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V. HEPATIC^. 
\_Chiloscyplius. 
19. G. cymbaliferns, HooJc.f. and Tayl. — Jnngermarinia, FI. Antarct. 
151. t. 64. i. 5. Stems tufted, 1 in. high, suberect or procumbent, curved. 
Leaves pale green or yellowish, flaccid, pellucid, densely and closely imbri- 
cate, erecto-patent, very concave, subsecund, obliquely orbicular, serrulate ; 
dorsal margin produced into an obovate inflated auricle. Stipules free, very 
broad, transverse, tumid, closely imbricating, obscurely 3-lobed or quite en- 
tire. Perianth lateral, ovate-oblong, tumid below, compressed below the 
plaited toothed mouth. — Syn. Hep. 711. 
Lord Auckland’s group : roots of old trees in woods, rare, J. D. H . — A very peculiar 
plant. (Tasmania.) 
9. PS1LOCLADA, Mitten. 
Hirsute ; stems capillary, creeping, subpinnately branched. Leaves suc- 
cubous, distant, minute, quadrate, 4-cleft. Stipules similar. Fruit lateral, 
on very short branches. Involucral leaves 2-fid, large, falcate. Perianth sub- 
cylindric, smooth ; mouth laciniate ; lacinias falcate, secund. Calyptra, etc., 
unknown. 
1. P. clandestina, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 143. t. 99. /. 4. Stems 1 
in. long, capillary, procumbent, sparingly branched. Leaves bright green, 
microscopic, scarcely broader than the stem, remote, square in outline, con- 
sisting of a short horizontal blade and 4 erect subulate lobes at right angles 
to it ; cells large, inflated ; involucral, imbricate, large, falcate-secund, more 
cut. Stipules similar, smaller. 
Northern Island: Wellington, creeping on mosses, Stephenson. (Tasmania.) 
A very imperfectly known plant, of which but a few scraps have been found. The only 
species of the genus. 
10. ADELATiTTHUS, Mitten. 
Stems erect from a creeping rhizome, branched. Leaves succubous, disti- 
chous, vertical, the dorsal margin decurrent. Stipules 0. Fruit terminal on 
short ventral branchlets, concealed at the bases of the branches. Involucral 
leaves 3-farious. Perianth tubular, subtrigonous ; mouth connivent, toothed. 
Capsule on a slender fruitstalk. Elaters with 2 spiral fibres. Autheridia in 
small ventral spikes. 
A small genus, consisting of 4 species, found in various parts of the globe. The fructifi- 
cation is very brittle, and hence difficult to examine in a dry state. Dr. Taylor confounded 
that of an Aneura (growing amongst it) with it. 
1. A. faleatus, Mitten in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 243. — Flagiocldla , FI. 
N. Z. ii. 131. Stems much branched, 1-3 in. high; branches falcate, in- 
curved, thickened upwards. Leaves dingy-green or brown or black, imbri- 
cate, vertical, erect, subopposite, orbicular ; dorsal margin subinflexed, quite 
entire, decurrent; ventral toothed. — J. falcata, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 89. 
Plagiockila, Syn. Hep. 649. Aulicularia occlusa, FI. Antarct. 146. t. 62. f. 8 ; 
Syn’. Hep. 619. 
Northern and Middle Islands : in bogs, summit of the Tararua and Oparapara 
mountains, Colenso ; Dusky Bay, Menzies ; Port Preservation, Lyall. Campbell’s 
Island : in bogs, J. D. H. (Tasmania.) 
