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V. HEPATICjE. 
[. Scapania . 
leaves ; mouth entire or ciliated. Capsule on a slender fruitstalk, ovoid ; 
elaters with 2 spiral fibres. Antheridia in the forks of 2-lobed perigonial 
leaves.- 
A small genus, native of the north and south temperate zones, rare in the tropical. 
1. S. densifolia, Nees. — S. vertebralis, Gottsch. ; — FI. Antarct. 153. 
Stems 3-4 in. high, erect, rarely blanched. Leaves olive-green or brown, 
distichous, crowded, vertical, spreading, 2-fariously imbricate, 2-fid, ciliated ; 
lobes incurved, twisted. — Syn. Hep. 73 ; Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 36. 
Lord Auckland’s group : on trees, rare, J. D. H. (Tasmania.) 
A most beautiful plant, originally described as from Staten Land, but probably erroneously, 
and brought from Dusky Bay by Menzies, who confounded the habitats of several of bis plants. 
7. GOTTSCHEA, Nees. 
Stems erect or suberect from a creeping rhizome, simple, rarely branched, 
very stout, fleshy and cellular. Leaves succubous, very large, distichous, 
cellular, and fleshy, 2-lobed, complicate, serrate or pinnatifid ; lobes sometimes 
lamellate. Stipules rarely absent. Fruit terminal in the hollowed apex of 
the stem. Involucre tubular, with a lacerate mouth, or formed of imbricating 
stipular leaves, free or connate with the tumid apex of the stem, together 
forming the perianth. Calyptra ovate. Capsule on a stout fruitstalk, ob- 
long or ovoid ; elaters with 2 spiral filaments. Antheridia in ventricose 
imbricate perigonial leaves similar to the cauline. 
A noble genus, almost confined to the southern temperate hemisphere, and most abundant 
in New Zealand. 
* Leaves stipulate. 
f Leaves with toothed ridges or crests on the Made. 
1. G. Lehmaniana, Lindb.; — FI. N. Z. ii. 151. Stem 2-3 in. high. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, crested with short lamellae, serrate, ventral lobe ovate- 
lanceolate, dorsal as long. Stipules ovate, 2-4-fid ; segments ciliate, furnished 
at the base with pinnatifid leaflets. Perianth terminal ; involucral leaves con- 
nate, subpinnatifid at the apex, acute, ciliate-serrate. — Syn. Hep. 20; Mont. 
Yoy. au Pole Sud, 276. t. 16. f. 1. G. Hombroniana, Mont. 
New Zealand, Banks and Solander. Middle Island : Chalky Bay, Lyall. Lord 
Auckland’s group, Sombron, J. D. S. (Australia, Tasmania.) 
2. G. glaucescens, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 151. Stems 3-4 in. high, 
covered with hairs and leafy scales. Leaves glaucous, ovate-oblong, pubes- 
cent and with ciliate erect lamellae, unequally 2-fid to the middle ; lobes 
obtuse ; dorsal ovate, one-third shorter than the oblong ventral, ciliate. 
Stipules orbicular, 4-fid, pubescent and ciliate-serrate. Perianth terminal, 
cylindric-oblong ; involucral leaves elongate, margins reflexed, closely ciliate; 
mouth obliquely truncate toothed. — Syn. Hep. 20 ; Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 39. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Wairarapa valley, Colenso ; Otago, Sector and 
Buchanan ; Port William and Port Preservation, Lyall. 
3. G. Balfouriana, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 151. t. 101. f. 2. 
Stems 1-3 in. high, covered with ciliated scales. Leaves pale green. 
