232 TASMANIA^ HEPATIC^. 



@. JUNGERMANNIA, Linn. 



Perianth tubular. Stifules 0. 



Stems prostrate, creeping. Leaves succubous, distichous, 

 entire, or lobed. Stipules usually present. Fruit terminal 

 on the main stem or on a lateral branch. Involucral leaves 

 free. Perianth tubular, angular ; mouth toothed or laciniate. 

 Calyptfa usually included. Capsule ovoid or globose, on a 

 slender fruitstalk ; elaters with 2 spiral fibres. Antheridia 

 in the bases of inflated perigonial leaves. 



Minute, Leaves distant. 



1. J. PERiGONiALis, Hook. f. and Tayl. Fl. Tasm., ii,, 



222. Minute; stems slender, ^in. high. Leaves dark- 

 brown or purplish, distant, suberect, secund, concave, 

 semi-amplexicaul, ovate-orbicular or obovate, retuse or 

 unequally 2-fid at the apex, quite entii'e ; involucral 

 acutely 2-dentate. Perianth tubular, elongate ; mouth 

 plicate, contracted, toothed. (PI. x.) 



Stems dark, leaves rather glossy, brown. 



Rocks near Cummings' Head, Western Mountains — 

 Archer. 



Leaves acuminate. 



2. J. MONGDON, Hooh. £ and Tayl. Fl. N.Z., ii., 128. 



Stems l-2in., purple or brown, flexuous. Leaves closely 

 imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, oblique, some- 

 times a tooth on one side ; involucral 2-multifid, toothed. 

 Perianth oblong, 4-plicate, mouth ciliated. Syn. Hep., 

 p. 664. Lond. Jour. Bot., 1844, p. 559. (PI. x.) 

 Tasmania — Spence, Gunn. New Zealand — Hooker. 



Leaves oblong, recurved. 



3. J. Tasmanica, Hooh. f and Tayl. Stems tufted, 



ascending, branched. Leaves imbricate, patent, oblong, 

 margin recurved, entire. Perianth terminal, oblong, 

 tumid, subincurved, 4-plicate ; mouth minutely denti- 

 culate. Involucral leaves 2-digitate, laciniate. Perianth 

 appressed. ./. revolvens, Hook. £ and Tayl. Lond. 

 Jour. Bot., 1846, p. 275. (PI. ii., £ 1. PI. x.) 



Yellowish-green. Vaguely branched, creeping or 

 ascending. Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, sometimes 

 retuse ; margin recurved.* Patches wide, j)ale olive- 

 green. Stem about lin. long, irregularly branched, 

 creeping, the new shoots ascending. Both margins of 



