(VOL. IV, 1910). FKA.NZ SI KPHAM. SPKCIKS HKPA IICA RU.M BalailttOpSlS, 
H. Balantiopsis tumida Berggr. N. Zeal. Hep., 1898, p. 4o. 
Major tlaccida luride viridis adscendens vel erecla saxicola. Caulis ad 
4 cni. longus validus fuscus irreguiariter ramosus ramis longis parum 
divergenlibus. Folia caulina imbricala oblique palula 3,5 mm. longa, 
valde concava, margine poslico longe decurrenle recurvo vel revoluto, in 
plano obovalo-oblonga subduplo longiora quam lala,basi anguslata, apice 
rotundata 3-4 dentata, dentibus validise lala basi acutis, ceterum integer- 
rima ; carina 3 plo breviore substricta. Lobulus anticus transverse insertus 
folio aequilatus parum brevior et oblique incumbens late ovatus vel sub- 
rotundus apice t vel 4 dentalus, sitiubus lunatis dentibus bi evibus acutis. 
C^llulae superae X 27 {i. basales 18 X 90 {i cuticula levis. Amphigastria 
caulina foliis subfequimagna late ovata, ad »/» bilida, marginibus breviter 
Hab. New Zealand. 
Planla ut videtur rarissima. 
12. Balantiopsis Hockeni Berggr. Z. Hep., 1898, p. 46. 
Mediocris pallide virens vel albescens flaccida laxe caespitosa. Caulis ad 
3 cm. longus simplex sub flore tantum innovatus lenuis arcte repens. 
Folia canlina 3,6 mm. longa oblique patula imbricata plano-disticha vel 
adscendentia postice breviter decurrentia oblonga duplo longiora quam 
lata breviter emarginato-bidenlula ceterum integerrima vel dente sub- 
apicali utrinque armalA. Cellulai super» 36 {j. basales 36 X 108 |i cuticula 
papillala. Lobnlus anlicus folio duplo minor oblique incumbens ovatus 
breviter insertus apice emarginato-bispinosus interdum 4 dentatus. 
Amphigaslria caulina imbricata ad medium biloba lobis anguslis porrectis 
extus grosse spinosis. FoUa floralia caulinis multo majora profunde 
biloba, lobis oblongis apice bifldis antico multo rainore omnino inlegerri- 
mis vel hic illic lacinula marginali auclis valde crispatis. Marsupia 4 mm. 
longa breviter cylindrica purpurea ore cilioiato. 
Hab. New Zealand. 
13. Balantiopsis convexiuscula Berggr. N. Zeal. Hep.. 1898 
p. 44. 
Mediocris pallide virens vel flavescens rigidiuscala dense depresso- 
csespitosa. Caulis ad 4 cm. longus simplex vel parum ramosus validus 
fuscus superne expallescens. FoHa caulina conferla oblique patula valde 
concava postice decurrentia in plano elliptica subduplo longiora quam lata 
basi apiceque valde angustala margine antico ad carinam usque quadri- 
dentato, dentibus remotis brevibusoblique porreclis, postico inferne nudo 
superne remote Irispinoso. apice breviler emarginato-bidentato dentibus 
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