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Campbell's Islands.]
FLORA ANTARCTICA.
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mentis lineari-subulatis subacutis, stipulis minoribus onforrnibus, perigoniis termiualibus capitatis pro planta inajusculis . — aii J. hippurioides varietas ? J. dispar, Montague in Voy. au Pole Sud, Bot. Gryptog. (ined.)

Hab. Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island ; on the ground.

49. Jungermannia Ziippwrioides, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; minima, laxe ceespitosa, caule procumbente ramoso, foliis subimbricatis patentibus obovatis bi-trifidis basi angustis, segmentis linearibus subacutis, stipulis minutis valde inconspicuis erectis appressis trifidis. (Tab. LXV. Kg. VII.)

Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; on decayed bark, and at the roots of grasses and ferns in wet places.

Catspites per innovatioiiibus vagis intertexti, pallide olivacei. Caules vix imciales, irregulariter pinnati, una ciun foliis densis crassiusculi. Folia conferta, imbricata, patentia, quasi verticillata, profunde bi-trifida rarius quadrifida, laciniis celhdosis inarticulatis. Stipules valde ineonspicuae, cauli latiori arete appressse, plerurnque in segmenta tria divisae.

A very distinct little species, though not easily characterized ; the figure will give the best idea of its habit and peculiarities. It is most nearly allied to the /. tetradactyla, nobis, (vid. ante) from which it may be recognized by its shorter and more patent leaves, which, as well as the stipules, are usually trifid.

Plate LXV. Fig Nil. — 1, specimen of the natural size; 2, portion of branch ; 3, stipules; magnified.

50. Jtjngekmannia albula, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; niajuscula, caulibus subimplexis erectis ramosis, foliis dense et arete imbricatis erecto-patentibus concavis late et oblique ovato-rotundatis fimbriato-laceris laciniis plerisque profunde bifidis, stipulis concavis majusculis rotundatis sex- ad decemfidis laciniis bifidis. (Tab. LXV. Fig. VI.)

Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; creeping through tufts of Gottscliea Lehmanniana.

Caules rage dispersi, palhde albido-virescentes, subpinnatim v. dichotome ramosi, |~1 unc. longi, sub a lin. lati, rands breviuscidis sa;pe dichotomis, innovationibus flagelliformibus interdum instructis. Folia latissima, concava, basi semi-amplexicaidia, dense imbricata, sese amplectentia, laxe cellulosa, membranacea, pellucida, margine anteriore basin versus dentata, casterum in lacinias curvatas bifidas partita. Stipula -i- magnitudine folh, imbricatse, conspicuse, margmibus lacimatis.

This is a very beautiful plant, much larger and of a different aspect from any of the former.

Plate LXV. Fig. VI. — 1, a specimen of the natural size ; 2, lower, and 3, upper view of a portion of a branch; 4, leaf; 5, stipule : — Magnified.

(11. Mastigobrytjm, Nees.)

51. Juxgermanxia Novcb Holhuulice, Nees; caule prostrato ramoso subtus flagellifero divaricatirn ramoso, ramis patentibus plerisque recurvis, foliis arete imbricatis oblongo-aciuaciformibus curvatis concavis abrupte truncatis apice eroso bi-tridentato stijmlis caide latioribus remformi-rotundatis margimbus recurvis dentatis v. multifidis.

Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; common in the woods, creeping amongst mosses and other Jlepatiea.

52. Jungermannia involuta; Herpetium involutum, Mont, in Voy. an Pole Sud, Bot. Crypt, t. 18. fig. 2. et in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1843. p. 253.

Hab. Lord Auckland's group ; common in the woods, forming large tufts.

A very handsome species, variable in size ; of a much larger and more erect habit, and with broader leaves than the /. Nova Hollandiee, the latter have larger cells also.