margins of the stipules, the greater relative size of
the perigonia to the plant, the large and obtuse
teeth of the perichaetial leaves, and, by the abnormal
cellules being much larger. — Taylor.
{Plate I, Jig 2. )
Frullania tamarisci, L., Dum.
Bipinnately branched, somewhat rigid.
Lea v e s rounded-ovate, mucronate, entire,
marked with a moniliform median line ;
auricle oblong, free from the stem ; involucral
leaves lanceolate-oblong, serrate ; stipules
subquadrate, emarginate; perianth ovate, one-
keeled, even (fig. 23).
Jungermannia tamarisci, Linn. Sp. 1600;
Hook. Br. Jung., No. 6. Frullania tamarisci,
Dumort. Rev. Jung., p. 1 3 . ; Gott. and Rab.
Lxs . No. 80, 1 9 9 ,4 5 5 ; C o o k e Hep. f. 162,
163 ; Carr, and Pears. Lx s . No. 48.
On the ground, and creeping over low
bushes. (Fr. July, A u g . )
var. a cornubica, Carr, in Carr, and Pears.
Lxs. No. 49.
var. microphylla. — (Gott.) Not larger
than F . JragiliJolia, stems more re gu la r ly pinnate
; leaves from a broader base, more conv
e x and polished ; areolae larg e r ; involucral
leaves acute, repand, near ly entire, the lobe
lanceolate.
var. y atrovirens.— {Carr.).
Stems elongated; leaves el-
liptic - ovate, apiculate, in-
flexed, indigo-green, forming
wide, shallow patches on
rocks subject to inundation.
Spreading over large patches.
Stems from 2 to 4 inches in
length, creeping and branched.
Leaves closely overlapping the
whole upper surface, arranged
in two opposite rows, roundish,
with a small inflated lobule
attached at the lower edge. /
S t ip u le s o b s cu r e ly
notched at the apex
(fig. 22). Calyx
smooth, flat on the
upper surface, keeled
beneath, mouth at- 22.
tenuated to a long sharp point, opening with four
teeth. Capsule globose, pale reddish-brown.—
{Plate I , fig. g )
Frullania g-ermana, Tayl.
Stems procumbent, bipinnately bran ched;
leaves imbricate, rounded-ovate, entire, conforming
in their cellulose texture ; auricle
oblong-ovate, ventr icose ; st ipules obovate,
bifid at the apex ; involucral entire ; perianth
oblong-ovate, one-keeled.