Lophocolea .] 
V. HEPATICiE. 
511 
J~ ^ in. long, creeping and rooting, slender, tips ascending. Leaves straw- 
coloured, loosely set, erecto-patent or suberect, oblong-ovate or subquadrate, 
2-fid ; segments spreading, acuminate. Stipules minute, 2-partite ; segments 
subulate, entire or 1-tootlied at the base, rarely multifid. — Syn. Hep. 162. 
J. perpusilla, FI. Antarct. 154. t. 64. f. 9; Syn. Hep. 163. 
Campbell’s Island : moist trunks of trees, etc., J. D. H . — Closely allied to L. biden- 
tata, but pale straw-coloured ; leaves more deeply 2-fid and cells minute. 
13. L. lerata, Hook.f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 154 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 136. 
t. 97. /. 2. Habit and foliage of L. bispinosa , but more erect. Leaves 
spreading and greener. Perianth with spinulose wings and tips. — Syn. Hep. 
692. J. diademata, Hook. f. and Tayl. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1844, 560 ; 
Syn. Hep. 692. J. secundifoda, FI. Antarct. 438. t. 159. f. 2 ; Syn. Hep. 693. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Bay of Islands, J. D. H. ; Wairarapa valley, etc., 
Colenso ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. Lord Auckland’s group : on trunks of trees, 
J. B. H. (Tasmania, Puegia, etc.) — Scarcely different from L. bidentata. 
14. L, spinifera, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. Antaixt. 155. t. 65./. 1; — 
FI. N. Z. ii, 137. Stems ^ in. long, prostrate, subpinnately branched. 
Leaves yellow or whitish- green, closely imbricate, 2-fid, sinus obtuse, margin 
recurved, dorsal very decurrent ; cells large, lax. "Stipules large, broad, reni- 
form, 6-fid, divisions subulate; involucral toothed all round; teeth recurved. 
Perianth ovate, angles winged and toothed above, tips toothed and lacerate. 
— Syn. Hep. 163 and 693. 
Northern Island : Auckland, Sinclair ; Wellington, Stephenson. Lord Auckland's 
group : on the hills, J. J). H . — The large stipules best characterize this. 
15. L. alio don t a, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 155 ; FI. TV. Z. ii. 
137. t. 97./. 5. Stems 2 in. long, prostrate, rooting. Leaves dull green, 
widely spreading, distichous, horizontal, imbricating, membranous, alternate, 
ovate-oblong, obtuse or truncate, 2-dentate or with 2 spinous processes sepa- 
rated by a shallow sinus. Stipules minute, 2-partite. — Syn. Hep. 163 and 693. 
Northern Island : Tarawera, on Weinmannia, trees, Colenso. Lord Auckland’s 
group : on bark, J. B. H . — Closely allied to L. biciliata, etc. Odour strong, aromatic. 
tff Leaves toothed. 
16. L. muricata, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 138. Stems minute, -g— i in. 
long, procumbent, branched. Leaves close-set, pale, subhorizontal, and sti- 
pules subquadrate-ovate, acutely 2-dentate, spinulose ciliate, muricate with 
short hairs above. Perianth terminal, ovate, plaited ; mouth 5-6-fid. — Syn. 
Hep. 169, 703. 
Northern and Middle Islands : amongst mosses, etc., probably common. Ruahine 
range and Tehawera, Colenso; Wellington, Stephenson ; Port William, Lyall. (Tasmania, 
S. Africa.) 
6. SCA.PANIA, Lindenberg. 
Stems erect or ascending. Leaves succubous, distichous, concave or com- 
plicate, 2-lobed. Stipules 0. Fruit terminal. Involucral leaves 2, larger 
than the cauline. Perianth compressed parallel to the direction of the 
