base, smaller towards the base of the stem, li'o-ht
yellowish green, varying to dirty brown (fig. 122).
1 erichætial leaves larger and more oblong than the
lest, concave at the base, upper part spreading.
Calyx large, a little incurved, slightly thickened
npvvaids, the apex depressed and flattened, mouth
contracted, minute, and slightly toothed.
Aplozia pumila, JVitk., Dum.
Stem ascending, s imp le ; leaves incumbent
elliptical-ovate, entire, perichæt ial oblong,
st ipules none. Perianth terminal, fusiform’,
plicate, mouth denticulate, compressed frontally.
Jungermannia pumila, With. A r r . I l l 866-
Hook. Br. Jung. t. 1 7 ; Eng. Bot. t. 2 2 3 0 ’;
Got t . and Rab. Exs. No. 244, 237, 396, 198;
C a r r and Pears. Exs. No. 102 ; Co o ke Hep.
hg. 68. Aplozia pumila, Dum. Hep. Eur
P- 5 9 -
On rocks. (Fr. May, June.)
var. P nigricans. Hook. Jung. t. 17, fig. 7-10.
Stems branched, leaves more remote, turning
black.
Forming small loose patches. Stems | inch
long, wholly procumbent, or ascending at the ex-
tiemity, most y simple, though occasionally divided
Leaves rather close, varying from horizontal to
erect, ovate, approaching- elliptical, sometimes
nearly round ; in fertile specimens the uppermost
are the largest, barren ones the contrary, all of them
concave, semi-embracing at the
base, occasionally slightly notched
123.
at the apex (fig. 123).
Texture thin and delicate,colour
pale yellowish green. Perichaetial
leaves not differing, except
that the two uppermost pairs
are the largest of all, and more
u n i fo rm ly erect . P e r ian th
lengthened at the base, broadest
in the middle, and acuminate
at the apex, where it is slightly
plicate, mouth contracted, small,
minutely toothed. Capsule
ovate, deep brown. Elaters
bispiral. The perianth is fusiform, with a minute
orifice at the acute apex, obtuselj’ biplicate above,
' with a narrow furrow between the folds.
Aplozia cordifolia, Hook., Dum.
Stem erect, branched, leaves incumbent,
concave, cordate, entire, embracing the stem,
st ipules n o n e ; perianth terminal and axillary,
fusiform, plicate, compressed frontally, mouth
denticulate.
Jungermannia cordijolia. Hook. Br. Jung.
No. 5 2 ; Eng. Bot. t. 2 5 9 0 ; Gott. and Rab.
Exs. No. 271, 34 1 -34 4; Carr, and Pears, Exs.
No. 2 7 ; Co o ke Hep. fig. 67. A plo zia cordifolia,
Dum. Hep. Eur. p. 59.