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patula, perianthio plus duplo breviora, apice breviter emarginato- 
biloba, lobis triangulatis acutis. Amphigastrium florale intimum 
foliis floralibus aequimagnum, simillimum, similiter concavum. 
Androecia desunt. 
- Hab. Australia, (Lord Howe Island : Watts 39). 
Lophocolea Oldfieldiana St. Western base of Mount Lidg- 
bird and on Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island: Watts, 
1911. 
Lophocolea subemarginata Taylor. Buffalo Gully near 
Gladesville, N. S. Wales. 
Lophocolea trialata G. Rodriguez Pass, N.S.W. 
Lophocolea varians St., n.sp. 
Sterilis mediocris rigidula, dilute brunnea, terricola, dense 
depresso caespitans lateque expansa. Caulis ad 3 cm. longus, 
capillaceus, simplex vel parum longeque ramosus. folia caulina 
alternantia, imbricata, recte patula, subquadrata (2 mm. longa, 
1-75 mm. lata) normaliter apice truncata, angulis apiculatis ; ad- 
sunt folia maxime aberrantia, id est: folia apice integerrima, alia 
in medio apicali unidentata vel truncata, angulis apiculatis vel 
tridenticulata vel apice late triangulata angulis apiculatis vel apice 
heteroformia sublacerata. Cellulae superae 18/18, basales 27/27 
trigonis nullis, parietibus validis. Amphigastria caulina parva, 
cauli aequilata, subquadrata, foliis utrinque anguste connata, apice 
emarginato-bifida, sinu levissimo, laciniis setaceis, late divergen- 
tibus, sub apice utrinque spinula patula armata. 
Hab. Australia, (Ferny Hill, Mount Wilson): Watts, 1080. 
Madotheca hebridensis St., n.sp. 
Dioica maxima gracilis, intense viridis, flaccida, in rupibus 
humidis pendula. Caulis ad 13 cm. longus, remote breviterque 
ramosus, ramis 10—25 mm. longis. Folia caulina conferta, recte 
patula, undulata, in plano late ovato-elliptica (2 mm. longa, medio 
1-33 mm. lata) asymmetrica, margine supero longe arcuato, infero 
stricto, brevi basi inserta, apice rotundata integerrima. Céellulae 
