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Nardia Muelleri, Nees. 



Stems erect, branched, flagelliferous ; 

 leaves subqiiadrate, obtusely emarginate ; 

 laciniae ovate, obtuse : involucral deeply dis- 

 sected, acutely bifid. 



Jitngermannia pnlvinata, Raddi. Etrusc. 

 t. 4, f. 5. SarcoscypJius Muelleri, Nees Eur. 

 Leb. I., p. 132. Nardia Muelleri, Carr. in Hep. 

 Exs. 



var. ligurica-viride, Carr. and Pears. Exs. 

 No. 81, without diagnosis. — [Plate "J, fig. 85.) 



In the type the stems are erect, somewhat dicho- 

 tomously branched, and flagelliferous, leaves ap- 

 proximate, rather rounded or subquadrate, broader 

 than long, rather spreading and concave, obtusely 

 emarginate, with a rather acute sinus, involucral 

 leaves similar, deeply and acutely bifid, with acute 

 laciniae. Perianth terminal, ovate, immersed in the 

 involucre; 



Nardia repanda, Lind. 



Paroicous. Stems more slender, fragile, 

 ascending, innovant ; branches slender; 

 leaves distant, subvertical, orbiculate, concave, 

 saccate and embracing at the base ; margin 

 erect, more or less undulate, emarginate ; 

 texture thin, hyaline ; the cells larger, thin 

 walled ; involucre obovate-clavate ; bracts 



