238 TASMANIAN HEPATIC^. 



5. C. FissiSTiPus, Hook. f. and Tayl Fl. Antarct., 157. 



Stems I in, to 1 in. long, procumbent, branched. Leaves 

 ovate, united by their dorsal bases, 2-4-toothed at the 

 apex ; ventral margin undulate, 1-2-toothed ; dorsal 

 straight ; involucral 2-3-fid ; margins toothed and laci- 

 niate. Stipules imbricate, reniform, spinulose, connate 

 with the leaves below them. Perianth campanulate ; 

 mouth open, laciniate. Syn. Hep., 175 and 704. 



Tasmania — Labillardiere. St. Patrick's River and 

 Circular Head — Gunn. Back River Gully — Oldfield. 

 Tents Creek — Archer. Mount Wellington Gully — 

 R. A. B. (New Zealand, Lord Auckland's Group.) 



6. C. COALITUS, Nees. FI. N.Z., ii., 141. Stem 1 in. 



long, creeping. Leaves opposite, ovate-quadrate 

 truncate, 2-dentate ; teeth subulate ; involucral small, 

 2-fid. Stipules 4 to 6-toothed, connate with the leaves 

 below them. Perianth obovate ; mouth 4-toothed. 

 Hook. Muse. Exot., t. 123. Syn. Hep., 180, 706. 

 (PI. xiv.) 



Tasmania — Gunn, Hooker. Back River Gully and 

 Mount Wellington— Oldfield. West End Rivulet- 

 Archer. Mount Wellington Gully — Rodway, R. A. B. 

 (New Zealand, Lord Auckland's Group, Java.) 



7. C. CoLENSoi (?) Lophocolea CoUnsoi, Mitten in Fl. N.Z.' 



ii., 138, t. 97, f. 6. Stems 2-3 in. long, creeping' 

 branched. Leaves brownish-green, imbricate, ovate" 

 oblong, truncate, shortly 2-dentate ; teeth sometimes 

 obsolete. Stipules 2-partite ; segments 1 -toothed on 

 each side. (PI. vii.) 



Resembles C. coalitus, but is larger, more succulent, 

 the dorsal angles of the leaves are more widely separate ; 

 perianth short, companulate ; lips toothed, not exserted 

 beyond the leaves. Mitten in Hooker's Handbook to 

 N.Z. Flora, p. 753. 



The figure of this plant in Fl. N.Z. and the descrip- 

 tion do not appear to agree, the stipule being drawn as 

 2-toothed on each side. 



Mount Wellington Gully— R. A. B. 



8. C. LAXus, Mitten in Fl. N.Z., ii., 142, t. 99, f 1. Stems 



2 in. long, brittle. Leaves bright green, sub-pellucid, 

 alternate, rather remote, ovate oblong, unequally 3-4- 

 toothed ; cells large, lax. Stipules small, 2 partite ; 

 segments 1-toothed. (P. xiv.) 



Amongst Symphyogyna Jlahellata and Lepidozia 

 tenax, Gunn. With ttadula buccinata and Metzgeria 



