HANDnOOK OF I'.RITISH HRI'ATICVf-:. 



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short brandies tliickoncd at the apex, leaves semi- 

 vertical, closcl)- imbricate, ratlier concave, quadrate, 

 or roundish, loose, reticu- 

 late, the lower lunately, the 

 upper deeply and obtusely 

 emart^inate, bi- or tri-fid, 

 lacinia: unequal and acute 

 (fig. 134). Bracts trifid or 

 quadrifid, rather serrate, 

 connate at the base, thus 

 ternate or quaternatc. 

 Perianth short, ovate-triangular, plicate, mouth 

 denticulate. Stipules absent. 



134- 



Jungermannia capitata, Hooke. 



Stem prostrate, simple ; leaves erect, 

 rounded-quadrate, lower bifid, the rest and 

 perichaetial leaves 3-4-fid; stipules none; 

 perianth terminal, ovate. 



Jtingermannia capitata^ Hook. Br. Jung., t. 

 80 ; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 242 (variety). 



On turfy soil. 



Growing in small pale-grccn patches, stems \, 



rarely 



2) 



inch long, almost always simple, 



greenish, with numerous pellucid radicles. Leaves 

 rather closely ranged in two rows, sometimes 

 spreading or nearly horizontal, general 1}- nearly 

 erect, roundish, approaching quadrate, those 

 at the base smallest and bifid, the rest increasing 

 in size upwards, and trifid or quadrifid, segments 

 unequal, a little waved and acute. .\t the very 



