98 FRANZ STEPHANI AND W. W. WATTS. 
obconicum, apice breviter emarginato-bidentatum irregulariterque 
spinulosum: Androecia in parvis ramulis terminalia, bracteis 
quadrijugis. 
Hab. Lord Howe Island, (Transit Hill): Watts legit, 127. 
Balantiopsis decurrens St., n.sp. 
Sterilis mediocris, flaccida, flavo-rufescens, terricola, dense 
depresso-caespitans, subpulvinata. Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, parum 
longeque ramosus. Jolia caulina contferta, recte patula, leviter 
concava, decurvula, in plano anguste oblonga (2°17 mm. longa, 
medio 1 mm. lata, basi utrinque breviter decurrentia, apice late 
emarginata, angulis spina valida armatis; adsuntspinae 2, medianae 
ad remotae in margine supero foliorum. Cellulae superae 18/18y, 
basales 18/36, paucis majoribus interjectis 18/54; cuticula aspera. 
Lobulus folio oblique incumbens, duplo brevior, 1 mm. longus et 
latus, carina 0°67 mm. longa, leviter sinuata, apice late emarginatus, 
angulis spina valida armatis, sub apice utrinque remote bidentulus. 
Amphigastria caulinalobulo aequimagna, profunde sinuatim inserta 
angusteque decurrentia, profunde bifida, sinu angusto, lobis linear- 
ibus, apice trisetosis, supra basin utrinque unidentata, medio 
utrinque longa seta inserta, setis apice breviter furcatis. 
Hab. Australia, (Wyong): Watts, 985. 
Balantiopsis diplophylla (Tay].) Mitt. Valley of Waters, 
N.S.W. ; 
Balantiopsis hastatistipula St., n.sp. 
Sterilis, mediocris, flaccida, rufescens, terricola, laxe intricata. 
Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, parum longeque ramosus. /olia caulina 
conferta, oblique patula, decurva, in plano oblonga (2:17 mm. 
longa, medio 1 mm. lata) apice breviter emarginato-biloba, sinu 
subrecto, lobis late triangulatis acutis porrectis, sub apice utrinque 
unispinis. Cellulae superae 18/27), basales 18/72, trigonis nullis. 
Lobulus anticus folio oblique incumbens aequilatus, rhomboideus, 
apice late truncatus, grosse quadrifidus, laciniis inaequalibus, 
superis validioribus, omnibus e lata basi cuspidatis. Amphigastria 
caulina lobulo foliorum aequimagna, sinuatim inserta, basi hastatim 
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