Fimbriaria.] 
V. HEPATIC.®. 
517 
Northern and Middle Islands : heights ef Cape Kidnapper and Wairarapa valley, etc., 
CoLenso ; Nelson, Mantell. One of the largest species of the genus. (Swan River, Tas- 
mania.) 
2. F. australis, Rook. /. and Tayl. FI. N. Z. ii. 170. Fronds 1 in. 
long, linear, dichotomous, tender, 2-lobed at the apex, below purple, with 
a few small lanceolate obtuse scales. Female receptacle conico-hemispherical, 
tubercled, sub-4-lobed, bearded below with long hairs; perianths ovate, 12- 
14-fid, pale ; segments cohering by their tips. 
Northern and Middle Islands: banks of Mohaka river, Colenso ; Auckland, Bolton; 
Nelson, Mantell. (Tasmania.) 
3. F. tenera. Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 170. Frond | in. long, } in. 
broad, green, dichotomous ; divisions oblong or obcordate, deeply 2-fid, very 
tender, veined, fertile cuneate ; below green or brownish. Female receptacle 
small, rather convex, 3-4-lobed, naked below, rugulose ; margin crenulate ; 
perianths small, shortly conic, 8-fid ; segments pale brown, ovate-lanceolate, 
separate at the apices. 
Northern Island : clay banks at Paliawa and Patea, Colenso. (Tasmania.) 
38. TARGIONIA, Micheli. 
Fronds appressed to the ground, rooting, thick and coriaceous, linear, 
forked, porous on the upper surface, scaly on the lower. Involucre at the 
apex of the frond, 2-valved. Perianth 0. Calyptra persistent, enclosing the 
capsule, breaking away from over it, its bulb immersed in the frond ; style 
deciduous. Capsule on a very short fruitstalk, membranous, irregularly torn; 
elaters with 2 or 3 spiral fibres. Antheridia in lateral disk-like receptacles, 
on proper branches. Gemmae 0. 
A small genus, scattered over the globe, growing in the ground and on tufts of mosses, 
etc. 
1. T. hypophylla, Linn. ; — Ft. N. Z. ii. 170. Frond linear-obovate 
or cuneate, rigid, with an undefined midrib, pores equal ; scales densely im- 
bricate, outer reaching the margin. — T. Michelii, Corda. ; Syn. Hep. 574. 
Northern Island: common on moist banks, Colenso, etc. (Europe, N. Africa, N. 
America, Tasmania.) 
39. ANTHOCEROS, Micheli. 
Fronds growing flat on the ground, more or less orbicular, radiating, 
thick, opaque, green ; margins lacerate or crenate. Inflorescence monoecious. 
Fruit on the upper surface of the frond. Involucre tubular. Perianth 0. 
Calyptra conical. Capsule pedicelled, of 2 narrow linear erect lobes ; colu- 
mella filiform ; elaters flexuous ; spiral fibres imperfect or 0 ; spores muricate. 
Antheridia sessile, in cup-shaped involucres. — Gemmae also immersed in the 
substance of the frond. 
A very common genus in various parts of the world, forming often large green patches 
in moist places. 
1. A. laevis, Linn. ,—Fl. N. Z. ii. 171. Frond 1-2 in. long, flat, 
radiately branched ; lobes crenate, smooth, nerveless, tender ; involucre cylin- 
dric ; mouth obliquely truncate, with broad scarious edges. — Syn. Hep. 586. 
