LF.rinnXIA. 121 



mm. X • I '25 mm., sc'Limcnts '."k) mm., '1 mm. ; Wiacteolu 1 '!'.) mm. x 

 •'.) mm.. ."^OLTmcnts "2 mm. ; perianth b' mm. x |- mm., toctli at tin- 

 muutli l mm., OTo mm.; pistillidia 175 mm. x 05 mm.; valve 

 of capsule 15 mm. x 7 mm. ; pedicel :{ mm. diam. ; spores 01 5 mm. 

 diam. ; elaters ;! mm.xOI mm.; perigonial bracts, exj^lanatc 

 ■*VJ5 mm. X "J mm., sej^nnents 075. :> mm. x •'!:) mm. ; sc^Miicnts 

 •075 mm.; antlieridia '125 mm. x "I mm. 



\\.\\\. — Growing' in dense tul'ts or straL,''nlin;j: amoni^st mosses. 

 Common. I to 17. I. C. 



Found on the Continent, and in North America. 



Obs, — This is a common species; lor its distinguishini,^ 

 characters from A. ci/prrs.s'nia and A. Pearsunl, see notes under 

 those species; heim; monoicous it is easil}' recognised hy this 

 character. 



Dksc'IUI'tion oi Pl.\t1': XL1\^- Fig. 1. Plants nat. size. 

 2. Portion of stem, antical view x IG. '.\-i\. Leaves Xol. 7. Leaves 

 and stipule X 24. 8. Portion of leaf x 290. \), 10. Stipules x 31. 

 I 1. Bract X 24. 12. Jiracteole x 24. \:\. Perianth x 1 1. 14. Cross- 

 section of the perianth near the middle x I (). 15. Ditto, tlie 

 upper half X IG. 16. Mouth of the perianth, ex|)lanate x 85. 

 17, 18. Perigonial bracts x S5. !'.». Antheridium x 85 (all 

 Castle Howard Woods, M. K Slater). 



3 Lepidozia Pearsoni. Sjjrucc. 



Lejjidozia I'em'soni, Spruce Jourii. of 15ot. p. ;>l (IHHl). 



Lepidoiia Wnlfsheryii, Lindb. Soc. F. Fl. Fenn. 1S8L*; l!ol. not. (Issi'). 



Dioicous, creeping, medium to largish in size, from [)ale to 

 tawny-green in colour. Stems subterete, on a cross-section cells 

 15x18, cortical 40 to 50, a little larger; flaccid, very slender, 

 elongate, simple or furcate, afterwards la.xly and distantly pinnate : 

 branches short, unequal, simple, very rarely ramulose, some with 

 apices llagelliferous, microphyllous or nidiculose ; rootlets jiroceed- 

 ing more from the stem than I'rom the llagella, or ;dmost absent ; 

 all branches ujore or less lateral, a.xillary, olten with male flowers; 

 rarely a postical stolon is observed and sometimes postical amenti- 



