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17. TRICHOCOLEA, Nees. 
Stems erect or inclined, tufted, much branched, very soft, white and woolly 
to appearance. Leaves incubous and distichous, but clothing the stem, 
deeply palmately divided, the lobes laciniated. Stipules present. Fruit in 
the forks of branches. Involucral leaves many, connate into a hairy tube, 
which is adnate with the calyptra, coriaceous ; mouth truncate. Perianth 0. 
Capsule oblong, on a slender fruitstalk ; elaters with 2 spiral fibres. Anthe- 
ridia in the axils of leaves on the upper side of the stem. 
A small genus of very beautiful pale Hepatica , with the leaves so much eiliate and cut as 
to give the whole stem a woolly appearance. 
1. T. tomentella, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 158. Stems 2-5 in. long, 
3-pinnate. Leaves white, 2-partite; segments capillary, multifid; ventral 
lobe smaller, inclined forwards. Stipules subquadrate, 4-partite, capillaceo- 
multifid. — Syn. Hep. 237. T. mollissima, FI. Antarct. 181 ; Syn, Hep. 237. 
T. tomentella, y javanica, Syn. Hep. 721. 
Throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, abundant in damp woods, also in 
Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island. (Tasmania, India, Europe, and 
America.) 
2. T. lanata, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 153. Stem 2-3 in. long, distantly 
simply pinnate. Leaves with the dorsal lobe incised, eiliate and laciniate. 
Stipules 4-fid to the middle only; segments capillaceo-multifid. — Syn. Hep. 
238 ; Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 116. 
Abundant throughout the Northern and Middle Islands, Menzies , etc. 
3. T. polyacantha, Hoo/c.f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. i. 161. t. 65./. 9. 
Minute ; stems f in. long, very slender, capillary, sparingly branched. Leaves 
very minute, brittle, olive-green, loosely imbricate, spreading, and 4-fid ; seg- 
ments multifid, setaceous, articulate, cellular. Perianth terminal, large, erect, 
subclavate, hispid, 4-toothed. Fruitstalk very long. — Syn. Hep. 239. 
Lord Auckland’s group : in woods near the sea, J. D. H. — A very doubtful Tricho- 
colea, perhaps a Lepidozia. 
18. SEND TWER A, Endlicher. 
Stems erect or inclined, tufted, pinnately branched ; branches often re- 
curved, attenuated. Leaves obscurely distichous, incubous, closely imbricate, 
2-5 -cleft, segments entire. Stipules 2- or many-cleft. Fruit terminal on long 
branches, or lateral, subsessile. Involucral leaves numerous, incised, con- 
nate with the perianth. Perianth tubular, deeply cleft, membranous at the 
base. Calyptra chartaceous. Capsule globose, on a short fruitstalk ; elaters 
free, with 2 spiral fibres. Antheridia in the axils of tumid perigonial leaves, 
on proper branches. 
A small genus, scattered over various parts of the world. 
I. Schisma, Dumont. — Fruit terminal on long tranches. 
1. S. juniperina, Nees; — FI. N. Z. ii. 153. Stems 3-5 in. long, 
suberect, slender. Leaves pale brown, and stipules oblong, 2-fid, with an 
