by -4 mm. broad, postical A mm. x '4 mm., antical A mm. x
A mm., postical '9 mm. x A mm. ; cells '02 mm. ; bracts, antical
lobe '7 mm. x A mm., postical '9 mm. x A mm. ; periantb
l'7o mm. long by -75 mm. broad; pistillidia '75 mm. x A mm. ;
perigonial bract, antioal lobe A mm. x '4 rnm., postical A mm. x
A mm. ; antheridia '2 mm.
H ab.—On damp shady rocks. Rare.
9. By the side of a stream, Woodhead, Cheshire, J. Whitehead
é W. II. P., July 1880. Alderley Edge, Cheshire, G. A. Holt,
March 1883. 12. Kentmere, Westmorland, Bev. H. W. Lett,
August 1899. 13. New Galloway, J. McAndrew. 15. Sculty,
near Strachan, .T. Sim, March 1886. 16. Moidart, West Inverness,
S. M. Macvicar, 1898.
Found on the Continent.
O b s .— This is a pretty little species and quite distinct from
8. curfa (Mart.). Whether it is the true -Tung, rosacea of Corda
is doubtful, for it does not agree with the figure given in Sturm’s
Deutschl. Flora, which seems to represent some small form of
8. undulata.
8. rosacea is at once distinguished from 8. curta by its rather
larger size and beautiful rosy or claret-coloured foliage. The
stems are somewhat succulent and tender, which character alone
separates it from any of the small forms of the other British
Scapaniæ.
Description of P late XCIV .— Fig. 1. Plants natural size.
2. Portion of .stem x 31 (Woodhead, Cheshire). 3. Leaf x 31
(ditto). 4, 5. Leaves, explánate (ditto). 6. Portion of leaf x
290 (Helsingfors, S. 0. Lindberg). 7. Bract x 31 (Woodhead,
Cheshire). 8. Bract, explánate x 31 (ditto). 9. Perianth x 31
(ditto).
16. Scapania cu rta (Alarf.), Dum.
Jungermania curta, Mart. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1, p. 148, t. iv. f. 24 (1817).
Jungermania nemm-osa, var. deriudata. Hook. Brit. Ju n g . t. xxi. if. 17-19 (1816)-
S adula aurta, Dum. Syll. Ju n g . p. 40 (1831).
Scapania curta, Dum. Recueil, p. 14 (1835).
Plagiochila curta, M. e t N. in Nees Nat. E u r. Leberm. iii. p. 525 (1838).
Dioicous, loosely cæspitose, minute, yellowish-green to light-
brown. Stems procumbent, simple or subramose, radiculose.
Leaves from patent to patent-divergent, 50° to 70°, approximate,
subimbricate, accrescent, entire or slightly dentate, to about the
middle unequally bilobed, complicate, postical lobe much larger
than antical, oblong-oval, acute, antioal lobe usually more erect,
longer than broad, subohlong-quadrate, acute; cells small, roundish,
angles of cells thickened, trigones distinct, epidermis smooth.
Bracts similar to leaves, only larger. Perianth longish obovate,
slightly folded above, mouth irregularly dentate. Antheridia
terminal on separate stems, perigonial bracts 4-6 pairs, lobes subequal,
antheridia oval.
Fruits April, May. Capsules extremely rare.
Dimensions.—Stems J to f inch long, diam. '2 mm., with
leaves 2' mm. broad ; leaves, antical lobe A mm. broad x ’4 rnm.
high, -9 mm. X '4 mm., A mm. x A mm., postieal lobe IT mm.
broad x A mm. high, 1'2 mm. x A mm., '9 mm. x A mm. ; cells
lAO mm. X 02 mm. ; bract, antioal lobe 1’ mm. broad x A mmhigh,
postical lobe 1'2 mm. x A mm. ; perianth 3A mm. long x
lA mm. broad.
H ab.—Grows on beaten paths and shady banks in woods, &o.
Generally distributed.
2. Sussex, W. Mitten. Ardingley Eocks, Sussex, G. E. Davies.
3. Epping Forest, E. 21. Holmes. 5. Gospel End Common ;
Seckley Wood, Staffordshire, J. E. Bagnall. 7. Cader Idris,
Merionethshire, C. J. Wild <& G. A. Holt. Tyn-y-Groes,
Merionethshire, W. II. P. Snowdon, Carnarvonshire, G. E Hunt.
8. Near Woodhead, Derbyshire, G. A. Holt. 9. Staley Brushes,
Cheshire, W Stanley <0 C. -I. Wild. Barton Moss, Lane., Dr