Scapania nemorosa, Z., Dum.
Stem erect, leaves unequally conduplicate,
two-lobed, lobes obovate, rather obtuse, ciliately
toothed, anterior doubly small, perianth wi th a
ciliate mouth.
Jimgermannia nemorosa, Linn. Sp. No. 1598;
Eng. Bot. t. 607; Hook. Br. Jung. t. 21. S ca pania
ncmorosa,'D\xmort. Re v .Ju ng . p. 14; Gott.
and Rabh. Exs. No. 92, 224, 279, 331 ; Carr,
and Pears. Exs. 92.
Shady banks and woods. (Fr. April, May.)
Tufts 2 or 3 inches diameter, com pact, but not matted.
Stems rather stout, flexuose, brownish, nearly
black, naked, creeping at the base. Shoots ascending,
I to 2 inches,simple or irregularlybranched,
branches spreading, recurved at the apex. Leaves
rather distant, bifarious, alternate, increasing upwards,
decurrent on both aspects, unequally bilobed,
parallel with each surface of the stem. Lower
lobe obovate, obtuse or bluntly pointed, decurrent
for some distance ; lobule equal to diameter of the
• larger lobe, cordate, acute, concave ; margins of both
lobes closely ciliate-dentate. Colour pale green,
or yellowish green, lower leaves brownish. Inflorescence
generally dioicous, rarely autoicous. Involucral
bracts two. Perianth conspicuous, obovate,.
thinner and broader to the truncate ciliated apex.
Calyptra pear-shaped, white. Capsule large, reddish
brown. Elaters bispiral. Antheridia axillary,
olive green. Cemmse frequently present, at the
ft
apices of growing stems, and terminal leaves.—
{Plate 3, fig. j 8 )
Scapania uliginosa, Sw., Dum.
Stem erect, leaves unequa lly conduplicate,
cordate, anterior reniform, reclinate. Perianth
larg er than the involucre,wi th an entire mouth,
plicate, and triangular.
Jungermannia uliginosa, Sw . Lind. Syn. Hep.
p. 59. Scapania uliginosa, YinmoxX,. Rev, Jung,
p. 14 ; Gott. and Rab. Exs. 34, 193 ; Carr, and
Pears. Exs. 161, 228; Co o ke Hep. f. 44, 45.
In sub-alpine regions, on rocks, &c.
Leaves quite entire, rather rigid, deeply and une
q u a l ly b i lo b a t e ,
lobes rounded, ventral
lobe convex,
somew h a t t r a n s verse,
and spreading,
dorsal lobe four
times smaller, kidney
94- 95-
shaped, incumbent
(figs. 94, 95). Involucral leaves similar to
the cauline, with the lobes quite entire, closely
pressed to the larger lobe. Perianth larger than
the involucre, when young plicate, triangular.
Stem sometimes floating.
Scapania curta, Mart., Dum.
Stem ascending, leaves unequally condupli-