Lepidozia . ] 
V. HEPATICjE. 
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A large genus, of very minute-leaved plants, often themselves minute and almost micro- 
scopic. 'The species are in many cases very badly defined, and I suspect that not a few of 
the following may be united hereafter. Very few species indeed inhabit the N. temperate 
zone. The larger resemble Sendtnera in general appearance. 
§ 1. Leaves 3-5 -fid, but not toothed nor serrate. 
* Stems jlexuose , wiry, 1-4 in. long, much pinnately or 2-pinnalely branched ; branches 
decurved, attenuated. 
1. L. microphylla, Lindb.; — FI. N. Z. ii. 145. Stems 1-2 in. long, 
pinnately branched ; branches pendulous with capillary tips. Leaves minute, 
distant, appressed, palmately 4-partite ; involucre oblong-ovate, 2-4-fid. Sti- 
pules quadrate, flat, deeply 4-fid. Perianth cylindric, attenuate, incurved, 
obsoletely toothed. — Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 80 ; Syn. Hep. 202. 
Middle Island : Dusty Bay, Menzies ; Otago, Hector ; Port Preservation, Lyall ; 
Otago, Hector and Buchanan. (Tasmania.) 
2. L. capilligera, Lindb. • —FI . N.Z. ii. 145. Stems 1 in. long, erect, 
simply pinnate ; branches with capillary tips. Leaves olive-brown, subim- 
bricate, \ vertical or horizontal, and stipules obovate-quadrate or cuneate, 
4-fid to the middle ; lobes divaricate, subulate. Eruit unknown. — L. tetra- 
pila, Tayl. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846, 370; Syn. Hep. 716. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Tararna, with Saccogyna australis, Colenso ; Otago, 
Hector and Buchanan. (Tasmania.) 
8. la. prsenitens, Lehm. and Lindb.; — FI. N. Z. ii. 145. Stems pro- 
cumbent, alternately 2-pinnate. Leaves subimbricate, ^-vertical, obovate- 
cuneate, 4-fid ; segments lanceolate. Stipules patent, transversely quadrate, 
4-partite ; lobes divaricate. Perianth subsessile, curved ; mouth sub-4- 
toothed. — Syn. Hep. 206. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Auckland, Sinclair; Wellington, Stephenson; 
Tararua, Colenso ; Dusky Bay, Menzies. Lord Auckland’s group, J. D. H. (Tas- 
mania.) 
4. L. Gottscheana, Lindb. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 145. Stems procumbent, 
irregularly subpinnately branched. Leaves approximate, subhorizontal, flat, 
obcuneate or quadrate, 4-fid ; lobes subulate. Stipules remote, 4-partite. 
Perianth as in L. preenitens. — Syn. Hep. 206. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. (Tasmania.) — This and the two preceding seem 
not essentially different. 
5. L. Isevifolia, ILook. f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 157 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 
146. Stems 1-2 in. long, excessively pinnately branched ; branches deflexed. 
Leaves yellow or olive-brown, subvertical, rather close-set, subimbricate on 
the branches, ovate-cordate, 3-5-fid ; lobes flat or incurved ; involucre small. 
Stipules distant, spreading, ovate, cordate or orbicular, 4-fid. Perianth as in 
L. preenitens.— Syn. Hep. 208. 
Northern Island ; probably common, Wellington, Stephenson ; Port Nicholson, Lyall. 
Tehawera, Colenso. Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island, J. D. H. 
(Tasmania.) 
6. L, pendulina, Lindb. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 146. Stem 2-3 in. long, erect, 
2-pinnate ; branches pendulous, fascicled ; tips capillary. Leaves imbricate, 
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