broad. Fronds i or 2 to 4 inches long, oblong,
narrowest at base,
simple or once or
twice divided irregularly,
by short
lateral segments,
margin waved, entire,
or only cut
into a few short
u n e q u a l lobes ,
which are flat or
curved, sometimes
in n o v a n t . T h e
whole plant has a
wid e and con-
1 7 2 . sp icu o u s nerve.
r \ u X- , . Colour deep green.
Calyx bursting through the frond, tubular, somewhat
plicate, mouth a little expanded, and irrepu-
larly toothed. Calyptra ovate, becoming oblong
in length twice or thrice exceeding the calyx.’
Capsule pale greyish brown, four-valved. Elaters
bispiral, attached to the inner base of the capsule
in tufts (fig 172). ^
Pellia ealyeina, Mack.
Dichotomous, segments elongated, broadly
linear, palmatifid, rib stout, d i s t in c t ; involucre
exserted, cup-shaped, calypt ra included.
Jungermannia epiphylla var. y furcigera,
Hook. Br. Jung. t. 47, f. 18. Jungermannia
calycina, Mack Hib. II., 55 ; Eng. Bot. Siippl.
t. 2873. P e llia calycina, Ne e s Eur. Leb. III.,
3 8 6 ; G o t t . 'a n d Rabh. Exs. 181, 242, 297,
3 3 9 ; Cooke Hep. fig. 172 ; Carr, and Pears.
Ex. No. 142, a, b.
On shady wet banks. (Fr. Feb. Mar.)
Considerable resemblance exists between this
species and P . epiphylla, but it differs in the sha]lfe
o f t h e f r o n d ,
which is much
narrower, more
elongated, with
more numerous
subdivisions (in
the male fronds
linear); margins
more flexible,
wavy, and sometimes
crisped ;
midrib better
defined at the
edge; the colour
173-
of the mature fronds a darker green, destitute of
the brownish purple tinge on the midrib. Dioicous.
Males immersed in the frond, above the midrib.
The large ventricose perianth, and the short
included, and concealed, calyptra is constant
(fig- 173)-
G e n u s 3 7 . PALLAVICINIA, Gray.
Frond simple or bifid, with a distinct
median costa, radiculose beneath, antheridia
solitary, uniseriate at the margin of the