118 FRANZ STEPHANI AND W. W. WATTS. 
0:75 mm. lata) optime oblongo-conica, apice utrinque spina armata, 
spinis divergentibus. Cellulae superae 18/27, basales 36/36. 
parietibus validis. Amphigastria caulina parva, caule parum 
latiora, folio proximo breviter connata; disco humili utrinque 
unispino, apice emarginato-bifido, laciniis longis, late divergentibus, 
Hab. Insulae Novae Hebridae, (Santo) Bowie leg. (Watts, 15). 
Lophocolea excisifolia St., n.sp. 
Sterilis pallide flavicans vel subhyalina, flaccida, tenerrima, aliis 
hepaticis consociata. Caulis ad 25 mm. longus, capillaceus, 
pallidus, simplex vel parum Jongeque ramosus. olia caulina 
contigua, oblique vel subrecte patula, parum. concava, in plano 
late ovata, trigona (basi 3°25 mm. lata, 3 mm. longa) asymmetrica, 
margine supero longe arcuato, infero stricto breviore, apice 1:5 mm. 
lata, oblique emarginata, angulis breviter lateque acuminatis, 
Cellulae superae 36/36 basales 36/54 trigonis nullis. Amphi- 
gastria caulina majuscula, breviter obcuneata, apice emarginato- 
bifida, laciniis longe lanceolatis, validis (1 mm. longis) late diver- 
gentibus, supra basin utrinque spinula armatis. 
Hab. Australia, (Yarrangobilly Caves): Watts, 924. 
Lophocolea heterophylloides Nees. Lord Howe Island 
(north and south), Watts, 1911. 
Lophocolea Howeana St., n.sp. 
Dioica minor flaccida, pallide virens, in cortice laxe caespitans. 
Caulis ad 2 cm. longus, sparsim longeque ramosus. olia caulina 
contigua, recte patula, plana, late conica, symmetrica (1°5 mm: 
longa, basi 1:75 mm. lata, sub apice 0°75 mm. lata, apice ipso. 
emarginato-bispinoso, spinis e lata basi attenuatis divergentibus. 
Cellulae superae 27/27p, basales 27/45 parietibus validis. 
Amphigastria caulina majuscula, caule triplo latiora, disco basali 
integro humillimo, utrinque grosse spinoso, apice late emarginato~ 
bispinoso, spinis simillimis. Perianthia magna, obovato-oblonga, 
(6°5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata) apice profunde trilobata, lobis iterum 
grosse bifidis, laciniis irregulariter longeque spinosis et setaceis. 
Folia floralia intima parva, obovata, valde concava, squarrose 
