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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Hepaticce . 



basi nudus. Receptaculum fcem. breviter conicum, obtusum, cellulis vesiculosis rugosum, subtus nudum vel filis 

 paucis augustis barbatum. Perianthium albidum, apice plus minus purpureo-tinctum, laciniis latiuseulis plani- 

 usculis. Sernina punctulata, lutea. 



One of the largest of this very curious genus. Its fronds in size and appearance resemble those of Reboulia 

 . xriharica, Eaddi, and are generally stained above of the deep purple that prevails on the under surface of its 

 congeners. The specimens seen by Dr. Taylor are not well developed, but have the fronds abbreviated, as is fre- 

 quently the case in allied species, otherwise they correspond with those from New Zealand. There is but little re- 

 semblance between this species and F. Nepalensis, Tayl., which is a much smaller plant ; it more nearly resembles 

 F. australis, but differs in its greater size, and in the more bladdery cells on the top of its female receptacles, which 

 have not the granulate appearance observable in that species ; the perianths too are larger, and their lacinise broader. 

 In most specimens there is no trace of those filaments on the under side of the receptacle which are so evident in 

 many other species, but in some a very few hair-like ones are present. 



2. Fimbriaria australis, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; fronde lineari-dicliotoma tenera apice biiobo, receptaculo 

 foemineo conico-hemisphserico tuberculato subquadrilobo subtus barbato, perianthiis ovatis 12— 14-fidis 

 laciniis apice cohaerentibus. — -Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844, j9. 573. G. L. el N. Syn. Hep. p. 561. 



Hab. Northern Island : banks of Mohaka river, Colenso. Auckland, Col. Bolton. 



Frondes pollicares, dichotomy, subtus purpurea? et squamis parvis lanceolatis obtusis prseditas. Pedunculus 

 semipoilicaris, inferne purpureus, superne viridis. Receptaculum fcemineum granuloso-tuberculatum, subtus pilis 

 longiusculis barbatum. Perianthia pallida. 



Our specimens of this species, so named by Dr. Taylor, are not remarkably large, and are much smaller than 

 F, Drummondii, to which he compares them. 



3. Mrnbriaria tenera, Mitten; fronde oblonga obcordatave apice profunde bifida tenerrima venosa, 

 pedunculo glabro tenui, receptaculo foemineo convexiusculo tri-quadrilobo subtus nudo, perianthiis brevi- 

 conicis octofidis, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis apice discretis. 



Hab. Northern Island : clay banks, Pahawa and Patea, Colenso. 



Frondes virides, semipollicares, 2 lin. lata?, dichotome ramosse ; rami fertiles cuneati. Pedunculus sesquipolli- 

 earis, gracillimus, pallide fuscus. Receptaculum f mm. parvum, subrugosum, margine crenulatum. Perianthia parva, 

 laciniis pallide fuscis. 



The three specimens of this small species differ considerably from each other in appearance, some being 

 mature, and others apparently less developed, with some of the perianths burst before the elongation of the peduncle ; 

 it is possible that this premature bursting of the capsules (which occurs in various genera) is caused by the dry- 

 ing of the specimens. One specimen without fruit is of a very different-looking state, of a lively green colour, 

 and much branched, but its structure appears to be the same. This species, although closely allied to S. vertosa, 

 Lehm. et Ldbg., from Brazil, and the others of this section, is more slender than any, the peduncle being remarkably 

 so, and when dry fiexuose. The deep purple colour so common in these plants is almost absent in this species, the 

 older specimens of which become pale brown. 



Gen. XXXIV. TAEGIONIA, Micheli. 



1. Targionia hypophylla, Linn., Sp. PI. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 1604. T. Michelii, Corda. G. L. et N. Syn. 

 Hep. p. 574. 



Hab. Northern Island : not uncommon on moist banks, Sinclair, Colenso, etc. 



Gen. XXXV. ANTHOCEROS, Micheli. 

 1. Anthoceros Icevis, Linn., Sp. PI. v. 2. p. 1606. G. L. et N. Syn. Hep. p. 586. Dendroceros 



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