268 HEPATIC^. 



trigones "02 mm.; stipules I'l mm. x "3 mm. base, segments 

 •2 mm., I'mm. x*2 mm. base, seg. '2 mm.; bracts 3' mm. x 

 1'5 mm. ; bracteole 1'75 mm. x '5 mm. ; seg. "3 mm. ; perianth 

 4*5 mm. long x 1'75 mm. broad at the middle, 75 mm. at the 

 apex, and '75 mm. at the base; diam. of perigonial stem '2 mm. ; 

 perigonial bracts '7b mm. x '5 mm. 



Hab. — Growing in loose patches, or creeping amongst mosses, 

 especially Sphapia, in boggy situations. Moderately rare, ex- 

 tremely so in fruit. 



2. New Forest, Hampshire, C. Li/ell. 4. Holt Lows ; Edge- 

 field Hill; Holt Wood, Norfolk, Rev. B. B. Francis; Westleton 

 Bogs, near Hales worth, Suffolk, Br. Hooker. 5. Sherbrook Valley ; 

 Brindley Valley; Chartley Moss, Staffordshire, /. E. Bagnall. 

 8. Kinder Scout, Derbyshire, Holt 8f Whitehead. 9. Wybunbury 

 Bog, Cheshire (cum. fr.), W. Wilson; Cockerham Moss, West 

 Lane, A. Wilson. 10. Harlow Heath, Yorks., Br. F. A. Lees; 

 Ilkley Moor, Yorks., Br. Carrington ; Askham Bog, Yorks., Br. F. 

 A. Lees ; Thornton Moor, Yorks., W. West ; Stansfield Moor, Yorks., 

 John Nowell. 12. Ambleside, Westmorland, C. Li/ell ; Foulshaw 

 Moss ; Witherslack Moss (c. per) ; Barbon Fell ; Sandford Bog, 

 near Warcop, Westmorland, G. Stabler. 13. North of Black 

 Craig, New Galloway, /. Mc Andrew; Lochar Moss, Dumfries, 

 /. Criiickshank. 15. Kinnordy, C. Lyell. 16. Moidart, West 

 Inverness, on wet moors, common, 8. M. Macvicar. 



I. Devis Mountain, Co. Antrim, Mr. Templet on ; Annahilt 

 Bog, Co. Down, Mr. Templeton ; near Ban try. Miss Hut chins. 

 On wet banks in subalpine parts of the country, Br. B. Moore. 



Found on the Continent and in North America. 



Obs. — Distinguished from Mylia Taylori by the shape and 

 texture of leaves, the smooth epidermis, elongate cells, bifid 

 stipules and bracteole, narrower perianth with entire mouth. 



The leaves vary in shape, some being quite orbicular, but the 

 most common are as figured. 



Description of Plate CX. — Fig. 1. Plants natural size. 

 2. Portion of stem x 11 (Barton Moss, W. H. P.). 3-5. Leaves 

 X 11 (Fenniae, Lindberg). 6. Leaf and stipule x 11 (ditto). 



