162 HEPATIC^. 



Not roved, at his own gentle pace, and there 

 Ta'en note of plant-life in its tiniest forms ? 

 What hill or knoll hath he not clomb, early 

 Or late, or at mid-day, in rain or shine ? 



Shine sweetly, Sun, upon this honoured grave ! 

 Tread softly ye upon his kindly mould ! 

 And raise a Tablet that the child may ask : 

 ' For whom ? ' and learn that Truth and Gentleness have 

 lived ! " 



I have remarked upon the colour of the species. Whilst 

 collecting, along with my friend Dr. Carrington, in the woods of 

 Borrowdale, we noticed at some considerable distance a mass of 

 rich reddish-purple which we could not make out. Judge our 

 surprise, when we approached near, to find the huge trunk of a 

 rotting tree covered with this species ! ^We speedily made our- 

 selves 



" Rich in the wealth, which is collected 

 Among woods and fields," 



Description of Plate LXI. — Fig. I. Plants natural size. 

 2. Portion of stem x (Dr. Grottsche, in G. & R. Hep. Eur. 

 n. 232). 3, 4. Leaves x (ditto). 5-8. Leaves x 24 (Naddle 

 Forest, Westmorland, G-. Stabler). 9. Portion of leaf x 290 

 (ditto). 10. Bracts x 24 (Patterdale, Cumberland, W. H. P.). 

 11. Bracteole x 24 (ditto). 12. Sub-bract x 24 (ditto). 13. Sub- 

 bracteole x 24 (ditto). 14. Sub-bract x 24 (ditto). 15. Perianth 

 X 24 (ditto). 16. Cross-section of the same x 24 (ditto). 

 17. Ditto x ?(Dr. G. inG.& E. Hep. Eur. n. 232). 18. Portion 

 of the mouth of the perianth x 85 (Patterdale, AV. H. P.). 

 19, 20. Perigonial bract x 31 (ditto). 21. Leaf at the base of 

 ■stem X 31 (ditto). 22. Perigonial bracteole x 85 (ditto). 

 23. Antheridium x 85 (ditto). 



