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Gymnocolea affinis, Wih., Bum. 



Stem procumbent, without stipules, leaves 

 rounded, hyaline, acutely bifid ; laciniae ob- 

 tuse; perichaetial leaves spreading. Perianth 

 pear-shaped, contracted at the apex, mouth 

 dentate. 



Jungermannia affinis, Wils. in Brit. Fl. V., 

 iii. Jungermannia turbinate!, Wils. Eng. Bot. 

 Supp. t. 2744. Jungermannia IVilsoniana, 

 Nees Eur. Leb. III., 54S ; Gott. and Rab. 

 Exs. 447 ; Cooke Hep. f. 74. Gymnocolea 

 affinis, Dumort. Hep. Eur. p. 65. 



In moist shady places under banks. (Early 

 Spring.) 



Stems procumbent, simple or branched, 

 leaves roundish, concave, acutely bifid, coarsely 



reticulated, the seg- 

 ments obtuse, those 

 of the in volucre larger 

 than the rest ; fruit 

 terminal ; perianth 

 pear-shaped, plicate, 

 contracted, and 

 toothed at the mouth. 



(fig- H3 )• 



Separated from J. 



inflata, to which its 



trivial name applies, 



I43- by the procumbent 



stems, large reticulations, and less obtuse segments 



