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crowded, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, toothed and ciliate ; ventral lobe oblong, 
falcate, with 3 short-toothed lamellae ; dorsal J-ovate. Stipules suborbicular, 
4-fid; segments obtuse, toothed and ciliate. — Syn. Hep. 622. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso, Stanger ; Chalky Bay, Lyall. Lord 
Auckland’s group, J. I). II. 
4. G. repleta, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 153. t. 101. /. 3. 
Stems 1-2 iu. high, covered below with purple radicles, glabrous above. 
Leaves yellow-green, erecto-patent, imbricate, amplexicaul, ovate-oblong, 
margins sharply toothed ; ventral lobe broadly ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 
with 3-4-toothed lamellae ; dorsal much shorter, obliquely orbicular-ovate. 
Stipules imbricate, oblong, 2-fid ; segments 2-partite, toothed and ciliate. — 
SyiL Hep. 622. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso; Port William, Lyall. 
5. G. unguicularis, Hook.f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 151. t. 102./. 1. 
Stems 1 in. long, covered below with purple radicles, above with scattered 
2-fid or toothed scales. Leaves pale green, imbricate, spreading, toothed ; 
ventral lobe oblong-obtuse, with few short lamellae ; dorsal broadly ovate, 
much smaller. Stipules 4-fid ; segments toothed and ciliate. Involucre 
elongate, loosely clothed with leaves which do not sheath. — Syn. Hep. 622. 
Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso; Auckland, Sinclair and Bolton; Nelson, 
Mantell. 
tt Leaves without lamella. 
6. G. appendiculata, Nees ;—Fl. N. Z. ii. 150. Stems 4-6 in. high. 
Leaves very large, yellow-green, oblong ; ventral lobe ovate-oblong, pinnati- 
fid at the apex ; laminae serrulate ; dorsal \ shorter, dimidiate-ovate, acute, 
sharply toothed. Stipules 2-partite ; laminae inciso-serrate. Involucre formed 
of the uppermost leaves and stipule, cup-shaped ; mouth cut into 8-9 equal 
toothed segments. — Syn. Hep. 14; Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 15. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Auckland, Sinclair; Hokianga, Sinclair ; Dusky 
Bay, Menzies ; Port Cooper, Lyall; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
7. G. nobilis, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 151. Stems 3-8 in. high, stout, 
almost woody, with tufted leaflet-like scales at the bases of the leaves. Leaves 
yellow-green, 2-fid to the middle; lobes ovate, acute, spinulose-servate ; 
dorsal I shorter. Stipules suborbicular, 2-dentate, spinulose-serrate. Perianth 
terminal, ovoid, subplicate ; mouth with serrate lacinise. — Syn. Hep. 21; 
Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 11. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Tararua, Colenso; Dusky Bay, Menzies; South 
Land, Lyall ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
8. G. ciliata, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 151. t. 101./. 4. Stems 2-3 in. 
high, glabrous. Leaves purplish-green, closely imbricate, very broadly 
ovate, ciliated all round with hair-like cilia ; lobes nearly equal. Stipules 
2-4-fid ; lobes rounded, long, ciliated. 
Northern Island: creeping on fern fronds, Ruahiue range, Colenso. (Tasmania.) 
9. G. splachnophylla, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 424. t. 156. 
/ 2 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 150. Stem procumbent, 2 in. high, very succulent and 
