NECKERACEAE. 267 
Homauia Bry. eur., fase. es ee) Handb. N.Z. F1., p. 483 
(as lia). 
The genus Homalia is ee from Neckera on rather narrow 
grounds, but the New Zealand species are easily known by their 
smaller size, short cells, and much denser foliation. The capsule is 
exserted on a long seta, but the fruit is too rarely produced for this 
to be of much practical value. 
The Key in the Handbook appears to me of little help; the leaves 
in H. pulchella are often pale green; and the leaves in H. auriculata 
are frequently denticulate. 
( Leaves oblong, cultriform, widely laterally ahead 
Ly Fae is 
( Leaves obovate- rotund, very densely “imbricate and 
Slender, leaves usually under 1 mm. in length, 
2 sharply unequally aéutioulate 2. pulchella 
More robust, leaves 1-2 mm. — entire or r finely 
crenulate- be le et 3. auriculata 
L a gee - {46 Wis 8.8: & Ws PL Ne... ii, 118; 
Handb. N. Z. FI. 83. 
Syn. Scone vie H. f. & W. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iii, 
554 (1844). 
Quite different from the other two species in the oblong, eultri- 
font. distichous leaves, widely spreading away from the stem and 
with the apex recurved an d broad; entire and nerveless; it is also 
very glossy, and much more robust than H. pulchella. Seta about 
1 em. long; capsule short, horizontal. 
Frequent in both Islands, but commoner in the Northern 
Distrib. Tasmania. There is a single undoubted Tasmanian speci- 
men in the Kew collection. 
2. Homalia pulchella H. f. & W., Fl. N.Z. ii., 114 (1855); Handb. 
N.Z. FL, p. 483. 
Syn. Hookeria punctata H. f. & W. in Lond. Journ. Bot., 
550 (1844). 
The most slender of the three species, usually growing in dense 
neat, dull dark green pang very rarely fruiting. Quite distinct 
‘from H. falcifolia, but by no means so easy to distinguish from small 
forms of H. au riculata, which is usually distinguishable by its size 
phe tion. The argin in the present species is ids but 
cutely, coeenstie sdemtiotilie: ‘otis that of H. auriculata is either 
ae or finely (and yg te evenly) erenulate-denticulate. . 
Probably common in both Islands. 
It — in Norfolk Island, but it is doubtful whether the record 
for a be correct. There are no Tasmanian ier in our 
national | aelieeuaas in London. 
