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Dum. Rev. Jung. p. i6 ; Carr, and Pears. Exs.
231, 232.
In mountains.— {Plate III., fig. 41.')
Diplophyllum Dieksoni, Hook., Dum.
Stem ascending, simple ; leaves bifarious,
unequally two - lobed, conduplicate ; lobes
na r rowly ovate, acute, quite e n t i r e ; perianth
terminal, ovate, mouth scarious, somewhat
ciliate.
Jungermannia Dieksoni, Hook. Br. Jung,
t. 4 8 ; Eng. Bot. t. 2 5 9 1 ; Co o ke Hep. f. 55.
Diplophyllum Dieksoni, Dum. Rev. Jung. p. 16;
Carr, and Pears. Exs. No. 25.
In Scotch and Irish mountains. (Fr. Aug.)
Growing in small and densely-matted tufts.
Stems J- to i inch long, thread-like, flexuous, a
little procumbent at the
base, the rest erect, undivided,
or rarely with a
simple branch or innovation.
Leaves more or less
close, bifarious, spreading
or horizontal, frequently
secund towards the apex,
deeply divided into two unequal
lobes or segments, the
inferior twice the size of the
superior, both of the same
i°i- figure, narrowly ovate with
acute apices (fig. loi) , margins entire, or slightly
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and irregularly toothed. Yellow green approaching
to ohve,_ lower leaves inclining to dirty brown
I eiichætial leaves resembling the cauline, erect,
and embracing the lower part of the calyx. Calyx
ovate longitudinally plicate, mouth a little con-
ti acted, and toothed. Capsule ovate, longitudinally
and transversely furrowed, pale bright red
Flaters bispiral.
Diplophyllum minutum, Dicks., Dum.
Stem erect, dichotomous ; leaves bifarious
near ly equa lly two-lobed, conduplicate ; lobes
entire, acute ; perianth terminal, subsphær ical.
Jungermannia minuta, Dicks. PI. Crypt . IE,
P- 1 3 ; Hook. Br. Jung. t. 4 4 ; Eng. Bot!
t. 2231 ; Gott. and Rabh. Exs. 36, 270, 290
429, 4 3 9 ; 464- Co o ke Hep. fig. 83. Diplophyllum
minutum, Dum. Rev. Jung. p. 16 •
Car r , and Pears. Exs. No. 94, 93.
Amongst mosses. (Fr. Spring and Summer.)
In small loose patches, of a brownish green
colour. Stems nearly erect,
thread-like, flexuous, i to H inch
long. Simple, or once or twice
dichotomous, with long undivided ^
branches, with occasional innova- N
tions, brownish, brittle when dry.
Leaves rather distant, more so at
the base, bifarious, horizontal, U
subquadrate, the upper ones di^ 102.
vided into two equal rather acute Lower leaves,
lobes, becoming more unequal and acute as they
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