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Hab. Bases of wet and shaded cliffs, sides of the River Mangata- 
whainui, near Norsewood, County of Waipawa; May, 1884: W.C. 
Obs. A species allied to S. melanoneuron and vulgaris (** Trans. N.Z. 
Inst.," vol. xvi., pp. 851, 352), but distinct from both. 
2. Symphyogyna flavo-virens, sp. nov. 
Plant terrestrial, densely gregarious and compact (like moss), stipitate, 
erect, single, very light green. Frond small, once forked, diverging and 
irregular, 3-4 lines long, 6-7 broad, sub-flabellate; each fork having 2-4 
short segments, segments narrow, linear, about 1 line wide, round at tips 
and deeply emarginate, slightly and distantly serrate, much undulated and 
crisped, truncate and incurved at base concealing scale, not decurrent on 
stipe; cellules large, sub-quadrate-orbicular ; nerves same colour as frond 
and not extending to base of notch. Stipe stout, flattish, sub-succulent, 
light pink, 3-1 inch long, very flexuous, 2-nerved, thickened and rooting at 
base. Involucral scale on upper surface at main forks, 1-2 on a frond, very 
small, ovate, laciniate. Calyptra large, erect, 4 lines long, cylindrical, 
whitish, generally extending beyond margin of frond, mouth laciniate and 
fimbriate. Seta slender, 1 inch long. Capsule linear-oblong, apiculate, 
2 lines long, dark brown, finely longitudinally striate. 
Hab. Shady sides of hills, west side of Ruataniwha Plains, County of 
Waipawa; 1884: Mr. H. Hill. 
Genus 82. Aneura, Dumort. 
1. Aneura polyantha, sp. nov. 
Plant green, small, creeping, spreading, very flat, effuse, but often form- 
ing a circular patch about 1-14 inches diameter, radiating from the centre: 
fronds flattened, thickish, scarcely branched, pinnatifid, lobes rounded, 
obtuse, crenately cut, generally broadest at apices and sub-flabellate. 
. Calyptras very numerous, 20-40 close together, arising from the centre of 
the plant, sometimes 2-3-fascicled, above 1 line in height, brownish- 
white, cylindrical, minutely and much tubercled. Seta nearly 1 inch long ; 
capsule linear-oblong, brown, smooth, segments rather long with numerous 
and large elaters at tips. 
Hab. On denuded rotten branches, in dense wet woods near Norsewood, 
County of Waipawa; May, 1884: W.C. 
Obs. A pretty and very distinct little species: its numerous upright 
calyptras standing so close together give it a curious sub-coralloid appearance. 
2. Aneura biflora, sp. nov. 
Plant spreading, effuse, crisp, waved and rumpled, sub-imbricate ; 
branchlets 1-14 inches long, sub-obovate, somewhat pinnatifid, lobes sub- 
rotund, round at tips, finely and regularly denticulate, with numerous short 
brownish rootlets beneath. Calyptra 5 lines long, cylindrical, slightly 
