e of North America. 81 



coriaceous. Capsule ovate, quadrivalved to the base. Ealters 

 bispiral. Antheridia covered by closely imbricated perigonial 

 leaves. Leaves palmatifid or complicate-2-lobed, each lobe di- 

 vided and ciliate. Amphigastria 4-5-lobed. Name from Gr. 

 blepharon, an eyelid, and ozos, a bud. 



1. B. ciliaris Dumort. Stems crowded, somewhat pin- 

 nate; the 4-cleft leaves and amphigastria both lacerate-ciliate, 

 the fringes long and setaceous; inner involucre obovate, the 

 mouth contracted-plicate, laciniate-dentate. (Jungermania cil- 

 iaris L., Ptilidium ciliare Nees.) 



Hob. Roots of trees, old logs, etc., in woods or on wet rocky ground 

 on high mountains ; common. (Eu.) 



Bib. Syn. Hep. p. 250 ; Hep. Europ. p. 53. 

 Delin Brit. Jung. t. 65 ; Ekart, t. V, f. 36. 

 Exic Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 83. 



XIV. SENDTNERA EOTL. 



Sporogonium terminal on an elongate branch. Inner in- 

 volucre tubular, deeply many-cleft. Involucral leaves numer- 

 ous, incised, free or connate at the base. Calyptra chartaceous. 

 Capsule globular. Elaters free, bispiral. Antheridia on special 

 branches in the axils of ventricose, perigonial leaves. Leaves 

 2-5-cleft or entire. Amphigastria 2-many-cleft. Named for 

 0. Sendtner, a German botanist. 



1. S. juniperina Nees. Stems erect, nearly simple, 

 slender, elongate; leaves and amphigastria nearly alike, oblong, 

 curved and one-sided, 2-cleft to the middle, the divisions lance- 

 olate. (Jungermania Swz.) 



Hob On rocks, Catskill Mts., N. Y. (Peck), Greenwood Mts., N. J. 

 (Austin). The European variety is now regarded as specifically distinct, 

 S. adunca Gottsche (Schisma aduncum Dumort.). 



Bib Syn. Hep. p. 239. 



Delin. Brit. Jung. t. 4 (?) ; Sulliv. Mosses U. S. t. VIII (?). 



Exsic. Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 82. 



