694 334. Mylius. 13. HEPATICA. _Pl. cell. fol. 
4. Mylius cunetfolius. Wedge-leaved mylius. 
Stem creeping, not branched; leaves rather distant, 
wedgeshape, not cut or very bluntly nicked at the tip; 
stipules small, ovate, pointed, rough. 
Jungermannia cuneifolia, Hooker Jung. 64. 
On salviatus tamarisci; gen. 329, sp. 1. 
‘Plant extremely minute, like the filaments of a conferva ; 
in loose clusters. 
XXI. 335. NARDIUS. -. . Nardi. 
Monoicous. Mater. Anthers spherical, pedicelled, clus- 
tered, in the axillae of the perichetial leaves. Frm. Calyx 
terminal, ovate; mouth rather contracted, 4-toothed, im-~ 
bedded in the perichetial leaves; peduncle long, not jointed ; 
capsule roundish, 4-valved; valves furrowed lengthways 
and across; seeds spherical; elaters on the valves; /elices 
double, closely twisted.— Leaves 2-rowed, uncut. 
1. Nardius scalaris. Stair nardi. 
Stem creeping, not branchéd; leaves roundish, hollow, 
not cut nor nicked; stipules broad-awlshape ; perichetial 
leaves united together. 
Jungermannia scalaris, Schrader Samml. 2,4; Hooker Jung. 61. 
Jungermannia lanceolata, Engl. Bot. 605. 
Oni hedge-banks, on loamy soil, or woods. 
2. Nardius compressus. Compressed nardt. 
Stem upright, slightly branched; Jeaves round; upper- 
most kidneyshape, pressed close ; stipules only on the shoots ; 
calyx oblong. 
Jungermannia compressa, Hooker Jung. 58. 
In mountain rivulets. 
Tufts dense, purplish; roofs scarcely any. 
3. Nardius emarginatus. Nicked nardt. 
Siem upright, branched; /eaves loosely tiledlike, spread- 
ing, reverse-hearted, nicked; calyx ovate. 
Jungermannia emarginata, Ehrhart Beitr. 3, 80; Engl. Bot. 1022; 
Hooker Jung. 27. 
Jungermannia macrorhiza, Dickson Crypt. 2, 16. 
In very wet places, or alpine rivulets; early in summer. 
6. multifiorus. Capsules 2 or 3 in the same calyx; pe- - 
duncles short. 
