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Gymnocolea affinis, //'/A., Dum. 



Stem procumbent, without stipules, leaves 

 rounded, hyaline, acutely bifid ; laciniae ob- 

 tuse ; perichaetial leaves spreading. Perianth 

 pear-shaped, contracted at the apex, mouth 

 dentate. 



Jitngcrmannia affinis, Wils. in Brit. Fl. V., 

 III. Jnngcrmannia tiirbinata, Wils. Eng. Bot. 

 Supp. t. 2744. Jungermannia Wilsoniana, 

 Nees Eur. Leb. III., 548 ; Gott. and Rab. 

 Exs. 447 ; Cooke Hep. f. 74. Gyinnocolea 

 affinis, Dumort. Hep. Eur. p. 65. 



In moist shady places under banks. (Early 

 Spring.) 



Stems procumbent, simple or branched, 

 leaves roundish, concave, acutely bifid, coarsely 



reticulated, the seg- 

 ments obtuse, those 

 of the in volucrc larger 

 than the rest ; fruit 

 terminal ; perianth 

 pear-shaped, plicate, 

 contracted, and 

 toothed at the mouth. 



(fi.?; 143)- 



Separated from J . 

 i?ijlata, to which its 

 trivial name applies, 

 ^^^' by the procumbent 



stems, large reticulations, and less obtuse segments 



