HANDliUUK Ul- IJRITISH IlLl'ATlC/t. 



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Carr. and Pears. Kxs. No. 241 ; Cooke Hep. 

 fig. S2. 



In moist places, bogs, &c. (Fr. Winter and 



Spring.) 



Forming small dense patches o( pale green, 

 firmly attached to the ground by num(>rous radi- 

 cles. Stems prostrate, ^ inch long, generally simple ; 

 leaves rather distant at 

 the base, becoine larger 

 and more approximate 

 upwards, subquadrate, a 

 little embracing and de- 

 current at the base, an- 

 terior margin a little 

 involute ; apex three or 

 four toothed, segments unequal, crisoed and dis- 

 torted, their margins frequently toothed (fig. 138). 

 Perich^tial leaves trifid or quad ri fid, the segments 

 more equal than in the stem leaves. Fruit ter- 

 minal. Calyx obovate and plicate, contracted, and 

 torn at the mouth. Cal\i)tra » obovate, whitish. 

 Elaters bispiral. Gemmai produced in December 

 and January. 



Jung-ermannia Pearsoni, Spnne. 



Dioicous, small, stem furcate. Leaves dis- 

 tant, transverse, broadly wedge-shaped, ccm- 

 plicately keeled, deeply bifid, segments erect, 

 parallel to the stem, ovate, acuminate. Male 

 inflorescence in the middle of the stem or 

 branches. 



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