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oiie-tliird ; dioicous; bracts tristiclioiis, bifid 

 or trifid ; mature perianth trigonous, mouth 

 constricted and toothed, fleshy. 



Jiuigeniiannia conuivrus v. laxa and sphag- 

 noriun, Nees. /. connivcns v. synibolica, Gott. 

 and Rab. Exs. 62, 64. Juugerniannia hictis- 

 pidata /? gracilliiua, Nees Hep. Eur. Ccpha- 

 lozia niultiflora, Spruce Cephalozia p. 38 ; 

 Carr. and Pears. Exs. 114, 173, 174, 251. 



On shad}' licath}' banks, and on trunks. — {P/atc 2, 



Dioicous, cladocarpous, without flagellar, bright 

 or paHid green, densely and dcpressedly caes- 

 pitose, or creeping amongst SpJiag^ium, pros- 

 trate, branched, sometimes subpinnate, branches 

 radicellose, ascending. Stems subcompressed, 

 plane above, convex below. Leaves small, rather 

 imbricate, in sterile plant distant, ascending, rhom- 

 boid rounded, decurved in front, bifid one third, sinus 

 obtuse, rarely lunate, segments connivent, acute or 

 subacuminatc, cellules medium sized, pellucid, quad- 

 rate hexagonal, inferior rather largest. Flowers 

 dioicous, females terminal on short branches. Bracts 

 tristichous, oblong, rounded, bifid for one-third, 

 rarely trifid, or twice bifid, segments acute, entire, 

 bracteoles similar, sometimes connate with the 

 bracts. Perianth linear-fusiform, triplicate when 

 young, when adult three-angled at the apex, mouth 

 rather constricted, toothed or setulose, flcs]n\ 

 Calyptra twice as short, globose-oval, fleshy. Cap- 

 sule oblongcylindrical. Spores cinnamon. Andraecia 

 at the apex of the branches, l)racts subsecund, equal 



