one-thirci ; dioicous; bracts Iristicli'ous, bifid
or trifid ; mature perianth trigonous, mouth
constricted and toothed, fieshy.
Jungermannia connivens v. laxa and sphag-
noruni, Nees. J . connivens v. symholica, Gott.
and Rab. Exs . 62, 64. Jungermannia bicus-
pidata ¡3 gracillinia, Ne e s Hep. Eur. Ccpha-
lozia multijlora, Sp ru c e Cepha loz ia p. 38 ;
Carr, and Pears. Exs. 114, 173, 174, 251.
On shady heathy banks, and on trunks.— {Plate 2,
fig- 23-)
Dioicous, cladocarpous, without flagellae, bright
or pallid green, densely and depressedly cses-
pitose, or creeping amongst Sphagnum, prostrate,
branched, sometimes subpinnate, branches
radiccllose, ascending. Stems subcompressed,
plane above, convex below. Leaves small, rather
imbricate, in sterile plant distant, ascending, rhomboid
rounded,dccurved in front,bifid one-third,sinus
obtuse, rarely lunate, segments connivent, acute or
subacuminate, cellules medium sized, pellucid,quadrate
hexagonal, inferior rather largest. Flowers
dioicous, females terminal on short branches. Bracts
tristichous, oblong, rounded, bifid for one-third,
rarely trifid, or twice bifid, segments acute, entire,
bracteoles similar, sometimes connate with the
bracts. Perianth linear-fusiform, triplicate when
young, when adult three-angled at the apex, mouth
rather constricted, toothed or setulose, fleshy.
Calyptra twice as short, globose-oval, fleshy. Capsule
oblongcylindrical. Spores cinnamon. Andrsecia
at the apex of the branches, bracts subsecund, equal
HANDP,OOK OF BRITISH HKPATICÆ. 97
in size to the leaves, bifid half way, antheridia
solitary.
var. /3 elala, Spruce. Larger, pallid green,
more branched, leaves denser, segments
longer, acuminate, incurved.
Cephalozia taicuspidata, Linn.
Stem creeping, branched ; leaves incumbent,
lax, subquadrate, bicuspidate, with an
acute s inus ; perichæt ial leaves 2-3-fid, evei'3^-
wh e r e imbricate ; st ipules none ; perianth
terminal on lateral branches, cylindrical.
Jungermannia bicuspidata, Linn. Sp. 1589
Hook. Br. Jung. pi. 11 ; Eng. Bot. t. 1304
2239 ; Gott. and Rabh. Exs. 74, 191, 289
308, 309, 353 ; Co o ke Hep. f. 95, 96
Cephalozia bicuspidata, Dumort. Rev. Jung
p. 18 ; Lindb. Linn. Journ. X I IL , 91 ; Car r
and Pears. Exs. No. 112, 113, 175, 253.
On moist hedge banks and heaths. (Fr. Spring.)
Growing in large tufts, loosely attached, pale
green. Stems procumbent, flexuous,
I to H long, branching in a radiate
manner. Leaves rather distant,
spreading or nearly erect (fig. 71),
oblong quadrate, divided one-third
or more by an acute sinus into
two lanceolate equal acute segments,
now and then a little incurved.
Perichætial leaves numerous
and closely imbricated, the inill
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