62 CRYPTOGAMIA HEPATIC^. 



(Tab. v. f. 10.) HOOK. Scot. ii. 114. WITH. iii. 1069. LIGHTF. 

 Scot. 776. Eng. Sot. t. 2251. 



Hob. On moist rocks, by the sides of streams, and in bogs 

 on moors. 



Stem nearly 2 inches high, woody, purplish-brown, almost 

 always simple. Leaves alternate, unilateral, brownish, the 

 concave side looking downwards, small at the base of the 

 stalk, and increasing in size towards the top. Some of the 

 leaves, those near the top in particular, are occasionally 

 serrated. 



12. J. albicanS) stems ascending, somewhat branched ; leaves 2- 

 rowed, the lobes very unequal, marked with a pellucid mesial 

 line ; the larger oblong, toothed near the apex, the smaller oval ; 

 fruit terminal ; calyx cyHndraceous, with a contracted pellucid 

 aperture. (Tab. v. f. 11.) WITH. iii. 1070. LIGHTF. Scot. 777. 

 HOOK. Scot. ii. 114. Eng. Bot. t. 2240. Loud. Encyclop. No. 

 14965. Dill. Muse. t. 71, f. 20. 



Hab. Shaded banks in woods, and on heaths, common. 

 Winter. 



The leaves are of a rather thick and close texture, and in ge- 

 neral of a dark grass-green, or brownish colour, so that the 

 specific name appears inapplicable, unless it has some re- 

 ference to some change induced by decay, or to the whitish 

 line which runs through each leaf, an appearance produced 

 by a greater laxity of the cellular texture of the part. 



13. J. complanata, stems creeping, matted, branched ; leaves 

 biserial, imbricate, unequally 2 lobed, entire, superior lobe round- 

 ed, the lower ovate, appressed ; fruit terminal ; calyx oblong, with 

 a truncate, entire aperture, (Tab. v. f. 12.) WITH. iii. 1073. 

 LIGHTF. Scot. 780 HOOK. Scot. ii. 115. Eng. Bot. t. 2499. Dill 

 Muse. t. 72, f. 26. 



Hab. On trees in pale or yellow green patches, common. 



-|- -f- Leaves simple^ undivided. 



14. J. asplenioides, stem ascending, simple or sparingly branched ; 

 leaves large, alternate, bifarious, adnate, broadly ovate, obtuse, 

 toothed ; fruit terminal and lateral : calyx oblong, with a trun- 



