158 HEPATIC^. 



outer " surface a verruculose appearance, mouth sub-constricted, 

 longiciliate, afterwards trilobed ; cilia of the so-called lobe about 

 4, of about 5 cells long, usually of one series of cells, a few 

 eilioles or teeth interspersed. Calyptra short, delicate. Pistil- 

 lidia few, about 6, long, narrow. Capsule oblong-globose. 

 Androecia conspicuous, occupying the whole branch or often only 

 on the apex or base of it, perigonial bracts 8-10 pairs, a little 

 smaller than the leaves, concave, to the middle bifid, often with a 

 tooth or lobule added on the antical side; perigonial bracteoles 

 more or less absent ; antheridia oval, single. 



Dimensions. — Stems about an inch long, -2 mm. in diameter, 

 with leaves l" mm. wide; leaves -5 mm. x '5 mm., -4 mm. x 

 •85 mm., segments -2 mm., '45 mm. x -45 mm., seg. '2 mm. ; 

 cells -075 mm., -07 mm. x '05 mm,, "04 mm. x -04 mm., '07 mm. x 

 •04 mm., '05 mm. x •OS mm.; sub-bracts ^75 mm. x '7 mm., seg. 

 •35 mm., -65 mm. x '55 mm., seg. '3 mm., '5 mm. x ^4 mm., 

 seg. '3 mm.; sub-bracteole •SS mm. x '2 mm., seg. '15 mm.; 

 bracts 8 mm., !• mm. x 1' mm., seg. -75 mm., I'l mm. x !• mm., 

 seg. -6 mm. ; bracteole '6 mm. x '5 mm., seg. -4 mm. ; perianth 

 2^5 mm. — "4 mm. x I'mm., 3. mm. x ^75 mm.; cilia "4 mm., ^5 mm.; 

 pistillidia '25 mm. x -04 mm. ; capsule '5 mm x ^5 mm. ; valve of 

 capsule 1* mm. X -3 mm.; spores 'OlS mm.; elaters '1 mm. x 

 •015 mm. ; perigonial bracts '4 mm. x '35 mm., seg. ^2 mm., 

 •45 mm. x '45 mm., seg. '2 mm. ; antheridia "125 mm. x •I mm. 



Hab. — Grrowing in loose tufts, thin patches, or creeping among 

 Sphagna on wet moors or peat mosses. Somewhat rare. 



1 ? 2. New Forest, Hampshire, C. Lyell. 4. Marshy place 

 in wood near Holt, Norfolk, Hooker. 5 ? 7 ? 9. Chat Moss, 

 Lane, W. H. P. 10. Terrington Carr, Dr. iS/jrac(?; Groathland 

 & Wheeldale, nr. "Whitby, M. B. Slater. 12. 13. Glenlee 

 Glen, New Gralloway, J. Mc Andrew ; Barend Moss, above Eouten 

 Bridge and Crichope Linn, Kirkcudbrightshire, J. Criiickshank. 

 14. Kelso, A. Brotherston. 15. Strachan, Aberdeen, J. Sim. 16. 

 Moidart, West Inverness, S. M. Macvicar. I. 



Found on the Continent and in North America, also a 

 variety with flagella in South Africa. 



