HANDBOOK OF I'.RITI.SH HP:pATIC/E. 



lyi 



nearl\- round ; in fertile specimens the npj^ermost 

 are the hir<;est, barren ones the contrary, all n( them 

 concave, semi-cmbracinc]^ at the 

 base, occasionall}' slii^htly not- 

 ched at the apex (fig. 123). 

 Texture thin and delicate, colour 

 pale }'cllo\vish green. Pcricha:- 

 tial leaves not differing, except 

 that the two uppermost pairs 

 are the largest of all, and more 

 uniformly erect. Perianth 

 lengthened at the base, broadest 

 in the middle, and acuminate 

 at the apex, where it is slightly 

 plicate, mouth contracted, small, 

 minutely toothed. Capsule 

 ovate, deep brown. Elaters 

 bispiral. The perianth is fusiform, with a minute 

 orifice at the acute apex, obtuseh' biplicate above, 

 with a narrow furrow between the folds. 



123. 



Aplozia cordifolia, /look., Dum. 



Stem erect, branched, leaves incumbent, 

 concave, cordate, entire, embracing the stem, 

 stipules none; perianth terminal and axillar}^ 

 fusiform, plicate, compressed frontally, mouth 

 denticulate. 



Jiuigcrmannia cordifolia, Hook. Br. Jung. 

 No. 52 ; Eng. Bot. t. 2590 ; Gott. and Rab. 

 Exs. No. 271, 341-344; Carr. and Pears. Exs. 

 No. 27; Cooke Hep. fig. 67. Aplozia cordi- 

 folia, Dum. Hep. Eur. p. 59. 



