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'>'^,4, 469; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 100; 

 Cooke Hep. f. 61. Aplozia hyalina, Dum. 

 Hep. Eur. p. 58. Nardia hyalina, Spruce 



Hep. Amaz. p. 5i9- , . 



On moist argillaceous rocks. (Fr. Early bum.) 

 Formin- more or less dense, depressed tufts, on 

 wet slaty rocks, or mixed with bog moss. Shoots 

 i to I inch long, 

 procumbent, 

 densely rooting, 

 simple or inno- 

 vant. Branches 

 springing from 

 axils of the in- 

 volucral leaves, 

 or from the ven- 

 tral side of the 

 stem. Rootlets 



pale claret colour. , ^ u\- 1 



Leaves semi-vertical, roundish, broad and obliquely 



decurrent at the base, plane and nearly horizontal 



ffio-. I c8), except on upper part of the stem. Margm 



entire, a little inflexed. Texture thin, pale glaucous 



crreen. Inflorescence autoicous or dioicous. i^ructi- 



fication terminal. Involucral leaves larger than the 



rest, sometimes emarginate, closely investing the 



perianth. One or two amphigastria adnate with the 



bases of the involucral leaves, absent elsewhere ; 



capsule globose, dark brown, shining. Spores 



round, yellowish-brown, ii-iS/-- E^^^ers bispiral 



Andra^cium on distinct shoots, or on special 



branches on the ventral surface of fertile shoots. 



Perigonial leaves smaller. Antheridia two or three 



together, axillary, deep green. 



