FLORA VITIENSIS. 405 
dentatis coalito.—Samoa (Powell !)—Canj; . fn . 
fon ( !)—Caulis 1-2 uncias longus, cum foliis 14 lineam Jatus. Folia tenera, 
5. L. convexula (sp. nov.), Mitt. « ' : ; . . : . ‘ 
Jade liatia teenie a )s } t.; caulis brevis, radicans infra perianthium Innovans; folia explanata, 
ta, Ka, 4, apice sinu parvo obtuso obtuse bidentata, rarius intecra, rotundata-: am higastri: 
parva, bifida, laciniis unidentatis, basi libera: foliai ator forint nies ee 
ee Tote re af Finer (8 ae 1 te ey: ee majora, fabelliformia, amphigastrioque magno 
‘ ntata.— § range '!)—Caulis 3-6 lneas lone at “1 : 
; hase . 8 us, cum foliis semilin ; 
pallide albo-viridia, crassinscula. __ MME tatty ees 
feait Chott bs Gottsch. ; idem Ldbg. et Nees Syn, Hep. p. 170.—Hawaii, inter Lejeuniam occulatum 
Tit. Cuaypoxaytuvs, Mitt. in Hooker, ‘ Haudbook of the New Zealand Flora,’ vol. ii 75 
° ze : 7 ' ; a, - ll. p. a, 
1. C. hirtellus, Web. Prod. p. 50 (Jungermannia).—Pacilic Islands (Herb. Hooker asap 
TV. Puecroconua, Mitt. Linn, Soe. Journ. vol. viii. p. 156. 
A. P. micrantha (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis hutmilis, radiculosus; folia ovali-rotunda, patentia, semi- 
verticalia, involucralia majora, margine dorsali recurva ; perianthium parvum, elongato-ovatum, apice ultra 
folia inyolucralia non productum.—Sandwich Islands (Hillebrand!)—Caulis 2-3 lineas altus, Folia 
% lineam longa, involucralia lineam Mmetientes viridia. Perianthium lineam brevius.—Larger than the 
Indian P. polyrhiza, Hook., but agreeing with it and with P, Juaghuhniana and P. Hasskarliana, Nees ab 
E. (Jungermannia), both found in Java, inthe perianth, which is plicated throughout its length, and not con- 
tracted at its apex into a tubular mouth, thus differing from Jungermannia as here considered, in which 
the terminal periauth is terete below, plicate towards the apex, and the mouth contracted and dentato- 
ciliate, 
V. Spnaenoxrcertts, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 148. 
1. 8. gracilis (sp. noy.), Mitt.; caulis elongatus, parce radiculosus; folia explanata, orbiculata, cellulis 
interstitiis latioribus pellucidis discretis areolata; amphigastria obsoleta.—Ins. Sandwich (Gaudichaud).— 
Caulis unciom brevior, cum foliis + lineam latus.—Similar in habit to 8. communis, but leas, with almost 
round leaves, and the marginal cells, instead of being prominent as in that species, are smaller, and less 
easily definable than those of the interior of the leaf, 
VI. Gorrscnuma, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. 13. 
1. G. aligera, Nees ab EB. Hep. Javan. p. 67; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 17.—Pacitie 
Islands (Nightingale! in Herb, Hooker, n. 288), Samoa (Powell! n, 75). 
VIL. Trrcwoconma, Dumort.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p. 236. 
1. Z. tomentella, Ehrh,—Samoa (Powell !), 
VILL. Senpryera, Endlicher, Gen. p. 1542. 7 
1. S. yuniperina, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occid. 1855 (Jungermannia)—Samoa (Powell! n. 142), Hawaii, 
(Douglas! Tolmie! Herb. Hooker). 
1X. Masrreoruora, Nees ab E.; Gottsche, Lindenb. et Nees Syn. Hepat. p- 241. “eR 
re M diclados, Brid.; Web. in Prodr. Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iv, p. 224.— Pacific Islands (Nightingale ! 
Herb. Hooker), Samoa (Powell !), Upolu (Greffe !). 
X. Herrocnaprum (gen. noy.), Mitt. Caulis vage prolifero-ramosus, nee pees Seen De 
ventralibus. Folia amphigastriaque conformia, verticaliter inserta, ee au. acts pul Ps 3 peep eety 
versus apicent caulis elongatum, Flores masculi in caule primario, antheridia in axils tolo é 
cae bidens (sp. nov.), Mitt. ; caulis procumbens, Peat pee remotis Rionenahe Tee aete 
ex axilla amphigastriorum oriundis divaricatis, ramosus ; tohia amphigastriaque sarees Pp a ‘ ae 
, sinu brevi angustissimo oblique bidentata, laciniis acutis, e ce 
catave LO- a, apice sububhqua ISLISSIMNO ; 
ee abrongi ne ented folia involueralia imbricata ; perianthium angustum, elongatum, 
ois erassi ate ; ; Sn eR, icauler 
hues deyaa aoioe obtuse trigonum, ore dentatum.—Sandwich Islands, inter Jungermanniam flexicaulem 
. 8, L >- 
i Gi yaticarun ‘lebrand !).—To the unassisted eye this curious plant appears, when in 
ae Sn ee Ce ene ae of Sendinera juniperina, but when the ones i jalan a 
i v thi 6 tl ia ves are as if entire, for the cleft at the apex is so narrow that it is not a eat Pp Es 
BBr ene hi tria being hardly distinguishable from the leaves, give the stems the preere . 
ete ae K oF pied has of leaves. The perianth is similar to that of Lepidozia, but the eee ; nan : 
i iin the t and foliage is differeut from both Lepidozia and Mastigobryum. 7 e ars ; 
RnR SrOEEe rf ; ‘ble t this genus is the Tungermannia tenacifolia, Hook, f. et Tayl. aor n sic 
a 64, , Doe cae closely resembling the species from the Sandwich Islands, has 1ts leaves an 
pl. O2, I. 0, y 
stipules undivided. 8 ¢ 
[PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 1871. ] 
