412 HEPATWjE, 



the involucre. Spores reddish-brown, minutely granular. Elaters 

 obscurely bi-spirah Male inflorescence on slender branches, 

 perigonial bracts 2 or 3 in number, terminal, sub-complicate and 

 saccate at the base, enclosing one or more oval, shortly stipitate 

 antheridia. 



Fruits in Autumn and Winter. 



Dimensions. — Stems J to |- an inch in length, diam. '2 mm. 

 with leaves explanate 2* mm. wide; leaves 1*6 mm. x 1"5 mm., 

 segments '6 mm., 1'2 mm. x 1"2 mm., seg. '6 mm., lower leaves 

 1* mm. X 75 mm. ; cells "05 mm. x "035 mm., '04 mm. x '04 mm., 

 •035 mm. x "035 mm.; sub-bracts 2' mm. x 2' mm., seg". '5 mm. 

 2* mm. x 1'75 mm., seg. '75 mm.; bracts 1*75 mm. x 2' mm., 

 seg. *75 mm., 1'75 mm. x 1'75 mm., seg. '75 mm. 



Hab. — In scattered tufts, epiphytic on BculuJa or Frullcuiia. 

 Extremely rare. 



I. Near Bantry, Miss Hutchins, 19th Nov. 1812, young fruit. 

 Banks of a ravine near the Hunting Tower,Cromaglown, Killarney, 

 Nov. 1829, fr., IF. IFilson. Tore Mountain, Killarney, Sept. 1841 ; 

 Glengariff, Sept. 1839, growing on FruUania germa7ia. Dr. Taylor. 



Obs. — This is a curious and extremely rare species ; the absence 

 of a true perianth separates it from Nardia geoscypliiis (De Not.) 

 and Jung, capitata. Hook , which it resembles somewhat in habit, 

 but both are paroicous. This character serves to distinguish them 

 from it, even when their perianths are not fully developed. Jung, 

 capitata has also larger and more translucent cells with thinner 

 walls. The above description is almost entirely taken from the 

 late Dr. Carrington's uncompleted " British Hepatica?." 



Descuiption oe Plate CLXXXL— Fig. 1. Plants natural 

 size. 2. Portion of stem, antical view, x 16 (Knock~a-voila, Dr. 

 Taylor). 3. Portion of fertile stem x (Dr. Carrington del.) 

 4-7. Leaves x 16 (Knock-a-voila, Dr. Taylor). 8. Portion of 

 leaf X 290 (ditto). 9, 10. Sub-bracts x 16 (ditto). 11, 12. 

 Bracts X 16 (ditto). 13. Involucre x (Dr. Carrington, del.) 



