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embrace the stem, ovate in figure, concave, or con- 

 duplicate, very acute at the apex, furnished in the 

 middle of the upper margin with a strong sharp 

 tooth, pointing a little upwards (fig. 132). Fruit ter- 

 minal. Calyx oblong-ovate, cut at the mouth into 

 • four obtuse teeth. Capsule ovate. Elaters bispiral. 



Gemmae abundant in December and January, of 

 a deep orange colour. 



Jung'ermannia alpestris, Schl. 



Stems creeping, nearly simple ; leaves ac- 

 cumbent, ovate, subquadrate, obliquefy two- 

 toothed ; laciniae acute ; perichaetial leaves 

 bi- or tri-fid, erect, entire ; stipules none ; 

 perianth oblong, terete ; mouth obtusely 

 plicate. 



Jitngcrmannia alpestris, Schl. Exs. ii., 59; 

 Gott. and Rabh. Exs. 190, 264, 265, 304, 

 304^ ; Carr. and Pears. Exs. 109 ; Cooke 

 Hep. fig. j8. 



Densely csespitose in Alpine regions. 



var, gclida, Tayl. Hook. Journ. IV., 1S45, 

 p. 277; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 110. 

 Stem ascending, 1 inch long, flexuous, apex 

 innovant; leaves approximate, erect, spread- 

 ing, secund, subrotund, bifid; lobes unequal, 

 rather acute, incurved, entire. 



