trigones '02 mm.; stipules M mm. x A mm. base, segments
•2 mm., 1-mm. X-2 mm. base, seg. -2 mm.; bracts 3' mm.x
1-5 mm.; bracteole 1'75 mm. x -5 mm.; seg. -3 mm. ; periantb
4 5 mm. long x 1-75 mm. broad at the middle, '75 mm. at the
apex, and '75 mm. at the base; diam. of perigonial stem '2 mm.;
perigonial bracts '75 mm. x '5 mm.
Hab.—Growing in loose patches, or creeping amongst mosses
especially Sphagna, in boggy situations. Moderately rare, extremely
so in fruit.
n C'. Lyell. 4. Holt Lows; Edgefield
Hill; Holt Wood, Norfolk, Mev. B. B. Francis; Westleton
Bogs, near Halesworth, Suffolk, Dr. Hooker. 5. Sherbrook Valley •
Brindley Valley; Chartley Moss, Staffordshire, J. R Bagnall.
8. Kinder Scout, Derbyshire, Holt fl Whitehead. 9. Wybunbury
Bog, Cheshire (cum. fr.), W. Wilson; Cookerham Moss, West
Lane., A. Wilson. 10. Harlow Heath, Yorks., Br. F. A. Lees;
Ilkley Moor, Yorks., Br. Carrington; Askhani Bog, Yorks Br F.
/ .A m ; Thornton Moor, Yorks., W. Stansfield Moor. Yorks.!
John Nowell. 12. Ambleside, Westmorland, C. Lyell; Foulshaw
Moss; Witherslaok Moss (c. per); Barbon Fell; Sandford Bog,
near Warcop, Westmorland, G. Stabler. 13. North of Black
Craig, New Galloway, J. McAndrew; Lochar Moss, Dumfries,
/. Cruickshank. 15. Kinnordy, C. Lyell. 16. Moidart, West
Inverness, on wet moors, common, A. M. Macvicar.
I. Devis Mountain, Co. Antrim, Mr. Templeton; Annahilt
Bog, Co. Down, Mr. Templeton; near Bantry, Miss Hutchins.
On wet banks in subalpine parts of the country, Br. B. Moore.
Found on the Continent and in North America.
Obs.—Distinguished from Mylia Taylori by the shape and
texture of leaves, the smooth epidermis, elongate ceUs. bifid
stipules and bracteole, narrower perianth with entire mouth.
The leaves vary in shape, some being quite orbicular, but the
most common are as figured.
D escription oe P late C X .-P ig . i. Pfrnts natural size.
2. Portion of stem x 11 (Barton Moss, W. H. P.). 3-5. Leaves
X 11 (Fenniae, Lindberg). 6. Leaf and stipule x 11 (ditto)
7. Portion of leaf x 290 (ditto). 8. Stipule x 24 (ditto).
9. Stipule X 11 (ditto). 10, 11. Bracts x 11 (ditto).
12. Bracteole x 11 (ditto). 13. Bracteole x 24 (ditto).
14. Perianth x 11 (ditto). 15. Cross-section of perianth near
apex X 11 (ditto). 16. Cross-section of perianth at the middle
(ditto). 17. Cross-section of perianth at the base x 11 (ditto).
18. Portion of the mouth of perianth x 85 (ditto). 19. Portion
of male stem x 24 (ditto). 23. Perigonial bract x 24 (ditto).
Genus 27. PEDINOPHYLLTJM, Lindb.
Jungermania, Nees, Nat. Eu r. Leb. 1, p. 165 (1833).
Plagiochila, Dum. Recueil, p. 15 (1835).
Leptoscyphus, M itt, in Hook. J o u rn . of Bot. I l l (1851).
Uum, Lindb. Bot. not. p. 156 (1874); Hep. in Hibern. p. 604 (1874).
Monoicous ; habit of Chiloscyphus ; depresso-cæspitose, no
rhizomatous caudex ; stem creeping, radiculose. Leaves very
slightly decurrent, subplane or plane, rotund-rectangular. Stipules
constantly present, very small and inconspicuous. Perianth
never on chief stem but terminal on branches, compressed as in
Pedinophyllum in te rru p tum {Nees), Lindb.
Jungermania interrupta, Nees, Nat. Eu r. Leb. 1, p. 165 (1833).
Jungermania Dumortieri, Lib. PI. crypt. Ard. iv. n. 811 (1837).
Plagiochila interrupta, Dum. Recueil, p. 15 (1835).
Leptoscyphus interruptus, M itt, in Hook. Jo u rn . Bot. I l l (1851).
Plagiochila (PedinophylÌMm) pyrenaica, var. interrupta (Nees) ; Lindb. Man.
Muse. Sec. p. 367 (1874).
n, Lindb. in Hep. in Hib. p. 505 (1876).
Monoicous, densely cæspitose, tufts depressed, small, light
yellowish-green to olive-brown in colour. Stems intricately
entangled, prostrate, then slightly assurgent, irregularly ramose ;
radiculose, on the prostrate stems rootlets plentiful, whitish, on
the upper branches rare. Leaves imbricate or approximate,
alternate, horizontal, antical margin slightly decurrent, spreading
or complánate, plane or suhplane, rotund-rectangular, oval to