t. 71, f. 2 2 E. Fossombronia coespitiformis, De
Not in G o t l a n d Rab. Exs. No. 123 4 30-
Carr, and Pears. Exs. No. 53, 54. ' ’
On moist ground.
_ In some respects similar to F. anguiosa, o f which
It formerly stood as a variety, but with a very
short stem, the leaves in the upper portion crowning
the stem with a crispate rosette. Elaters
long, with two, rarely three, spirals. Spores dark
brown, round, studded with elongated obtuse
warts, 4S-SO/H.
Fossombronia ang-ulosa, Raddi.
Stem simple, e lon g a ted ; le a v e s n e a r ly
quadrate, w ith the an g u la r ap ex cren a te ;
perianth lateral, p lic a te ly w av ed, rathe r den!
ticu la te ; sp o re s c o a r s e ly r e t icu la te ; e late rs
with tw o to th r e e spirals.
Lichenastrum pinnulis, & c .. D ill. Muse. 493,
I 7 ^) fig- 22, C. D. Fossombronia
anguiosa, Raddi. Jung
Etr. 40, t. 5) f. 4 ; Gott. and
Rab. Exs. No. 4 4 4 ; 47 1 ■
Co o ke Hep. f. 16 5 ; Carr.’
and Pears. Exs. 55, 56, 1 9 9 .
On clay soil, moist ditches,
& c .~ (P la te 7, fig. 86)
169. ^ ^rier plant
than F. pusilla, although not
easy to define, forming wide shallow patches
branched dichotomously, of a delicate translucent
green, the stem broad and purple, clothed with
radicles of the same colour. The leaves are a line
or more broad, obtusely lobed, horizontal ; calyx
campanulate, crenate” (fig. i6g).— Carrington.
Although Dr. Carrington describes the spores as
“ covered with short spines,” M. Corbiere has shown
that the surface of the spore is alveolate, with deep
hexagonal pits, 35-38/x diam.— (Revue Bryol., 1890,
p. 2)
G enus 35. PFTALOPHYLLUM, Gottsche.
Involucre connate with the colesule. Pe r i anth
quadrate-campanulate, mouth funnel-
shaped, undulate, toothed. Capsule coriaceous,
one-valved, split to the middle into four
ir regular segments, pitted, lobed at the apex.
Elaters vague, geminate, deciduous.— Cofrom'a
Dumort. Comm. Bot. p. i n (1822) .
Petalophyllum Ralfsii, Gottsche.
Fronds procumbent, the midrib prominent
beneath, o ver lapping each other in a s ingular
lamellate manner (figs. 166, 167). Fruit
borne from the upper surface. C a ly x funnel-
shaped, broad and toothed. Ca lypt ra shorter.
Capsule spherical, bur s t ing irregularly. Spores
reticulated.
Jungermannia hibernica, var. Wi ls . Eng.