CRYPTOGAMIA Hepaticce.
Gen. Char. M a le flowers sessile.
Capsule on a stalk risin g from a sheath, o f 4 valves.
Seeds attached to elastic filaments.
Spec. Char. Stems ascending, branched, recurved
a t the summit. Leaves in two rows, roundish,
c r e n a te ; the ir side-lobes acute, imbricated.
Sheaths scattered, crenate.
Syn. Ju n g e rm a n n ia resupinata. L inn. Sp. PI. 1599.
Huds. 512. With. 875. Hull 280. L ig h t/. 776.
Lichenastrum auriculatum, pinnulis rotundis, cris-
pum. D ill. Muse. 491. t. 7 1 . / . 19.
L. trichomanis facie, capitulis e foliorum sum-
mitate enascentibus, medium. Dill, in Raii
Syn. 112.
S e n t from the New Forest, in April and May, by C. Lyell,
Esq. It comes nearestto J. nemorosa, t. 607, but has a more
curled or turgid appearance, the young extremities of the
branches being revolute. The leaves are broad, roundish or
obovate, finely crenate, their side-lobes ovate, acute. The
sheaths, though sometimes terminal, usually grow from the
lower parts of the branches, and are slightly tumid, finely
crenate. of a rather large proportion.