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V. HEPATIC-®. 
[Fnillania. 
green, closely imbricate, obliquely ovate-orbicular, quite entire, obtuse, con- 
cave, lower margin incurved ? ; lobule lunate ; involucral not seen ; stipule 
orbicular, 2 -dentate. 
Lord Auckland’s group : on branches of trees, Homlron. — I have seen no specimens, 
and am uncertain, from the figure, whether the base of the leaf is incurved or not. 
*** Lobule solitary. Base of leaf not inflered. Stipules 2-fid ( toothed in F. Hampeana). 
6. F. falciloba. Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 160. Stems 1-2 in. 
long, branched. Leaves brown, ovate or orbicular-oblong, slightly incurved ; 
lobule large, elongate, falcate ; involucral 2-lobed ; lobule much cut. Stipules 
orbicular-oblong, 2-dentate ; involucral large, 2-fid, 1-dentate on each side. 
Perianth convex on the dorsal, and having a broad keel on the ventral face. 
— Syn. Hep. 423. 
Northern Island : Wairarapa valley, on bark, Colenso. (Tasmania.) 
7. F. cranialis, Tayl. Stems 1-2 in. long, tufted, procumbent, sub- 
pinnately branched. Leaves olive-brown, loosely imbricate, spreading, 
rounded, concave, quite entire ; lobule helmet-shaped, ^ the size of the upper 
lobe. Stipules ovate, 2-fid, with one tooth on each side. — Tayl. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot. 1845, 86. 
middle Island : Canterbury, Haast. (Australia.) 
8. F. Hampeana, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 160. Stems pinnate. Leaves 
pale green, imbricate, ^-vertical, suborbicular; lobule arched, deflexed, 
acuminate. Stipules suborbicular, 6-8-toothed and 2-fid. — Syn. Hep. 426. 
Northern Island: trunks of trees, Wairarapa valley, Colenso. (Australia, Tasmania.) 
— Readily recognized by the many-toothed stipules. 
9. F. spinifera. Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 161. t. 104./. 2. 
Stems 1-1£ in. long, pinnate. Leaves brownish-green, loosely imbricate, 
diverging, broadly oblong ; lobule small, arched, with acuminate ends ; invo- 
lucral lanceolate, acute, with a lanceolate subulate 1-dentate lobule. Stipules 
orbicular, shortly 2-fid; involucral broadly 2-fid, with lanceolate lobes. 
Perianth elongate, subcylindric, tumid, smooth; retuse with a mucronate 
apex. — Syn. Hep. 776. 
Northern Island : Auckland, Sinclair ; Tehawera, on trees in the forest, Colenso. 
10. F. deplanata. Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 161. t. 104./. 3. Stem 1 in. 
long, pinnate. Leaves red-brown, diverging, imbricate, orbicular-ovate or 
oblong ; apex rounded, incurved ; lobule large, falcate, recurved, acuminate ; 
involucral ovate, acute, entire or toothed, with a lanceolate toothed lobule. 
Stipules suborbicular, shortly 2-fid ; involucral elongate, laciniate. Perianth 
obcordate, elongate, flattened at the top, retuse, mucronate, smooth. 
Northern Island: east coast and interior, on bark, Colenso ; Wellington, on Lichens, 
Stephenson. 
§ 2. Lobule vertically elongate, clavate tubular trumpet-shaped or orbicular . 
* Lobule on the surface of the leaf, %- orbicular . 
11. F. reptans, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 161. t. 104./. 4. Stem small, 
slender, in. long, creeping, pinnate. Leaves dark olive-brown or red or 
