Obs. The history of this hepatic is somewhat curious. Nees,
in his admirable “ Nat. Eur. Leb.,” vol. 11, p. 453, speaks of
a form of Jungermania scalaris (var. minor) whieh may prove to be
a distinct species and to which he would give tlm name Jung,
hamatosticta. To this Professor Lindberg referred the Alicularia
geoscyphus of de Notaris. Herr Limpricht objects to the name as
being inappropriate, for the plant varies very much in colour,
according to exposure, shade, &o., and he promotes Nees’ varietal
name minor to specific rank.
To a large, suberect form of this. Professor Lindberg has given
the name var. suberecta, whieh he had previously supposed to be
the Juny. scalaris var. repanda. Hüben., and as such published it
as Nardia repanda, but an examination of Hlibener’s original specimens
showing it to be dioicous, the species repanda was dropped.
In 1869 Herr Jack forwarded to Dr. Gottsche specimens of this
var. suberecta under the name Sarcoscyphus anomalus, which the
Doctor published in G. R. Hep. Eur n. 470 as Juny. Silvretta;; as
the specific name of Herr Jack is used for another hepatic, I
adopt Gottsohe’s name, which should have priority over the others,
if we raise it to the rank of a species.
A peculiarity about this species is that the stem is slightly
frontally compressed, not laterally as in Nardia compressa and
partially in N. scalaris. Transverse sections cut from all my
specimens give 12 cells x 9 or 10.
Distinguished from Nardia scalaris (Schrad.) by its paroicous
inflorescence, and the emarginate leaves and bracts.
Nardia geoscypha (de Not.), of which I have not seen British
specimens, agrees with this species in its inflorescence, but is
much smaller, has a curious creeping habit, is without stipules,
and the bracts are not so irregularly margined.
D escription op P late CLXII.—Fig. 1. Plants natural size
2, 8. Stems x 16 (Thed. Muse. Sueo. Ex. n. 136). 4. Crosssection
of stem x 31 (Todmorden, G. A. Holt). 5, 7. Leaves
X 24 (Baildon, W. West). 6, 8-10. Ditto x 24 (Todmorden,
Holt). 11. Portion of leaf x 290 (ditto). 12, 13, 15, 16.
Stipules X 85 (ditto). 14. Ditto x 85 (Baildon, West). 17.
375
Braot X 24 (Todmorden, Holt). 18 Ditto x 31 (Strensall, G.
Stabler). 19. Sub-bracteole x 31 (ditto). 20. Portion of innermost
braot and connate bracteole x 16 (Thed., 136). 21. Bracteole
X 81 (ditto). 22. Pistillidia x 85 (Baildon, West). 23.
Antheridium (ditto). 24, 25. Spores and elater x 290 (Todmorden,
Holt).
Genus 33. Marsupella, Dum.
■Jungermania, Ehrh. Beitr. 8 p. 80 (1788).
Nardius, Gr. & B. Nat. Arr. Brit, PI. 2 p. G94 (1821).
Marsupella, Dum, Comm. Bot. p. 114 (1822), Spruce “ Eev. Bryol.” p. 92 (1881).
Sarcoscyphus, Cord, in Opiz Beitr. 1 p. G52 (1829).
Nardia, Carr, in Trans, Bot. Soc. Edin, x. p. 809 (1870) ; Brit. Hep. p. 10 (1874).
Nardia, sect. c. Uarsupdla, Lindb. Hep. in Hib. p. 581 (1874).
Stem (with leaves) frontally compressed, usually with rhizomes
and flagella proceeding from the base subleafless. Leaves transverse,
imbricating or spreading, canaliculate-concave, sub-
complicate or carinate, always bilobed. Cauline stipules always
wanting. Fructification terminal. Bracts few or several pairs,
innermost (1-2 pairs) connate ; also at the base with the perianth,
bracteole normally wanting. Perianth frontally compressed,
mouth 5-7 lobed. Calyptra included. Capsule 4-valved. Elaters
bispiral. Androecia subspicate ; antheridia in the saccate base of
the perigonial bracts.
1. Marsupella em a rg in a ta (Ehrh.), Bum.
mia emm'ginata, Ehrh. Beitr., 8, p. 80 (1787-92).
irmamia macrorhiza, Dioks, Crypt. Brit. f. 2, p. 16, t. 5, f, 10 (1785).
!a ' ~D um. C~ omm. ^Bot. p. 114 (1822).
Bhrharti, Corda in Opiz Nat. p. 632 (18281
Dioicous, densely cæspitose, flagelliferous, small to large,
varying very much in colour, from pale or dark green to brown,
reddish-brown, bright red or purple to almost black. Stems
slightly or intricately branched, suberect or erect, firm, cortical