HEPATICA NOVJE ZELANDLE, &c. 567 
pinnatim ramoso, ramis perichetialibus creberrimis, foliis 
imbricatis transversalibus patentibus lobo superiori rotun- 
dato integerrimo siccitate margine recurvo basi utrinque 
aurito inferiori minuto galeiformi, stipulis oblongis bifidis 
margine reflexis, 
Has. New Zealand. 
Patches a foot or more in diameter, pale olive green, the 
older parts brown, closely matted together. Stems about 
two inches long, slender, cauline branches few, the periche- 
tial very frequent, alternate and giving the shoot a pinnate 
appearance. The leaves have their planes nearly perpendi- 
cular to the stem, imbrieated and adpressed when dry, but 
opening out so as not to touch one another when moistened, 
the margin towards the top is remarkably recurved in the 
dry state. Leaves amplexicaul, but just near to their inser- 
tion turning off from the stem into a round flat process at 
each side, which is very characteristic. Stipules scarcely 
wider than the stems. The perichetial leaves much longer 
than the cauline, upright, somewhat concave, and in place 
of the lesser cauline lobe have each a lanceolate, flat, erect, 
toothed process, the stipular leaf is bifid and with the seg- 
ments toothed. 
In habit the present is not unlike the preceding, but the 
characters given shew wide differences between these species. 
(Thysananthus, Nees v. Esenbeck). 
32. J. anguiformis, n. sp. caule cespitoso erecto subramoso, 
ramis erectis, foliis arcte imbricatis madore patentibus lobo 
superiori oblongo rotundato, margine recurvo integerrimo 
inferiori lanceolato involuto, stipulis late rotundatis, calyce 
axillari oblongo subcompresso dorso bialato apice tubo 
minuto coronato. 
Has. New Zealand, Colenso. c 
. Tufts two inches wide, pale dusky olive. Stems about o 
meh high, the branches parallel and erect. Leaves in a dry 
state closely imbricated and adpressed, giving the shoots a 
