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Y. HEPATIC.*. 
[ Frullania . 
Northern Island : on bark, \A airarapa valley, east coast and interior, Colenso. 
17. F. rostrata, Hook./, and Tayl. Ft. Antarct. 163. Stems minute, 
slender, subpinnate. Leaves red-brown, imbricate, spreading, orbicular, sub- 
apiculate ; lobule oblong, with 2 short processes on its inner margin ; invo- 
lucral orbicular-oblong, incurved, apiculate. Stipule minute, orbicular. 
Perianth obovate from a slender narrow base, much broader than the stem. — 
Svn. Hep. 445. 
Lord Auckland’s group: on Parmelia enteromorpha, J. I). H. 
18. F. magellanica, Spreng.; — FI. Antarct. 162. Stems 2-3 in. long, 
much 2-pinnatelv branched. Leaves red and olive-brown or blackish, imbri- 
cate, orbicular-ovate, sometimes obscurely denticulate ; lobule obovate, dis- 
tant from the stem ; involucral acute, entire, rarely with the lobule toothed. 
Stipule minute, appressed, 2-fid. Perianth obovate, impressed on the dorsal 
face, obtusely keeled on the ventral. — Syn. Hep. 446. 
Campbell’s Island : on alpine rocks, J. D. H. (Fuegia.) 
*** Lobule on the margin of the leaf, erect or diverging , clavate or pedicelled. 
19. F. aterrima, Hook.f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 162. Stems ^-1 in. 
high, small, slender, sparingly branched. Leaves black, shining, upper 
purplish, imbricate, spreading, concave, oblong or orbicular ; tips recurved ; 
cells large at the ventral side; lobule erect, pyriform, inflated; involucral 
longer, narrower, acute. Stipules minute, 2-partite, and 1-2-toothed. 
Perianth obovate, 3-quetrous. — FI. Antarct. t. 66. f. 3 ; Syn. Hep. 450. 
Northern Island: Wairarapa valley and Ruahine range. Beech-trees, etc., Colenso. 
Lord Auckland's group : rocks on the hills, J. D. H. 
20. F. congesta, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 162. Very similar 
to F. aterrima, of a red-brown colour, with rounder stipules, which are never 
toothed, the leaves have not the cluster of enlarged cells at the base, and the 
involucral are white at the tips. — FI. Antarct. 164 ; Syn. Hep. 451. 
Northern Island : probably common on Lichens, bark of trees, rocks, etc., Auckland, 
Sinclair; Titiokura, Tehawera, etc., Colenso; Wellington, Stephenson. Lord Auck- 
land’s group : on rocks and bark, J. D. H. 
21. F. allophylla, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 163. t. 66./. 1. 
Stems minute, slender, flexuous, i §• in. long, sparingly branched. Leaves 
red-brown, black when dry, lax, distant, erecto-patent or spreading, convex, 
subpetiolate, obliquely ovate, acute or obtuse, sometimes 2-3-toothed ; cells 
large ; lobule oblong or clavate, pedicelled, diverging at the base, then in- 
curved or decurved. Stipules minute, 2-fid ; segments lanceolate, but some- 
times clavate like the lobules. 
Campbell’s Island : on hills, intermixed with other Hepatica, J. I). H. — A minute, 
very curious aud beautiful little plant. 
22. F. reticulata, Hook. f. and Tayl. FI. Antarct. 163. t. 66./. 2. 
Stems 1-2 in. long, pinnate, flattish. Leaves black, young red-purple, dis- 
tichous, imbricate, very tender, convex, lower orbicular, entire, upper ovate, 
coarsely toothed ; cells large, pellucid ; lobules clavate, sometimes absent in 
the lower leaves, sometimes 2-fid or double. Stipules 4-partite ; segments 
subulate, or some or all clavate. 
