34 HEPATIC^. 



ovate acute, irregularly dentate, reflexed. Bracteole oblong- 

 cuneate, divided to below the middle, sinus acute, segments 

 lanceolate-acute, outer margin furnished with one or two large 

 teeth ; sub-bract, antical lobe subrotund, postical lobe oblong- 

 acute, with large segment near the base ; sub-bracteole ovate-acute, 

 bifid to near the middle, sinus acute, segments acuminate. Peri- 

 anth projecting two-thirds beyond the bracts, ovate or obcordate, 

 composed of one layer of cells, complanate below, above triangular, 

 antically plane or with a slight elevation, postically carinate, 

 rostellate, beak short, sometimes slightly uncinate ; epidermis 

 tuberculate. Calyptra oblong-obovate, rather fleshy. Capsule 

 spherical, pale yellowish-brown, bursting into 4 oval-acute or 

 obtuse valves. Spores spherical, minutely tuberculate, 2 to 3 

 times broader than the unispiral, pale golden-brown elaters, also 

 of a darker colour. 



Male flowers on short lateral branches, catkins roundish or 

 elongate ; perigonial bracts 4-8 pairs, turgid, unequally bilobed, 

 antical lobe oval, postical lobe rather smaller oval-quadrate, 

 perigonial bracteole oval-acute, bifid to about J, sinus acute, seg- 

 ments acute ; antheridia globose. 



Dimensions. — Stems J to 2 incheslong, with leaves 75 mm. to 

 •1 mm. wide, diam. of stem "05 mm. to "075 mm. ; leaves, antical 

 lobe "9 mm. x '8 mm., postical '4 mm. x -3 mm., antical "6 mm" x 

 •5 mm., postical "3 mm. x "25 mm. ; cells '03 mm. x '015 mm., 

 •03 mm. X '02 mm., "03 mm. x '025 mm. ; stylus '125 mm. x 

 '04 mm. wide at the base ; stipules '225 mm. x -175 mm.; segments 

 •1 mm., -5 mm. x '4 mm., seg. -15 mm., -25 mm. x '17.5 mm., 

 seg. '075 mm.; sub-bract, antical lobe 1-25 mm. x 75 mm., 

 postical '9 mm. x 'd mm. ; sub-bracteole .75 ram. x -5 mm. ; seg- 

 ments -35 mm. ; bract, antical lobe "9 mm. x -5 mm., postical 

 *5 mm. X '35 mm. ; bracteole '1 mm. x '75 mm. ; segments "6 mm. ; 

 perianth 1"4 mm. x 1 mm., I'S mm. x r2 mm. ; capsule '75 mm. 

 X -7 mm. ; valves -6 mm. x '5 mm. ; pedicel '25 mm. diam. ; spores 

 •05 mm. diam. ; elaters "6 mm. x "02 mm. ; perigonial bracts, 

 antical lobe -45 mm. x '3 mm., postical '35 mm. x -25 mm. ; peri- 

 gonial bracteole -25 mm. x -175 mm. ; antheridia '15 mm x -1 mm. 



