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geoscypha, Lindberg Muse. Scan. ; Carr. Br. 

 Hep. p. 27. 



On rocks, &c. 



Colour reddish brown or purple, from two to six 

 lines. ^<^'=,Q,vi\hX\x\^ Juugeriiia7inia Genthiana in size 

 and colour, but differing in the immersed colesule 

 and peculiar structure of the involucre. Dr. Car- 

 rington says that the position of the parts may be 

 better understood if we compare the creeping shoot 

 to the stem of a clay pipe, the head representing the 

 involucre, and its tumid base the knob beneath. — 

 {Plate 5, fig. 70) 



Nardia compressa, Hook. 



Stem erect, branched ; leaves closely ac- 

 cumbent, bifarious, orbiculate, entire; peri- 

 chaetial leaves kidney-shaped ; stipules on the 

 stem none. 



Jiuigermaniiia compressa, Hook. Br. Jung, 

 t. 58; Eng. Bot. t. 2587; Lib. Crypt. Exs. 

 No. 211. Mesophylla compressa, Dumort. 

 Comm. p. 112. Aliciilaria compressa, Gott. 

 and Rab. Exs. 443,472 ; Cooke Hep. f. 9, 

 30. Nardia compressa, Carr. and Pears. Exs. 

 No. 8, 9, 221 . 



Borders of mountain rills, or in the spray of 

 waterfalls. (Fr. Spring.) 



Stems ascending or erect, thread-like, flexuous, 

 i^ to 3 inches long, or more, of a pale brown 



