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inflated, with a toothed mouth. Capsule four- 

 valved, coriaceous, naked. Elaters double, 

 naked, deciduous. — Dumort. Syll. Jung. 47 

 (183 1 ), as a sub-genus. 



Leaves undivided, flattened, subcurrcnt, or some- 

 times transversal. Some species stipulate, but for 

 the most part without stipules. Perianth various 

 at the apex. 



Aplozia cuneifolia, Hook., Dum. 



Stem creeping, leaves distant, wedge- 

 shaped, plane, entire at the apex, or obtusely 

 emarginate, stipules bifid. 



Tungermannia cuneifolia, Hook. Br. Jung, 

 t. 64; Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2700; Carr. 

 Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. VII., 488; Cooke 

 Hep. 91, 92. Aplozia cuneifolia, Dumort. 

 Hep. Eur. p. 55. ColcocJiila cuneifolia, Du- 

 mort. Hep. Eur. p. 106. 

 Lcptoscy pints cuneifolius, Mitt. 

 Hook. Journ. III., 358. 



Parasitic on F. tamarisci. 



Very minute, resembling a 

 conferva, scattered. Stems ex- 

 tremely slender, thread - like, 

 scarce exceeding \ inch, often 

 smaller, undivided, brownish. 

 Leaves throughout the whole 

 plant distantly placed, spread- " 7 " 



ing or' erect, wedge-shaped, base decurrent, apex 



