38 Euceplialozia 



subiuibricata — in pi. sterili ssepe distantia — •subassurgentia, rhombeo- 

 rotunda, antice decurreutia, ab apice ad ^ alt. bifida, sinu obtuso rarius 

 lunato, segmentis conniveutibus acutis vel subacuminatis ; cellule me- 

 diocres leptoderines pellucidte, cliloropliyllo x^arco, quadrato-bexagonse, 

 subconformes, inferiores submajores. Flores dioici: in ramo perbrevi 

 terminales. BractecB subtrijugse tristicliffi, intimee foliis 3 — 4-plo ma- 

 jores tenues, oblongo-rotiindse ad ^ bifidse — raro trifidae vel bis bifidas — 

 segmentis acutatis integerrimis ; hracteola subconformis s^]3e cum 

 bracteis in excipulum altum connata, medio utrinque in angulum den- 

 temve dilatata. Perianthia liueari-fusiformia, juniora triplicata, 

 adulta solum apicem versus trigona, ore subconstricto denticulata setu- 

 losave (setulis solum 1 vel 2 cellulas longis), carnosa, basin versus cel- 

 lulis 3-stratis, medio 2-stratis, conflata. Cahjptra duplo brevier ovali- 

 globosa cciDiosa, tota fere longitudine cellulis 3-stratis constans. Cap- 

 snla oblongo-C}dindi-ica baud alte pedicellata. Sporce pulchre cinna- 

 momea. Andrcecia rami apicem — rarius medium — tenentia : hractere 

 IDlurijugffi subsecundas foliis sequimagnae, ad |- usque acute bifidse, cana- 

 liculato-concavse, antheridiis solitariis. — F -3 x -4; c^/^^— i/^s; inrol 1-1; 

 per 2-1 X -7; caps -45 x 2™°\ 



Jungerynania connivens yrvs. hi.va et Sphagnorinn Nees ? Eur. Leberm.; G. 

 L. et N. Syn. Hep. — J. connivens forma symholica, Gottsclie in G. ct 

 E. Hep. Eur. fasc. 62-64. 



Jungermania hicuspidata /3 gracillima Nees. Hep. Eur. et Syn. Hep. 

 (minima J. multijiora Huds. El. Angl. quae Lepidoziain setaceam re- 

 fert ; neque Dillenii t. 69, f. 4, p. 481, " Licbenastrum multi- 

 florum, fol. angustissimis," qure sj)ecies composita videatur; nee 

 Cejjh. multijiora Lindberg, Manip. Muse. Sec. (1874) et Hep. in 

 Hibern. lect., quje vera C . connivens Dicks, est.) 



Var. /3 elata S. major pallide viridis ramosior; foliis densioribus, seg- 

 mentis longioribus acuminatis incurvis. 



Hah. On sbady, beatby banks, cbiefly in woods, and on rotting 

 trunks — more rarely on sandstone rock — often fruiting luxuriantly; 

 also on Sphagna and other bog-mosses, where it is usually sterile. 

 Europe, from Scandinavia to the Pyrenees (which it ascends to 1800 

 metres on the Hourqnette d'Aspin). England : common in woods on a 



