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of mouth of perianth x )i'o. 18. Pistillidium x 85 (Barrowheld, 

 Westmorland, Gr. Stabler). 



Subgenus 2. GYMNOCOLEA, Bmn. 



Jungermania, sect. Gtjmnocolea, Dum. Syll. Jung. p. ")2 (18:51). 

 Gymnocolea, Dum. Recueil, p. 17 (18o5). 



Plants without stipules. Leaves subdecurrent, flattened, bi- 

 lobed. Bracts small, similar to the leaves. Perianth exserted, 

 erect, naked, terete, contracted at the apex, mouth denticulate. 

 Capsule four-valved, coriaceous. Elaters double, deciduous. 



10. Jungermania inflata, Hi/d-so/i. 



Jimgermania inflata, Hude. Fl. Angl. p. 511 (1708); Hook. Brit. Juug. t. ^8 



(181(;)._ 

 Gymnocolea injlata, Dum. Recueil, p. 17 (li^.l.J). 



Dioicous, densely or loosely ctespitose, eflagelliferous, tVoin 

 small to largish in size, green or brownish-green, sometimes black 

 in colour. Stems on a cross-section 8 x 10 cells in diameter, 

 20 cortical cells, similar to the inner ones, a few rather larger, 

 lumen clear, walls thin, firm ; procumbent, lax, simple or sparingly 

 furcately branched, Ijranches lateral, slightly postical, arising from 

 the mid-axil of a leaf or from its postical angle ; radiculose, root- 

 lets frequent or sparse, long or short, delicate, ascending to the 

 apex of the stem. Leaves hilarious, distant or approximate, 

 semi-vertically obliquely inserted, antical margin slightly decurrent, 

 horizontal or slightly ascending, plane or a little concave, oval or 

 roundish-obovate, bifid to about a third, sinus roundish, rarely 

 acute, segments obtuse ; texture lax, cells smallish, subquadrate, 

 lumen clear, walls firm, pale olive, no trigones, angles slightly 

 thickened. Stipules wanting, very rarely subfloral, small, subulate. 

 Bracts similar to the leaves, only smaller, bracteole wanting or 

 rarely present, similar to the bracts, but smaller. Perianth 

 terminal on main stem or on long leafy branches, projecting lar 

 beyond the bracts, oblong-oval, obovate, pyriform or cylindrical, 



