502 v. hepatic^. [ Gymnomitrium . 
Leaves most densely imbricate, ovate, 2-fid, with a narrow membranous 
border. Stipules 0. — Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 3. 
Northern Islands: top of the Ruahine Mountains, Colenso. (Europe, Fuegia.) 
2. JUNGERMANNIA, Linn. 
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. Calyptra usually included. Capsule ovoid or globose, on a 
slender fruitstalk ; elaters with 2 spiral fibres. Antheridia in the bases of 
inflated perigonial leaves. 
One of the largest genera of Hepaticoe, found all over the globe. 
§ 1. Stipules 0. Leaves entire or obscurely \-toothed. 
1. J. monodon, Hook. f. and Tayl. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 128. t. 94. /. 2. 
Stems 1-2 in., purple or brown, flexuous. Leaves closely imbricate, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, oblique, sometimes a tooth on one side ; involucral 
2-multifid, toothed. Perianth oblong, 4-plicate, mouth ciliated. — Syn. Hep. 
p. 664. 
Northern and Middle Islands: common, J. D. II. (Tasmania.) 
2. J. inundata, Hook. f. and Tayl.; — FI. N. Z. ii. 129. t. 94. f. 3. 
Stems :£—§■ in., dirty green, procumbent. Leaves imbricate, almost vertical, 
orbicular, quite entire, dorsal margin decurrent, opaque ; involucral larger, 
spreading. Stipules 0. Perianth turbinate, 4-5 -plicate and laciniate. 
Capsule globose. — Syn. Hepat. 669. 
Northern Island : inundated places, J. 2). II. ; Cape Kidnapper, Colenso. 
3. J. colorata^ Lehmann; — FI. N. Z. ii. 128. Stems 1-2 in. high, 
purple or dusky green, sending otf long thread-like flagella covered with 
scales. Leaves closely imbricate, nearly vertical, orbicular, quite entire ; in- 
volucral incised. Stipules 0. Perianth ovoid, 8-10-plicate ; mouth con- 
tracted, toothed. — Syn. Hep. 36 and 673. 
Northern Island: top of the Ruahine range in bogs, Colenso , and probably on all the 
Alps. Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island, J. D. H. (Australia, Tas- 
mania, S. Africa, Juan Fernandez, Chili, Fuegia, etc.) 
4. J. flexicaulis, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 128. Closely resembling/, co- 
lorata, but the leaves are subcordate, the involucral quite entire. — Syn. Hep. 
87. 
Northern and Middle Islands : Tararua Mountains, Colenso ; Canterbury, Travers. 
(Java, Sandwich Islands.) 
13. J. perigonalis. Hook. f. and Tayl. ; — FI. Antarct. 145. t. 62./. 7, 
Minute; stems slender, \ in. high. Leaves dark brown or purplish, distant, 
suberect, secund, concave, semiamplexicaul, ovate-orbicular or obovate, retuse 
or unequally 2-fid at the apex, quite entire ; involucral acutely 2-dentate. 
Perianth tubular, elongate ; mouth plicate, contracted, toothed. — FI. Tasm. ii. 
222. f. 178. f. 1. 
Lord Auckland’s group : rocks on the hilltops, J. D. H. (Tasmania.) 
