lariteret sparse denticulalum, apice l /< inciso-bilobum, lobis late trian- 

 yulalis aciilis denlicnlatis. Periauthia ad 5 mm. longa anguste oblonga 

 triquetra. alis latis completis armatis, ore truncato vix trilobalo den- 

 tato-spinoso, spinis valde inacqualibus, longioribus apice setaceis. 

 Andrwciii in ramis terminalia bracteis numerosis oblongis patulis, 

 apice vix angustatis oblique emarginato-bidentulis, basis breviler sac- 



Hab. Tasmania (Archer, Weymouth) Australia Yictoria (French) 

 N. S. Wales (Walts) New Zealand (Knight). 



79. Lophocolea spinifera (Taylor) Syn. Hep. p. 163. 

 Syn. : Jung. spinifera Tayl. J. of Bot. 1844, p. 381. 



Dioica mediocris flavo-virens in sicco brunneola laxe esespilosa. GmiJw 

 »d 5 cm. longus valde robuslus fuscus et tenax, parum ramosus. 

 Folia caulina 3.0 mm. longa confertissima opposita parva 1,2 mm. 

 longa oblique palula angulo 68° valde concava apice arcte devexa 

 anlice longe decurrentia in plano oblonga duplo longiora quam lata apice 

 anguslata emarginato-bifida laciniis lanceoiatis acutis porrectis vel 

 divergentibus quoad longitudinem valde diversis, margine postico 

 anguste recurvo saepe spina solilaria armato. Cellulae apicales 27 {t 

 basales 27 X 45 jjl trigonis majusculis, basi subnullis. Amphigastria 

 outlinu uiaxima imbricala, plantam a ventre visam omnino obvelantia 

 foliis utrinque coalita sinuatim mserta apice recurva ambitu subrolunda 

 disco integro hexagono angulis in spinam triangularem abeunlibus, 

 spinae ssepe duplicatae. Andrcecia in caule terminalia longe spicata, 

 bracteis ad 20 jugis confertissimis squarrose patulis acutis vel bidentatis, 

 lobulo anlico magno cucullato exciso. 



Hab. Aucklands Islands (Hooker); New Zealand (Colenso, Beckett). 



80. Lophocolea rotundistipula St. n. sp., typus in herb. 

 Slephani. 



Dioica minor pallide-vircus, muscis consociata Caulis ad 2 cm. longus 

 simplex capillaceus. Foliacaulina 1,2 mm. longa conferta oblique patula 

 per paria approximata marginibus recurvis canaliculata, in plano oblongo- 

 Ugulata, subtriplo longiora quam lala, apice quam basis 2 plo angus- 

 tiore breviter emarginato-bidenlulo. Cellulae apicales 9 ^.basales 18X 27^ 

 trigonis subnullis. Amphigastria caulina magna libera imbricata, ovata, 

 ad V? exciso-bifida, sinu angusto obtuso, lobis triangulatis breviler 

 acuminatis porrectis vel conniventibus. Folia floralia quadrijuga cito 

 increscentia, suprema maxima perianthio appressa late ovalo-lriangulata 

 breviler emarginato-bidentata, ceterum integerrima vel sub apice 



