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plants smaller, antheridia single at the base of each 

 swollen leaf. Perianth from the axil of a stipule, 

 subcy-lindrical, slightly sickle-shaped, pale greenish, 

 mouth pointed, at first notched on one side, and 

 finely crenulate. Calyptra campanulate. Capsule 

 oval, brown, four-valved. Elaters bispiral. (Plate 

 5, fig- 62.) 



HarpantllUS SCUtatUS, W. and M., Spruce. 



Stem ascending, simple ; leaves erect, 

 rounded, concave, acutely emarginate, peri- 

 chaetial 3-4-fid ; stipules triangular, acuminate, 

 one tooth on each side; perianth lateral, 

 ovate. 



Jungermannia scutata, Web. and Mohr. D. 

 Crypt. 408; Hook. Br. Fl. V., p. 118; Mack. 

 Hib. II., 64; Gott. and Rab. Exs. 218, 354, 

 466 ; Cooke Hep. f. 72. Jungermannia stipu- 

 lacea, Hook. Br. Jung. t. 41 ; Eng. Bot. t. 

 2538. Harpanthus scutatus, Spruce Trans. 

 Bot. Edin. III., 209; Carr. Br. Hep., p. 49, t. 



17, f- 52. 



On rocks or trunks. 



var. imbricatus, Carr. and Pears. Exs. 

 No. 264. 



Growing in dense compact tufts, pale olive, 

 olive-brown or brown. Stems decumbent, rootlets 

 numerous. Leaves bifarious, imbricate, erect, 

 roundish-ovate, sharply bidentate, with an acute 



