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  Trausaciions. 
  — 
  Zoolorpj. 
  

  

  clear 
  that 
  a 
  high 
  rate 
  of 
  profit 
  must 
  he 
  realized 
  hy 
  the 
  merchant 
  and 
  retailer 
  

   alike. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  onr 
  plant, 
  from 
  Christchurch 
  and 
  Wellington, 
  were 
  exhi- 
  

   bited 
  at 
  the 
  Vienna 
  Exhibition 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Jew's-ear 
  Fungus, 
  

   Hiriieola 
  aiiriciiIa-jiuUr, 
  an 
  allied 
  species 
  Avhich 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  colony, 
  but 
  

   Adiich 
  is 
  decidedly 
  rare 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  H. 
  poli/lriclia. 
  The 
  two 
  plants 
  

   may 
  be 
  easily 
  distinguished, 
  //. 
  poh/trlcha 
  being 
  greyish 
  or 
  cinereous, 
  while 
  

   H. 
  aurintla-jndcB 
  is 
  usually 
  of 
  a 
  piuldsh 
  tint. 
  

  

  Another 
  species 
  of 
  Hinicola 
  is 
  collected 
  in 
  Tahiti 
  for 
  export 
  to 
  China, 
  

   and 
  a 
  larger 
  species, 
  found 
  in 
  Northern 
  China, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  extensively 
  

   collected 
  for 
  home 
  use. 
  

  

  "We 
  have 
  thus 
  before 
  us 
  the 
  singular 
  phenomenon 
  of 
  a 
  product, 
  utterly 
  

   useless 
  in 
  the 
  countries 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found, 
  being 
  utilized 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  least 
  

   progressive 
  people 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  earth, 
  thus 
  reversing 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   condition 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  civilized 
  race 
  utilizes 
  the 
  natural 
  products 
  of 
  others 
  

   less 
  favoured. 
  

  

  Aet. 
  LXXIII. 
  — 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Lycopodium.. 
  

   By 
  T. 
  luEE, 
  r.L.S. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XIX., 
  fig. 
  B. 
  

   [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Plillosopliical 
  Societij, 
  11th 
  Januartj, 
  1879.] 
  

   Lycopodium. 
  ramulosuin, 
  n. 
  s.' 
  

   A 
  PROcmiBSXT 
  plant 
  forming 
  compact 
  masses; 
  stems 
  2-4 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   rather 
  stout, 
  repeatedly 
  dichotomously 
  branched 
  ; 
  leaves 
  crowded 
  all 
  round 
  

   the 
  stem, 
  imbricated 
  or 
  spreading 
  J-i 
  inch 
  long, 
  narrow 
  subulate, 
  coria- 
  

   ceous 
  above, 
  acute 
  or 
  pungent; 
  spikes 
  numerous, 
  terminal 
  4— 
  |- 
  inch 
  long, 
  

   bracts 
  small, 
  sessile,, 
  ovate, 
  abruptly 
  acuminate, 
  slightly 
  toothed. 
  

  

  iia/;.— 
  South 
  Island: 
  Hokitika, 
  W. 
  Tiplcr 
  ! 
  Okarito, 
  J. 
  Hamilton! 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  differs 
  trom 
  all 
  other 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species 
  in 
  its 
  denec, 
  com- 
  

   pact 
  habit 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  it 
  closely 
  approaches 
  L. 
  latcralc, 
  j3. 
  (I'J'usinn, 
  

   but 
  that 
  form 
  is 
  always 
  erect, 
  or 
  sub-erect, 
  and 
  never 
  grows 
  in 
  compact 
  

   masses 
  ; 
  moreover, 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  sparingly 
  branched, 
  and 
  never 
  has 
  terminal 
  

   spikes. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  points 
  our 
  plant 
  is 
  strongly 
  marked, 
  and 
  may 
  easily 
  bo 
  

   recognized 
  at 
  sight. 
  It 
  was 
  originally 
  discovered 
  near 
  Hokitika 
  by 
  Mr« 
  

   Tipler, 
  and 
  subsequently 
  at 
  Okarito 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton. 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   both 
  gentlemen 
  for 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  specimens. 
  

  

  The 
  spikes 
  of 
  our 
  plant 
  differ 
  but 
  little 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  L. 
  latcralc, 
  Br.j 
  

   except 
  iu 
  their 
  greater 
  uumbor 
  and 
  smaller 
  size. 
  lu 
  the 
  young 
  state 
  tho 
  

  

  