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tiese, has placed it in his trihe Acolea, along with Gymnomi- 

 trinm, which is surely unnatural, when the whole appearance 

 of these plants is taken into consideration. 



As^xHELiA, Dumortier. 

 Jungermannia, Linn. Fl. Lapp. 1 ed. p. 342 (17371; Hook. Br. Jung. 

 (1816). Anthelia, Dum. Eecueil, 1, p. 18 (1835). Chandonan- 

 thus, Lindb. in Act. Soc. So. Fenn. 10, p. 19 (1871). 



Involucre polyphyllous, imbricated, segments sub-palmate. Cole- 

 sule sessile, cylindrical, plicate at the mouth, and denticulate. 



Anthelia julacea (Linn.), Dumort. Stem erect, branching. Leaves 

 deeply bifid, segments acute, imbricated on every side of the 

 stem. Colesule cylindrical, subplicate, and toothed at the mouth. 



Jungermannia julacea, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1601 ; Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 2; 

 Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 1024; Dumort. Syll. Jung. p. 63; Tay- 

 lor, in Fl. Hib. 2, p. 65 ; Hiiben. Hepat. Germ. p. 56 ; G. L. et E". 

 Synop. Hepat. p. 140; Eabenhor. Hepat. Europ. exsic. n. 126- 

 152. Anthelia julacea, Dumort. Hepat. Europ. p. 88, tab. 3, 

 fig. 23. 



Hab. Rocks ; usually on the higher mountains. Maam Tore Moun- 

 tain, Connemara ; Macgillicuddy's Reeks, Killarney; Kylemore, 

 Co. Galway. Forma minor, on Brandon Mountain, and Connor 

 Hill, Kerry. 



Blephaeostoma, Dumortier. 



Jungermannia, Linn. Fl. Suec, 1 ed. p. 336, n. 921 (1745); Hook 

 Brit. Jung. (1816). Blepharostoma, Dum. Recueil, 1, p. 18, 

 n. 23 (1835). Ptilidium, Mitt, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. 5, p. 102 

 (1861). 



Involucre polyphyllous, imbricated, bracteolse articulate-ciliate. 

 Leaves transversal. Colesule sessile, terminal, erect, round™ 

 ovate, mouth with long acute cilia. 



1. Blepharostoma tricofhylla (Linn.), Dumort. Stem creeping^ 

 branched. Leaves imbricated on every side, deeply 3-4 parted, 

 segments setaceous, jointed, ascending. Colesule terminal, 

 ovate, contracted and ciliated at the mouth. 



Jungermannia tricophylla, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1601 ; Schmid, Icones, 

 p. 164, t. 42 ; Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 7 ; Corda, in Sturm, Deutsch. 

 Crypt, fasc. 26, p. 173, t. 40 ; G. L. et N. Synop. Hepat. p. 145; 

 llabenhor. Hepat. Eur. exsic. n. 15-267. Blepharostoma trico- 

 phylla, Dumort. Eev. Jung. p. 18 ; Cogn. Hepat. Belg. p. 36. 



Hab. On turfy heaths, and in bogs among Sphagnum. Belfast, Mr. 

 Templeton. Bantry, Miss Hutchins. Cromagloun, Dr. Carrington. 

 Kylemore, and other places in Connemara ; ISFephin Mountain, 

 Co. Mayo. This pretty plant, which is so unlike any other Bri-" 



