8CAPANIA. ■2:i7 



colour. Stems ascending, subramose above, branches subfalcate, 

 radiculose. Leaves imbricate or approximate, patent to patent- 

 divergent (60°), complicate, unequally bilobed to about the middle 

 serrate to tlie upper half, antical lobe |- to ^ smaller, roundisli, 

 ovate, acute, erect, incumbent, postical lobe oval or obovate, acute, 

 convex, subsecund, epidermis smooth, cells guttulate, smallish, 

 roundish or roundish-oblong, cell-walls thick, trigones distinct. 

 Bracts similar, only larger. Perianth oblong, truncate, mouth 

 entire. Capsule oval, dark reddish-brown. Spores pale brown, 

 minute. Klaters sliort, thick, dark reddish-brown. Perigonial 

 stems with leaves closely imbricate, lobes smaller, more equal, 

 slightly ventricose, anther idia oval. 



Fruits April, May. 



Dimensions. — Stems |^ to f inch long, diam. '3 mm., with 

 leaves 1*5 mm. broad ; leaves, antical lobe '85 mm. x -45 mm., 

 l-'2 mm. X -575 mm. ; cells "03 mm. x '02 mm. ; walls '005 mm. 

 thick; bracts, antical lobe 1'05 mm. x "5 mm., postical 1*3 mm. 

 X '7 mm.; perianth 1'6 mm. x '65 mm.; pistillidia "2 mm. 

 X '04 mm. ; capsule "7 mm. x "55 mm. ; spores "OlS mm. diam. ; 

 elater "08 mm. x '015 mm. ; antheridia '09 mm. x "06 mm. 



Hab. — Grows on rocks and rotting wood in shady woods and 

 by the sides of streams. Rare. 



1, 2, 5. Ordesley Wood; Mayfield; Dimmings Dale, 

 Staffordshire, ./. U. BagnaU. 7. Dolgelly, Merionethshire, 

 C. J. Wild & IF. H. P. Festiniog, Merionethshire, Dr. Car- 

 ringtoii & W. H. P. 8. Woodhead, Derbyshire, /. Whitehead 

 & W. H. P. 10. Bolton Woods, Dr. Carriiicjton. & G. A. Half, 

 W. H. P. aoathland, M. B. Slater & W. H. P. 12. On decay- 

 ing trees, Naddle Forest, Mardale, Westmorland, G. Stabler. 

 16. Moidart, West Inverness, common on partly buried rocks 

 and on stumps in ravines and shady woods ; this pretty species is 

 very fine in this district, S. M. Macvicar. 



I. Nr. Dublin, Dr. Taylor. Loch Bray, Wicklow ; Kylemore, 

 Co. Galway ; Killarney Woods, frequent ; Brandon, Co. Kerry, 

 Dr. D. Moore. Killarney, Dr. Carr'nif/toii. 



Found on the Continent and in North America. 



