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and Pears. Exs. No. 166. Aplozia litrida, 

 Dumort. Hep. Eur. p. 60. 



" Stems caespitose, i to ^ inch long, innova- 

 tions arising below 

 the apex, slender, 

 terete. Stems ascend- 

 ing or erect, pale green, 

 clothed with white 

 radicles ; branches slen- 

 der ; leaves round or 

 roundish -ovate ( fig. 

 126), erect, clasping; 

 perianth obtuse, pli- 

 cate, quadrangular 

 (fig. 125) ; mouth small, 

 four - toothed, capsule 

 globose. Cells large, 

 pellucid, those of the margin somewhat larger." 



Possibly not distinct from Aplozia sphcerocarpa. 



126. 



Aplozia sphasroearpa, Hook., Dum. 



Stem ascending, simple, leaves rather re- 

 mote, accumbent, orbicular, entire ; stipules 

 none, perianth terminal, cylindrically ovate, 

 quadrifid. 



Jungermannia sphcerocarpa, Hook. Br. Jung. 

 No. 74; Gott. and Rabh. Exs. No. 186; Carr. 

 and Pears. Exs. No. 167 ; Cooke Hep. figs. 

 65, 66. Aplozia sphcerocarpa, Dum. Hep. Eur. 

 p. 61. 



In damp places. (Fr. Early Spr.) 



