G E O R G I A C EÆ .
flagelliform ramuli with densely imbricated, nerveless ovato-lanceolate
le a v e s ; so far as we know it has not been detected in this country.
Georgia Bvozvnii most frequently occurs on the upper surface of horizontal
fissures in sandstone rocks, and then the capsule is of course the
lowest part ; when found on the upright faces of rocks the seta stands out
horizontally or curves gently upwards. Creeping among the felt-like stratum
may also generally be found associated some of the smaller liver-mosses, as
Diplophylktm albicans, &c.
Lindberg aptly compares the radical frondiform leaves to miniature
fronds of the elks-horn fern Playtycevinm alcicorne.
A.
B .
T a b . IV .
Georgia pellucida (Bexley, Mr. George).
Georgia Brownii (Rigg mill, Whitby, Braithwaite).
a. Perfect plants, i. Fertile plant mag. b. Gemmiferous plant mag. 2. Male infl.
3, Bract, antheridium and paraphyses. 4. Lower leaf. 5. Upper leaf of plant b.
5 aa. Areolation of apex. 5 ab. Ditto of base. 6. Perichætial bract. 6 aa. Areolation
of apex. 6ab. Ditto of base. 7. Cup with one of its bracts. 8. Lentiform gernma and
paraphyses. 9. Frondiform leaves. 10. Apex of same more mag. 11. Calyptra.
12. Apex of same more mag. 13. Operculum. 14. Mouth of capsule and peristome.
15. Single tooth of same. 16. Transverse section of half of operculum and peristome.
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