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coriaceous. Capsule ovate, quadrivalvecl to the base. Baiters 

 bispiral. Antlieridia covered by closely imbricated perigonial 

 leaves. Leaves palmatifid or complicate-2-lobed, each lobe di- 

 vided and ciliate. Amphigastria 4-5-lobed. Name from Gr. 

 blcjjJiaron, an eyelid, and ozos^ a bud. 



1. B. ciliaris Dumort. Stems crowded, somewhat pin- 

 nate; the 4-cleft leaves and amphigastria both lacerate-ciliate, 

 the fringes long and setaceous; inner involucre obovate, the 

 mouth contracted-plicate, laciniate-dentate. ( Jungermanla cil- 

 iaris L., PtiJidiuin cilia re Nees.) 



Hab.— Hoots of trees, old logs, etc., in woods or on wet rocky ground 

 on high mountains ; common. (Eu.) 



Bib. — Syn. Hep. p. 250 ; Hep. Europ. p. 53. 

 DeZm.— Brit. Jung. t. 65 ; Ekart, t. V, f. 36. 

 Exic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 83. 



XIV. SENDTNERA Endl. 



Sporogonium terminal on an elongate branch. Inner in- 

 volucre tubular, deeply many-cleft. Involucral leaves numer- 

 ous, incised, free or connate at the base. Calyptra chartaceous. 

 Capsule globular. Elaters free, bispiral. Antheridia on special 

 branches in the axils of ventricose, perigonial leaves. Leaves 

 2-5-cleft or entire. Amphigastria 2-many-cleft. Named for 

 0. Sendtner., a German botanist. 



1. S. juniperina Nees. Stems erect, nearly simple, 

 slender, elongate; leaves and amphigastria nearly alike, oblong, 

 curved and one-sided, 2-cleft to the middle, the divisions lance- 

 olate. (JiDifjennania Swz. ) 



Hob.— On rocks, Catskill Mts., N. Y. (Peck), Greenwood Mts., Is. J. 

 (Austin). The European variety is now regarded as specifically distinct, 

 S. adunca Gottsche {Schi>ima adancum Dumort.). 



^t6.— Syn. Hep. p. 239. 



DeMn.— Brit. Jung. t. 4 (?) ; Sulliv. Mosses U. S. t. VIII (?). 



Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 82. 



