252 TASMANIA^ HEPATIC^. 



imbricate on the branches, ovate-cordate, 3-5 fid ; 

 lobes flat or incurved ; involucre small. Stipules dis- 

 tant, spreading, ovate, cordate or orbicular, 4-fid. 

 Perianth as in L. 'prcenitens. Syn. Hep. 208. PI. xxiii. 

 Back Eiver Grully, with fruit, Oldfield ; Cheshunt, 

 Archer ; Gullies, Mount Wellington, B.A.B. 



8. L. PENDULiNA, Lindh. Stems 2-3in. long, erect, 



2-pinnate ; branches pendulous, fascicled ; tips 

 capillary. Leaves imbricate, sub-verticle, obliquely 

 secund ; stipules orbicular- ovate, convex, deeply 4-fid ; 

 segments lanceolate, conniving, somewhat waved. 

 Syn. Hep. 208; Lindb. and G. Sp. Hep. 49. t. 7. 

 Jungermannia pendulina, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 60. 

 PI. xxiii. 



ITorth-West Bay, Gully, and Castle Forbes Bay 

 Rivulet, Oldfield, Archer. 



From the Ploughed Fields, Mount Wellington, 



B.A.B. (New Zealand.) 



Fig. 1, L. pendulina, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of stem 



with leaves. Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4. stipule. Fig. 5, 



extremity of a leaf, to show the reticulation. Muse. Exot. 



9. L. CENTiPES, Tayl.; Lindb. and GottscJie. Sp. Hep. 



Lepidozia, p. 29, t. 5 ; G. L. and E". Syn. Hep. p. 204. 

 Very minute ; light green. PI. xxiv. 



Tasmania, Spence. On damp ground, Kermandie 

 Rivulet, South Huon, Oldfield, near Hobart. B.A.B. 



10. L. GLAucoPHTLLA, Tayl. Stems procumbent, bi- 



pinnate ; branches attenuated on stems 1,2, or 3in. 

 long. Leaves approximate, \ vertical, widely ovate- 

 quadrate, quadrifid,lacin8e acuminate; stipules patulate, 

 ovate- quadrate, quadrifid. Tayl. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844. 

 580. Syn. Hep. p. 207. PI. xxiv. 



Pale glaucous green ; leaves divergent, lacinise short, acumi- 

 nate ; areolation minute, nearly opaque. 



Eeadily distinguished from all allied species by its glaucous 

 white colour. Fl. Tasm. ii., p. 231. 



Tasmania, Gunn. Back River Gully, New Norfolk, 

 Castle Forbes Rivulet, South Huon, Oldfield. Rivulet 

 at Cheshunt, and amongst Sphagna,Weste:Yn Mountains, 

 Archer. Plains Rivulet, B.A.B. 



11. L. LiNDENBEEGii, Gottschc. Stems creeping, 1-2 

 pinnately branched ; branches crowded, spreading. 

 Leaves pale yellow, green, distant, distichous, 

 sub-vertical, spreading, obovate-quadrate ; segments 

 capillary, articulate, straight and incurved ; involucre 



