midnb. Involucre monophyllous, torn, at first
terminal from the costa. Per ianth tubular
mouth denticulate. Calyptrachar taceous , equal
or shorter than the perianth, torn at the apex.
Capsule four-valved. Elaters bispiral, decidu-
ous. Spore s minute.— G ra y Ar r . B r PI
( 18 2 1 ) ; Sp ru c e Hep. Ama z . p. 536.
Pallavieinia Lyellii, Lindb.
Frond procumbent, rather branching. Invo-
Imirh- cylindrical, scarce
touching the calyptra.
Jungermannia Lyellii, Hook. Br. Jung
t. n ■, Dilccna Lyellii, Dumort. Hep. Eur. p.
1 3 7 ; Blytha Lyellii, Lind. G. and N S y n
Gep. p. 4 7 5 ; Gott. and Rabh. Exs. No 121'-
pg. 168. Pp aTllav tc—mm JLye ll’ii*,'* ■S' p ru c e HHeepp. ’
Amaz. p. 537. ^ X
In bogs. (Fr. May.)
L lL id L L u l>orixontaIly
green colour. Innovations not unfrequent, f? o t
the underside of the nerve, sometimes simple and
sometimes branched, which
at length detach themselves
and become new plants.
Perigonial scales numerous
on each side the nerve, ovate,
and toothed. Calyx double,
the exterior shortest, laciniate
at the margin, the interior
more delicate, three
or four times as long as the
outer, a little plicate and
toothed at the mouth, torn
on one side. Capsule oblong
- ovate, pale brown.
Elaters bispiral.
174.
Pallavieinia hibepniea, Hook.
Frond procumbent, dichotomous, perichm-
tium urn-shaped (urceolate), torn, dentate,
perianth oblong-ovate, twice as long as the
calyptra.
Jungermannia hibernica. Hook. Br. Jung.,
t. 78, Supp. t. 4. Dilcena hibernica, Dumort.
Hep. Eur. 137. Moerckia hibernica, Gott. and
Rab. Exs. 295, 163, 334, 335 ; Carr. Trans.
Bot. Soc. Edin. V IL , p. 443 ; Co o ke Hep.
figs. 169, 170. P allavicinia hibernica, Carr, and
Pears. Exs. No. 143.
Growing amongst Sphagnum. (Fr. April.)
In small imbricated patches, from 2 to 4