II \NI)i:f)OK or I'.RITISH HF.PATIf/F.. 203 



plants smaller, antlicridi.'i sinc^lc at the l^ase of eacli 

 swollen leaf, rcriantli from the axil of a stipule, 

 subcylindrical, sliL^htl)' sickle-shai)e(l, pale c;reenish, 

 mouth pointed, at fu'st notched on one side, and 

 finely crcnulate. Calyptra campanulatc. Capsule 

 oval, brown, four-valved. h'Jaters Ijispiral. — {Plate 



Harpanthus scutatus, W. a?id Af., Sprmc. 



Stem ascending, simple ; leaves erect, 

 rounded, concave, acutely emarginate, peri- 

 chaetial 3-4-fid ; stipules triangular, acuminate, 

 one tooth on each side ; perianth lateral, 

 ovate. 



Jiingermannia scutata, Web. and Mohr. D. 

 Crypt. 408; Hook. Br. Fl. V., p. 118; Mack. 

 Hib. II., 64; Gott. and Rab. Exs. 218, 354, 

 466 ; Cooke Hep. f. 72. Jnngcrmannia stipu- 

 lacca, Hook. Br. Jung. t. 41 ; P^ng. Bot. t. 

 2538. Harpanthus scutatus, Spruce Trans. 

 Bot. Edin. III., 209; Carr. Br. Hep., p. 49, t. 



On rocks or trunks. 



var. imbricatus, Carr. and Pears. Exs. 

 No. 264. 



Growing in dense compact tufts, pale olive, 

 olive-brown or brown. Stems decumbent, rootlets 

 numerous. Leaves bifarious, imbricate, erect, 

 loundish-ovatc, sharply bidcntate, with an acute 



