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3. Cephalozia aegentea (Tayl.) 

 Junijermama arf/entea Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844. 



Dioica albicans nitida prostrata intricata. Caitlis ^ pollicaris vali- 

 diusculus, basi aphylla subrliizomatosus, dein semel bisve bifurcatus , 

 interdum simplex, ramos autem, pro more paucos, posticos, caiil^ 

 similes, saepe apice attenuato radicantes, vol totos flagelliformes, alios 

 brevissimos et floriferos,- proferens, Cellul<s caulis corticales 8 — 12- 

 seriatsB magnse pellucid£e (serierum 2 vel 3 suxDeriorum maximfe), in 

 sicco concavse (collapsaB, unde canlis scrobicnlatus et margaritaceo- 

 splendens evadit); c.intern£e8 — 12-seriatae angustse subcliloropliyllosse. 

 Folia brevi spatio dissita, longitudinalia, ad cellulas duas maximas 

 spliaeroideas, in caulis piano collaterales (nee suprapositas) redacta, 

 revera tamen biloba, quaque cellula (cum coUaterali inferne connata) 

 lobulum sistente. Foliola nulla, nisi pro foliolo pajoillula rliizopliora 

 liic illic subter caule obvia habenda est. Bractece tristiclise trijugse 

 (floris fertilis sape perparvae, sterilis majores) biiDartitce, cruribus 

 subulatis inferne 2 cellulas latis— vel altero crure ad processulum re- 

 dacto ; by. posticcB (s. bracteolm) subminores, integrge bifidffive, exteriores 

 stepe minutsevel obsoletae. Perianthmm pja-iforme, Junius apice obtuse 

 trigonum, maturum ubique teres, unistratum laxe areolatum tenerri- 

 mum, ore ad \ alt. usque in lacinias 6 incurvas fissum. Capsula oblonga, 

 ceeteraque omnino EucephalozicE . Andrcecia ramulo amentiformi con- 

 stantia; bracteai paucijugse assurgenti-incurvee suborbiculatte bidentatae, 

 cellulis ad 20 conflata3, monandrse. 



Hab. in insulis australibus : N. Zelandia (J. D. Hooker ! exempla 

 IDulcherrime fructifera); Tasmania; Ins. Aucklandicis, etc. 



4. Cephalozia setulosa (Leitg.) 



Zoopsis setulosa Leitg. Mittheil. des Naturw. Ver. fiir Steiermark, 

 1876 (sub Jung. )^" Zoopsis argcnteu'" Mitt, in Hook. Handb. N.Z. 540 

 et 752. 



A priore distincta caracteribus sequentibus. Caulis est magis ra- 

 mosus, ramique perssepe apice flagellari radicant, flagellis autem pro- 

 priis vix ullis ; cellulcB caulis ^nh ^O-s&xi&iie; sc. corticales pellucidse 6- 

 seriatee — anticse biseriatse et serierum 2 lateralium maximte, subglo- 

 bosfe (pressione mutua polylifedrse), c. autem medio-posticae biseriatae 

 axin obvelantes cseteris triplo minores — cellidce axeos sub. 14-seriat3e 



