530 v. hepatic.®. [ Radula . 
fruitstalk, ovoid ; elaters with 2 spiral fibres ; spores large. Antheridia in 
the inflated bases of perigonial leaves. 
A considerable genus, found in all parts of tbe world. 
1. R. buccinifera, Hook.f. and Tayl. Fl. N. Z. ii. 154. Stem 1 in. 
long, prostrate, pinnate. Leaves yellow-green or brown, subimbricate, spread- 
ing, rounded at tbe apex, upper lobe obovate-orbicular, convex, its apex in- 
curved, lower minute, trapezoid, appressed. Perianth at length axillary, very 
long, subcylindric, compressed above; mouth dilated, quite entire. — Syn. 
Hep. 261. 
Northern and Middle Islands : common in forests on tbe mountains, Colenso, etc. ; 
Otago, Hector and Buchanan. (Tasmania.) 
2. R. physoloba, Mont. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 154. Stem procumbent, rigid, 
flexuous, much pinnately branched. Leaves yellow-green or brown, subver- 
tical, orbicular, convex, quite entire ; apex inflexed ; lobule large, inflated 
below the apex, retuse or emarginate. Perianth terminal or axillary, long, 
cochleariform, truncate. > — Syn. Hep. 254 ; Mont. Voy. au Pole Sud, 256. t. 17. 
f. 4. L. aquilegia, Hook. f. and Tayl. in Lond. Joum. Bot. 1846, 291. 
Northern Island: forests of the Manawata, Colenso. Lord Auckland’s group, 
Hombron. (Tasmania.) 
3. R. uvifera, Hoolc.f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 162 ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 154. 
Stem 1-2 in. long, stout, much branched. Leaves olive-brown or purplish, 
imbricate, convex, tumid, obovate-orbicular, quite entire ; upper lobe larger, 
convex, broadly oblong-orbicular ; apex recurved ; lower ovate-oblong, ob- 
tuse, tumid below, its apex appressed to the upper. Perianth obovate-oblong, 
much compressed, subcoclileariform, 4-5-costate below; margins subulate; 
mouth truncate, entire. — Syn. Hep. 258, 729. R. multicar inata, Syn. Hep. 
258. 
Northern Island: in mountainous districts, common, Colenso, etc. Lord Auck- 
land's group : abundant on bark of trees, J. D. H. 
4. R. plicata, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 154. Stem 1 in. long, slender, 
procumbent, pinnate. Leaves imbricate, orbicular-obovate, as in R. buccini- 
fera. Perianth linear-elongate, flattened, with 3 keels or ribs on the ventral 
side, and 2 on the dorsal ; mouth truncate, quite entire. 
Northern Island: Auckland, with R. buccinifera , Sinclair. Closely allied to R. buc- 
cinifera, but larger and with a very different perianth. 
5. R. complanata, Bumortier ; — Fl. TV. Z. ii. 155. Stem 1-2 in. long, 
flattened, creeping, subpinnate. Leaves pale greenish-brown, distichous, 
closely imbricate ; upper lobe orbicular, almost flat, quite entire ; lower lobe 
£ smaller, appressed with a rounded angle. Perianth flattened, oblong, trun- 
cate. — Hook. Brit. Jungerm. t. 81 ; Syn. Hep. 257. 
Northern Island : Raukawa, on trunks of trees, Colenso. Campbell’s Island, J. D. H. 
—The Raukawa plant is a small form, without fruit, bearing buds on the edges of the leaves, 
as is common in Europe. (A very common plant in Europe, America, S. Africa, and 
India.) 
6. R. marginata, Hook. f. and Tayl. Fl. N. Z. ii. 154. Stems flattened, 
