HANDBOOK OF BRITISH HEPATIOE. 



Gymnocolea affinis, Wils., Dum. 



Stem procumbent, without stipules, leaves 

 rounded, hyaline, acutely bifid ; laciniae ob- 

 tuse; perichaetial leaves spreading. Perianth 

 pear-shaped, contracted at the apex, mouth 

 dentate. 



Jungermannia affinis, Wils. in Brit. Fl. V., 

 in. Jungermannia turbinata, Wils. Eng. Bot. 

 Supp. t. 2744. Jungermannia Wilsoniana, 

 Nees Eur. Leb. III., 548 ; Gott. and Rab. 

 Exs. 447 ; Cooke Hep. f. 74. Gymnocolea 

 affinis, Dumort. Hep. Eur. p. 65. 



In moist shady places under banks. (Early 

 Spring.) 



Stems procumbent, simple or branched, 

 leaves roundish, concave, acutely bifid, coarsely 

 reticulated, the seg- 

 ments obtuse, those 

 of the involucre larger 

 than the rest ; fruit 

 terminal ; perianth 

 pear-shaped, plicate, 

 contracted, and 

 toothed at the mouth. 



(ng 143). 



Separated from J. 

 inflata, to which its 

 trivial name applies, 

 by the procumbent 

 stems, large reticulations, and less obtuse segments 



