BY R. A. BASTOW, F.L.S. 253 



■unequally divided. Stipules orbicular- ovate, 3-5 

 partite. Perianth cylindric, elongate ; mouth con- 

 tracted, ciliate. PI. N.Z. ii., 146 ; Sjn. Hep. 213. G-. 

 L. and JST. Sp. Hep. Lepidozia, 63. t. 12 ; Lindb. and 

 G. Sp. Hep. 66. t. 11. L. tetradactyla, PI. Antarct. 158. 

 A few slender stems creeping amongst Gliiloscyphus 

 conjuqatus, Acheron River, Gunn. St. Crispin's Well, 

 Mount Wellington, B.A.B. (New Zealand.) 



L. CAPiLLAEis, Lindb. PL ISTZ. ii., 146. Stems |in. long, 

 creeping, capillary, pinnately branched or decompound ; 

 branches diverging. Leaves vertical, sub-imbricate, 

 obovate-quadrate ; minute stipules 3-4 partite ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, subulate, incurved, obtuse ; involucral 

 shortly incised, ciliate, margins toothed. Perianth 

 with the mouth ciliate. Hook. Handbook PI. N.Z. 

 522 ; Syn. Hep. 212. L. Mppuroides, Hook. P. and 

 Tayl. PI. Antarct. 159. t. 65. f. 7. I. nemoides, Tayl. 

 in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1845, p, 84. PI. xxiv. 



Bare ground in bogs ; Brown's River, Oldjield. 

 Wellington Palls, B.A.B. (ISTew Zealand, Lord Auck- 

 land's Group, Jamaica, South Africa.) 



13. L. CTJPRESSiNA., Lindb. Porming dense cream-coloured 



cushions on ledges of rocks and trees. Stems distinctly 

 and irregularly branched, or densely pinnately 

 branched. Leaves cordate, quadrifid, with the lower 

 tooth bent inwards. Stipules 4-toothed. Cook's Brit. 

 Hep. 16. PI. xxiv. 



Tasmania, Bumont d' Urville, Herb. Montague and 

 Nees. (Ireland.) 



14. L. PATENTissiMA. —Stem minute, short, slender, -|in. 



long, creeping, tufted, sub-pinnately branched ; 

 branches short. Leaves olive-green, imbricate, rather 

 close-set, obliquely spreading, cellular, obovate-quad- 

 rate ; narrowed at the base, 3-5 fid ; segments shortly 

 ovate- subulate, straight or incurved. Stipules similar, 

 -minute. Hook. Handbook PI. N.Z., 522; Hook. f. 

 and Tayl., PI. Antarct. i., 158 t. 65 f. t., Syn. Hep. 

 204. PI. XXV. 



0-ullies, Mount WeUington, B.A.B. (Lord Auck- 

 land's Group.) 



15. L. TENAX, Lindb. Stems pinnately compound or de- 



compound ; branches incurved ; tij)s convolute. Leaves 

 imbricate, vertical, ovate, concave, cauline appressed, 

 8-partite, sides lacerate and ciliate, those of the 

 branches spreading, 3-4 fid ; segments subulate. 

 Stipules ovate, flat, 4 or 5 parted, ciliate and lacerate 



