nomitriiim revolutinn, Carr, and Pears. Exs.
No. 217, 218.
Densely cæspitose in black tufts.
Base stoloniferous, dark brown, brittle, sparingly
rooting ; shoots ascending, simple, ^ inch
to I inch long, rigid, innovations from the apex
or axils of upper leaves. Leaves bifarious, imbri;
cate, complicate-concave, bidentate, erect, roundish
or elhptic-obovate from a rather narrowed base •
smaller and more distant near the base of the!
stem, gradually enlarging upwards. Lobes equal,
acute, cuspidate, with a deep sinus, about one-tliird
Margin narrowly reflexed. Texture dense, polished
pitch-black.
In size and emargination of the leaves it is
mtennediate between W. emarginata and W. Funckii
but the narrow revolute continuous border will at’
once distinguish it from these. The leaves of N.
emarginata are usually refiexed at the base, but tlm
lobes are blunter, and plane at the margin — {Plate
Srfig- 7 1 )
Nardia Funckii, W. and M., Carr.
Dens e ly cæspi tose ; stems v e r y short, erect,
rigid, fas t igia te- innova te; leaves approximate,
ere c t ly spreading when moist, erect when
dry, subrotund, carinate, concave, acutely
emarginate, lobes acute ; involucral leaves
much larger ; involucre ovate, lowe r half
connate, acutely bilobed, the segments incurved
; two to four lines,
Jungermannia Funckii, W e b . and Mohr.,
p. 422. Eckart. Syn. Jung. p. 14, t. 13,
f. 3, 1 1 2 - 1 1 3. Sarcoscyphus Funckii, Nees
Leberm. I., p. 1 3 5 ; Gott. and Rab. Exs. No.
86, 54, 461 ; Sp ru c e Hep. Pyr . V., IIP,
p. 1 9 7 ; Co o ke Hep. fig. 26. Nardia Funckii,
Carr. Brit. Hep. p. 17, t. ii., f. 6 (p-P-); Carr,
and Pears. Exs. No. 82, 83.
Forming large dark patches on siliceous or
argillaceous rocks.
var. ]3 robustior. Shoots compressed,
s to u t e r ; leaves approxi mate,
twice the breadth of the
stem, elliptic-obovate, c omp l ic a te ;
lobes inflexed, dark-brown, polished,
two to s ix lines.
* diffusa. Stems longer, intr
icately and repeatedly innovant,
fas t igiate; leaves more remote,
subver t ically spreading, not unfrequent
ly subsecund, lobes div
e rg ent ; reddish brown, or dark
brown, polished, ^ to i inch. ^2.
Stems creeping, intricately matted at the base,
which is naked or beset with remains of old leaves,
ascending, rather thick, rigid, at first simple, producing
innovations from the terminal axis of the
shoots, or axils of the leaves, brown or nearly
black ; shoots slightly compressed, subclavate, or
when barren attenuate. Rootlets confined to the
creeping portion. Leaves scarcely wider than the