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Scapania nemorosa, L., Dum. 



Stem erect, leaves unequally conduplicate, 

 two-lobed, lobes obovate, rather obtuse, ciliately 

 toothed, anterior doubly small, perianth with a 

 ciliate mouth. 



Jungermannia nemorosa, Linn. Sp. No. 1598; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 607; Hook. Br. Jung. t. 21. Sca- 

 pania nemorosa, Dumort. Rev. Jung. p. 14; Gott. 

 and Rabh. Exs. No. 92, 224, 279, 331 ; Carr. 

 and Pears. Exs. 92. 



Shady banks and woods. (Fr. April, May.) 



Tufts 2 or3 inches diameter, compact, but not mat- 

 ted. Stems rather stout, flexuose, brownish, nearly 

 black, naked, creeping at the base. Shoots as- 

 cending, i to 2 inches,simple or irregularly branched, 

 branches spreading, recurved at the apex. Leaves 

 rather distant, bifarious, alternate, increasing up- 

 wards, decurrent on both aspects, unequally bilobed, 

 parallel with each surface of the stem. Lower 

 lobe obovate, obtuse or bluntly pointed, decurrent 

 for some distance ; lobule equal to diameter of the 

 larger lobe, cordate, acute, concave ; margins of both 

 lobes closely ciliate-dentate. Colour pale green, 

 or yellowish green, lower leaves brownish. Inflo- 

 rescence generally dioicous, rarely autoicous. In- 

 volucral bracts two. Perianth conspicuous, obovate, 

 thinner and broader to the truncate ciliated apex. 

 Calyptra pear-shaped, white. Capsule large, red- 

 dish brown. Elaters bispiral. Antheridia axillary, 

 olive green. Gemmae frequently present, at the 



