BY E. A. BASTOW, F.L.S. 26^ 



31. ZOOPSIS, Hook. f. and Tayl. 

 Frond continuous, with alternate lateral projections. 

 Frond very slender, tufted, creeping, rigid, silvery green, 

 almost capillary, sparingly branched, of large tumid, hexago- 

 nal cells ; midrib stout, margins waved. Fruit lateral. 

 Involucre of a few lanceolate scales. Perianth, large, 

 pedicelled, obvate-obloHg, deeply laciniate. Hook. Hand- 

 book, Fl. IN.Z;. 540. 



1. Z. AKGENTiA, Hook. f. and Tayl. Fl. JST.Z. ii., 164. 



Fronds j to \m, long. l-20th in. broad, of 2 lateral 

 and 1 antero-posterior series of cells surrounding 

 a central cord of filiform cells ; each of the marginal 

 cells stands out like the tooth of a saw, and is some- 

 times terminated by a bristle. Syn. Hep. 473. 785. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii., 188. PI. xxx. 



The Bedchamber, New Norfolk, Oldfield. Frequent, 

 intermixed with mosses and Hepaticse, Archer, R.A.B. 

 (Australia, ISTew Zealand, Lord Auckland's Group.) 



2. L. Leitgebiajsta, Carr. et Pears. Cephalozia {Zoopsis) 



Leitgebiaiza. For a complete illustration and descrip- 

 tion of this interesting plant, see communication from 

 Messrs. Carrington and Pearson, in the current year's 

 proceedings. PI. xxx. 



Creeping amongst Gottschea Lehmaniana, G-uUy, 

 Mount Wellington, R.A.B. 



32. PODOMITEIUM, Mitten. 



Complete perianth from the vmder side of a continuous frond. 



Fronds erect from a creeping rhizome, stalked, oblong, with 

 a stout midrib, membranous entire. Inflorescence dioecious. 

 Involucre from the base of the frond on the ventral surface, 

 shortly pedicelled, with a few scales at the base. Perianth 

 tubular, much longer than the involucre. Calyptra included, 

 bearing a few barren pistils, sub-campanalate ; mouth 

 lacerate. Capsule on a long fruitstalk, ovoid, 4-valved ; 

 elators filiform. Antheridia crowded on short pedicelled 

 spikes. 



The only species known ; it is almost impossible to 



distinguish its barren fronds from those of the British 



Steetzia Lyallii and Syviphyogyna subsiniplex. Mitten, in 



Hook. Handbook Fl. N.Z. 540. 

 P. PHYLLANTHUS, Mitten. Fl. ISr.Z. ii., 164. Fronds lin. high, 



oblong-lanceolate, dull green, obtuse, quite entire. 



Hook. Handbook Fl. N.Z. 541 ; Symphyogyna, Fl. 



Antarct. 167. Jungermannia Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 95. 



Steetzia Phyllanthe Nees. Syn. Hep. 478. PL ii., f. 4. 



PL xxxi. 



