Vol, 111, No. 3.) BULLETIN OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB, — [New York, March, 1872, 
NEW HEPATICH, by C. F. Avsnm. 
_1. Sareoscyphus Bolanderi, Austin.—S. pusillus, dense intricate cxs- 
pitosus, nigricans, rufo-fuscus et lurido-viridis ; caule repente vel 
upice adscendente 1-3 lineas longo valde radiculoso innovando- 
ramoso et ex apice prolifero-continuo clavato eflagellari ; foliis in- 
ferioribus distantibus caule parum latioribus subverticalibus pa- 
tulis, superioribus imbricatis valde majoribus subdistichis erecto- 
patentibus, omnibus ovato-rotundis (magis latis quam longis) 
obscure marginatis margine paullulum repandis apice }-} emar- 
8inato-bilobis, sinu acuto seu obtusiusculo, lobis plerumque valde 
obtusis, areolis distinctis pro genere maximis subconformibus 
Subrotundis confertis subobscuris crassis, intercalaribus valde an- 
gustis obscuris ; fructu 
_ Hab. On exposed rocks, in the mountains of California, Bolander 
(1865). fs ; 
YS. Bolanderi in size about equals the European &. adustuxt (Sat 
voseyphts adustug Nees), and is remarkable chiefly for its leaf-cells 
being the largest of the genus, for the broad leaves being ex- 
tremely variable in their position (either erectish or widely spread- 
ing or even somewhat recurved, and nearly plane or very concave 
or subcomplicate on the same stem), and for its very long numerous 
and delicate rootlets. 
S. adustus has the lower leaves somewhat appressed, acutely lobed, 
and (except the very lowest ones) closely imbricated - and the are- 
olation (about as in S. Fi unckii) is much smaller. 
4, Sarcoseyphus Boeckii, Austin.—S. valde minutus intricato-cespi- 
tosus lete viridis ; caule substricto fragili filiforme (fertili elongato- 
clavato, sterili ob folia perigonialia interrupto) innovandi-ramoso 
proliferove eradiculoso? eflagellari? subsemiuniciali ; foliis caulinis 
valde distantibus distichis erecto-adpressis ovatis pellucidis bifidis, 
Sinu lobisque acutissimis, margine smpe scariosa, areolatione 5. 
Funckii, involucralibus exterioribus sensim auctis ratione latio- 
tibus subimbricatis, interioribus duplo (quam exterioribus) major- 
ibus in urceolam minutam oblongo-campanulatam fere ad apicem 
Connatis, apice subrecurvo acute emarginato (lobis valde acu- 
tis) ; perianthio delicatissimo semiconnato inyolucro fere sequi- 
°ngo ; capsula globosa ; foliis perigonialibus valde majoribus semi- 
globoso-coneavis imbricatis brevius emarginatis, lobis sepe obtusis; 
Perigoniis (2-3) magnis longiuscule stipitatis. __ , Po 
Hab. With §. z and Alicularia scalaris, in the Norwegian / 
Alps, Prof. Back (1869). : 7 
§. Boeckii is remarkable for its very mmute size (about like Jun- 
germannia divaricata), distant appressed and very acutely lobed 
es ; the involucral ones connate aa to the subrecurved apex, 
€ perigonial abruptly much enlarged, etc. __ : 
© leaf is cates Se deeply and acutely bifid, but its shape : 
and texture, and the shape of the fertile stem are almost precisely 
88 In Gymnomitrium concinnatum. oo. : ae 
S. Funckii is a much larger species, with imbricated slightly se- 
(= ‘ 
a- S, A Od + : 
