Fmbriaria,] v. hepatic^:. 547

Northern and Middle lelaods : heights of Gape Kidnapper and Wairarapa valley, etc.,
Colenso ; Nelson, Mantell. One of the largest species of the geaas. (Swan River, Tas-
mania.)



2. P. anstraliSy Hook. /. and Tayl. Fh N, Z, ii. 170. Fronds 1 in.
long, linear, dicbotomous, tender, 2-lobed at the apex, below purple, with
a few small lanceolate obtuse scales. Female receptswle 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 : hanks of Mohaka river, Colenso ; Auckland, Bolton ;
Nelson, Mantell, (Tasmania.)

3. F. tenera. Mitten in Fl. N. Z. ii. 170. Frond \ in. long, \ in.
broad, green, dicbotomous ; divisions oblong or obcordate, deeply 2-fid, very
tender, veined, fertile cuneate ; below green or brownish. Female receptacle
smal}, 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 hanks at Pahawa and Patea, Colenso. (Tasmania.)

38. TARGIONIA, Micbeli.
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. Antberidia in lateral disk-like receptacles,
on proper branches. Gemmae 0.
A small genus, scattered over the glohe, growing in the ground and on tufts of mosses,
etc.
