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and elothed beneath with purple-brown rootlets ; leaves or lobes, sub-flabel- 
late, under 1 line diameter, very thin, transparent, minutely crenulate on 
upper margin, closely imbricated at base free above; involucral leaves 
paler, longer, and lacerate at tips; areole minute but prominent, sub- 
rhomboid-orbieular, more oblong in involueral leaves; stipule 0; perianth 
terminal and sub-terminal on short lateral branchlets, cylindric, oblong, 
whitish, mouth gaping, jagged, often two together closely adjoining at tip ; 
peduncle rather stout, striate and septate, 8 lines long ; capsule globular, 
minutely pitted, at first purple afterwards brown, bursting irregularly, 3-4 
valves ; valves sub-rhombic-ovate, lacerate, minutely reticulate. 
Hab. Among mosses, etc., shady banks, Scinde Island, Napier; 
August, 1883: W.C. 
Genus 26. Petalophyllum, Gottsche. 
1. Petalophyllum australis, sp. nov. 
Rhizome short, stout, fleshy, with fine hair-like rootlets. Frond single, 
procumbent, sub-rotund, 6-8 lines diameter, reflexed, sub-bilobed, largely 
lamellate waved and crisped above, nerved below, margin sinuate and finely 
erenulate, colour bright light green with reddish-brown margins; perianth 
large, bell-shaped, open, erisped, mouth much laciniate; peduncle stout, 
11 inches long, white, succulent, very tender ; capsule large, globular, more 
than 1 line diameter, dark brown, finely pitted, bursting irregularly and 
raggedly, bearing large brown tessellated markings; sporules circular and 
tubereulated ; elaters geminate, twisted and truncate. 
Hab. Among mosses and Hepatice, Petane, near Napier; 1883: 
Mr. Hamilton. 
Obs. A rather scarce, or, from its smallness, overlooked plant, posses- 
sing pretty close alliance with the single British species P. ralfsii, which 
it also resembles. I have only seen 3 specimens that I picked out from 
among mosses and Hepatica. 
Genus 80. Symphyogyna, Mont. and Nees. 
1, Symphyogyna crispula, sp. nov. 
Plant terrestrial, single, stipitate, erect, dark green. Frond dichotomous, 
flabellate, 6-8 lines long, 9-12 lines broad, segments broadly-linear, 2 e i 
wide, very obtuse, deeply emarginate, distantly serrate above and in sinuses 
but not below, undulate and crisped, wide at base and broadly decurrent on 
stipe ; cellules large, elliptical, nerves dark brown, stout, extending to base 
of apical notch. Stipe dark brown, 4 inch long, stout, flexuose, with fine 
rootlets at base. Involueral scale on upper surface at main forks and 
scattered on nerves, several on a frond, middle size, 1} lines wide, papillose, 
very laciniate ; lacinie irregular and transversely barred. Calyptra stout, 
2 lines long, shortly peduneled, sub-clavate, finely papillose, light green, 
largely fimbriate at mouth; fimbrie red, stout, truncate, barred, 
