the upper half, mouth contracted, and cut into
several sharp teeth. Capsule ovate, reddish brown.
Elaters bispiral.
Diplophyllum saxieolum, Schrad.
Stem ascending, somewhat branched, leaves
unequally two-lobed, entire, pos ter ior lobe
rounded, anterior three times smaller,
acuminate. Per ianth obtuse, 5-6 plicate.
Jungermannia saxícola, Schrad. Samm. 9 7 ;
Mart. Erl. t. 5, f, 34 ; Gott. and Rab. Exs.
12, 302 and b is ; Carr, and Pears, Exs., No.
2 3 4 ) 2 3 5 ) 2 36 ; Diplophyllum saxieolum, Du~
mort. Rev. Jting., p. 16.
In sub-alpine regions.
Stipules absent; leaves deeply bifid, complicate ;
lobes nearly equal, broadly ovate, entire, below
closely imbricate, convex, rounded, apex of the
stem innovant, with the leaves semi-terete ; fruit
terminal on subdorsal innovations. Bracts two
pairs, imbricate, a little smaller than cauline
leaves, inferior pair broad, plicate, mostly trifid
or subquadrifid, lobes sparingly and obtusely
repand, dentate, superior ovate, acute, broadly
rounded in the middle. Perianth ovate, obtuse,
5-6 plicate, with the angles between the folds
rounded and obtuse, mouth laciniate.— {Plate 7,
fig- M )
Sub-tribe VI, EPIGONIANTHEÆ.
Lea v e s succubous or transver se (never incubous).
F low e r s acrogenous. Perianth, when
perfect, normally compres sed from the side.
Elaters dispirous, rare ly monospirous.
G e n u s 2 1 . LOPHOCOLEA, Dumort.
Involucre small leaved, perichaetial leaves
multifid. Perianth sessile, erect, cylindrical,
three-cornered above, mouth three-lobed,
cristate. Capsule four-valved, coriaceous,
naked. Elaters double, naked, deciduous.
— Dumort. Hep. E u r . 83.
Plants stipulate, leaves subcurrent, bifarious,
flattened, divided. Perianth cristate.
Lophocolea taidentata, L.
Stem procumbent, branched ; leaves accumbent,
obliquely-ovate, bicuspidate, acuminate,
sinus sublunate ; per ichæt ial leaves bipartite,
laciniæ acuminate, dentate. St ipules laciniate,
segments linear. Per ianth terminal.
Jungermannia bidentata, Linn. Sp. 15 9 8 ;
Engl. Bot. t. 6 0 6 ; Hook, Br. Jung. No. 30;
Muse. Britt. 235. Lophocolea Hookeriana, Nees
Eur. Leb. I I . , 336. Lophocolea bidentata, Du-
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