346 EEPATIG^. 



Description of Plate CXLVIII. — Fig. 1. Plants natural 

 size. 2. Portion of stem x 16 (142, Thed. Muse. Suec). 

 3. Leaf x 24 (Vosges, Schimper). 4. Portion of leaf x 290 

 (142, Thed.). 5. Stipule x 64 (Vosges, Schimper). 6. Bract 

 X 24 (ditto). 7. Bracteole x 24 (ditto). 8. Sub-bracteole x 

 24 (ditto). 9. Perianth x 11 (Helsingfors, Lindberg). 10. 

 Cross-section of perianth, near the base x 11 (ditto). 11. Ditto, 

 near tlie apex x 11 (ditto). 12. Cilia from mouth of the 

 perianth x 85 (ditto). 13. Perigonial bract x 24 (British 

 Columbia, Macoun). 14. Antheridium x 31 (ditto). 



27. Jungermania lycopodioides, JJallroth. 



Jungermanioj hjcojjodioides, Wallr. Fl. crypt. Germ. Ill, p. 70 (1831). 

 Jungermania harhata, var. lycopodioides, Nees, Nat. Eur. Leb. 11, p. 185 (183G). 

 Lophozia lycopodioides, Cogn. Hep. Belg. p. 31 (1872). 



Dioicous, csespitose, medium to largish in size, pale or dark 

 green in colour, turning brown when old. Stems simple or fur- 

 cate, somewhat thick, greenish or brown, prostrate, firm ; radicu- 

 lose, rootlets whitish. Leaves semi-vertically inserted, horizontal, 

 imbricate, orbicular or broadly subquadrate, 3, 4, rarely 5 dentate 

 to about \, sinuses acute, segments mucronate, undulate, postical 

 base of leaf ciliate, cilia very long, hyaline ; texture somewhat 

 delicate, cells from small to medium size, roundish-quadrate or 

 oblong, walls somewhat thin, trigones very distinct. Stipules 

 large, bipartite, segments lanceolate, ciliate. Bracts subquadrate, 

 to about \ quadridentate, sinuses acute, segments mucronate, one 

 or two cilia near the base of bract; bracteole narrowly subquadrate 

 or cuneate, quadridentate to about \, sinuses acute, segments 

 mucronate. Perianth terminal, oval or oval-oblong, upper portion 

 5-plicate, mouth contracted, ciliolate or dentate, cilia distant, 

 unequal. Pistillidia 8-10, cylindrical. Calyptra oval, delicate. 

 Pedicel moderately thick, white. Capsule almost round, dark 

 brown. Spores pale brown. Elaters bispiral, pale brown. Peri- 

 gonial bracts 4-6 pairs, closely imbricate, smaller than stem 

 leaves, broader than long, ventricose ; antheridia numerous, 4 or 5 



