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V. HEPATIC.®. 
[ leioscyphus. 
1. h. repens, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 134. t. 97./. 1. Stems creeping, 
1 in. long, sparingly branched. Leaves pale green, spreading, close set, 
ovate, 2-tootlied ; dorsal margin straight, ventral arched ; cells rounded. 
Stipules 2-fid ; teeth subulate, 1-toothed, decurrent and united to the leaf 
below. Perianth elongate, obovate, much compressed ; mouth toothed. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, creeping over Lepidozia Lindenbergii , J. JD. E. 
Similar to Lophocolea bidentata, hut differing remarkably in the perianth. 
2. L. chiloscyphoideus, Mitten in FI. Tasman, ii. 225. Stem creeping, 
sparingly branched. Leaves subimbricate, semi-vertical, convex, orbicular; 
dorsal margin reflexed. Stipules small, free, distant, ovate, 2-partite ; seg- 
ments subulate, flexuous ; margins 1-toothed. Perianth elongate, obliquely 
obovate; lips dilated, incurved. — Ghiloscyphus amphibolius, Nees, and retu- 
satus, Hook. f. and Tayl. PI. Antarct. 441. t. 161. f. 3. Plagiochila, Syn. 
Hep. 647. 
Lord Auckland’s group : on hark of trees, etc., J. I). E. (Tasmania, Fuegia, 
Falkland Islands.) 
3. L. turgescens. Mitten. — Jungermannia, Hook. f. and Tayl. PI. 
Antarct. i. 150. t. 64. f. 2. Stems procumbent, sparingly branched, ■§— 1 in. 
high, curved. Leaves pale olive-green, closely imbricate, suberect, secund, 
very concave, orbicular-reniform, quite entire, pellucid ; ventral margin de- 
current. Stipules obovate or orbicular, entire or 2-fid. Perianth oblong, 
truncate, compressed; mouth entire or obscurely lobed. — Syn. Hep. 671. 
Lord Auckland’s group : on the ground near the hilltops, J. I). E. Perhaps a 
Ghiloscyphus , like the C. notophjlla. 
4. L. strongylophylla, Mitten. — Jungermannia , Hook. f. and Tayl. 
PI. Antarct. i. 146. t. 62. f. 9. Minute, stems tufted, slender, curved, 
sparingly branched. Leaves very minute, greenish-brown, loosely imbricate, 
suberect, orbicular, concave, quite entire, pellucid, truncate, 2-fid ; involucral 
oblong-obovate, longer than the perianth. Stipules small. Perianth oblong, 
subcompressed ; mouth rounded, 2-lipped. 
Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island, amongst grass, roots of trees, etc., 
J.B.E. 
5. LOPHOCOLEA, Nees. 
Stems prostrate, creeping. Leaves succubous, distichous, flaccid, decur- 
rent at the base, 2-multifid. Stipules 2-4-cleft. Pruit terminal. Involucre 
of 2-4 large leaves. Perianth tubular below, 3-gonous above; lobes toothed 
and crested. Calyptra short, membranous, rupturing transversely at the base 
or irregularly at the apex. Capsule on a slender fruitstalk, oblong ; elaters 
and antheridia as in Chiloscyphus. 
A large genus, widely distributed. 
* Stipules connate by the decurrent bases on one or both sides, with the leaves below them. 
1. L. pallida. Mitten; — FI. N. Z. ii. 135. Stems 1 in. long, pro- 
strate, sparingly branched or simple. Leaves almost opposite, pale green, 
ovate, obtuse refuse or minutely 2-3-toothed ; involucral similar or toothed 
on the ventral margin ; cells large. Stipules appressed, 4-toothed ; involucral 
ovate, 2-fid, entire or toothed. Perianth 3-winged ; wings and mouth 
