Tayl. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846. 370 ; Syn. Hep. 716. 

 PI. xxii. 



Tasmania, Lahillardiere, (H 6. Mont.) The Palls, 

 Archer. Castle Porbes Bay Rivulet, Oldfield. Mount 

 Wellington, Mossman. (New Zealand.) 



5. L. PE^NiTENS, Lehm. and Lindb., PL IsT-Z. ii., 145. 



Stems procumbent, alternately 2-pinnate. Leaves 

 sub-imbricate, ^ vertical, obovate-cuneate, 4-fid, seg- 

 ments lanceolate. Stipules patent, transversely quad- 

 rate, 4-partite ; lobes divaricate. Perianth sub-sessile, 

 curved ; mouth sub. 4-toothed. Syn. Hep. 206. PL 

 xxiii. 



Brown's Eiver, Oldfield, (New Zealand, Lord Auck- 

 land's Group.) 



6. L. GOTTSCHEANA, Lindb, PI. N.Z. ii., 145. Stems pro- 



cumbent, irregularly sub-pmnately branched. Leaves 

 approximate, sub-horizontal, flat, obcuneate or quad- 

 rate, 4-fid, lobes subulate. Stipules remote, 4-partite. 

 Perianth as in L. prcenitens. Syn. Hep. 206. 



This and the two preceding seem not essentially 

 different. Hook. Handbook. N.Z. PL 521. 



Tasmania, Lahillardiere, amongst Sarcomitrium cocli- 

 leatum. St. Patrick's Kiver, Gunn. On dead wood, 

 Grass Tree Hill, Oldfield. 



7. L. LiEviFOLiA, HooJc. f. and Tayl. PL Antarct. 157, PL 



N.Z. ii., 146. Stems 1 — 2in. long, excessively pin- 

 nately branched ; branches deflexed. Leaves yellow 

 or olive-brown, sub-vertical, rather close-set, sub- 



