i
apex, particularly of the sterile shoots, the leaves
are collected in a head or cluster, colour pale \'cl-
lowisli green. Perichætial leaves large, with four
01- five very unequd, incurved segments. Calyx
oblong-ovate, greenish, diaphanous above and pli-
cate mouth somewhat contracted, and unequally
toothed. Capsule ovate, dark brown, four-valved
Elaters bispiral, attenuated in both directions'
— {Plate 4, fig. S4)
Jungepmannia ventpicosa, Dicks.
Stem ascending, rather b ranched; leaves
accumbent, subquadrate, ob tu se ly emarginate
concave; perichæt ial leaves adpressed, 3-4!
hd ; st ipules none; perianth ventricose.
J u n g e rm a n n ia v e n t r ic o s a ,
Dicks. Crypt . II., p. 14. Hook!
Br. Jung., t. 28; Gott. and
Rab. Exs. 184, 185. ; Carr,
and Pears. Exs . No. 171 •
Cooke Hep. f. 77.
In woods. (Fr. Spring.)
Sometimes growing in dense
patches,at others scattered amono-st
Sphagnum. Stems | to f inch
long, procumbent, rarely simple
more frequently once or twice i
branched, the branches bearing in- ^ ,
novations. Leaves rather close
but scarcely imbricate, in two op-’ 135.
posite rows, spreading, with the lateral margin
more or less incurved, subquadrate, widely and
obtusely notched at the apex, with the points
acute, and sometimes involute (fig. 135) ; the lower
ones cleft into three, or more rarely four, teeth,
which are frequently unequal. Perichætial leaves
closely embracing the calyx, cut at their apex into
three, four, or five acute, unequal teeth. Fruit
terminal. Calyx at first spherical, and afterwards
oblong-ovate, plicate towards the apex, mouth
contracted and minutely toothed. Capsule deep
brown, furrowed ; elaters bispiral.
Dr. Cottsche sa^’s that this species may always
be distinguished from its allies by the violet colour
of the cortical layer of the stem.
Jungermannia porphyroleuca, JVees.
Stem creeping, rather r igid; leaves ovate,
b i f id ; lobes unequal, rather o b tu s e ; per ichsetial
leaves multifid, at tenuated at the base,
su b c o n n a te ; st ipules n o n e ; perianth club-
shaped, plicate at the apex, mouth denticulate.
Jungermannia excisa, FI. Dau. t. 17 15 , f. i ;
Ekart. S yn. Jung. X., f. 79. Jungermannia
porphyroleuca, Ne e s Eur. Leb. II., 78 ; Gott.
and Rab. Hep. Exs. No. 184, 185, 288; Carr,
and Pears. Exs. No. 172.
On trunks and amongst moss.
Stem serpentine, creeping, radiculose, alternately
branched, rather rigid, leaves semi-vertical, spread