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V. HEPATIC.®. 
[Sen diner a. 
obtuse sinus; segments lanceolate, acuminate, straight or slightly diverging. 
— Syn. Hep. 239 ; Hook. Brit. Jungerm. t. 4 et Suppl. t. 1. 
Northern Island: top of the Ruahine range with J. colorata, Colenso. (Tasmania, 
India, Europe, etc.) 
2. S. attenuata, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 153. t. 102./. 2. Stems 3 in. 
long, pinnately branched ; branches decurved, attenuated, flagelliforra. Leaves 
pale yellow-brown, ovate, 2-fid ; segments 2-partite, with subulate lobes, 
ventral margin entire, dorsal spinulose-toothed. Stipules similar, but deeper 
cut, toothed at the base. Fruit terminal. Involucre ovate, covered with 
leafy scales. 
Northern Island : Bay of Islands, J. D. II. 
3. S. ochroleuca, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 153. Stems variable in size, 
slender, creeping or ascending. Leaves and stipides ochreous-yellow, 3-5- 
fid, ciliate at the base ; segments of the stipules channelled or flat. Perianth 
campanulate, covered with foliaceous scales. — Syn. Hep. 240. J. hirsuta, 
Nees; FI. Antarct. 160 and 443. 
Middle Island : Milford Sound and Port Preservation, Lijall. Campbell’s Island, 
J. D. U. ; Otago, Hector and Buchanan. (Fuegia, India, S. Africa, Mexico.) 
II. Mastigophoea. — Bruit on short lateral branches or almost sessile. 
4. S. scolopendra, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 153. Stem 3-5 in. long, 
erect, pinnate ; branches deflexed, attenuated to the tips, flagelliform, naked, 
often rooting. Leaves and stipules closely imbricate, scarious, rigid, oblong, 
2-fid ; segments diverging, again 2-fid, acuminate, diaphanous. Perianth in 
the axils of lateral branches, obovate, 4-fid, covered with imbricating leaves. 
— Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 40 ; FI. Antarct. p. 160. Schisma, Nees, etc. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s 
Island : abundant on the hills, J. H. H. (Tasmania.) 
5. S. flagellifera, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 153. Stems 2-3 in. long, erect, 
pinnately branched ; branches attenuate, flagelliform. Leaves greenish-brown, 
2-farious, horizontal, unequally 2-fid; lobes conduplicate ; dorsal larger, acute, 
often slightly toothed ; ventral more lanceolate, entire or 2-fid. Stipules ovate, 
2-partite, rarely 4-fid, toothed at the base. — Syn. Hep. 242 ; Hook. Muse. 
Exot. t. 59. 
Northern and Middle Islands: common, from Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc., to 
Dusky Bay, Menzies. (Tasmania.) 
19. POLYOTUS, Gottsche. 
Stems prostrate, pinnately branched. Leaves incubous, closely imbricate, 
auricled, the auricle often spinous, with a lamina of various shape between 
it and the blade of the leaf. Stipules usually 4-fid, the middle lobes clavate. 
Fruit lateral or axillary. Involucre of many confluent leaves. Perianth 0. 
Calyptra confluent with the involucre, its apex free, bearing sterile pistils 
near the apex. Capsule oblong, on short fruitstalk; elaters with 2 spiral 
fibres. Antheridia solitary in the axils of terminal perigonial leaves. 
A small Australian, New Zealand, and Antarctic genus, not found in the northern hemi- 
spheres. 
