Moore — On Irkh Hepatiece. 649' 



Section B. Sph£>'olobum. 



8. Jungermannia {S.) Licksoni, Hook. Stems ascending, mostly simple. 



Leaves unequally 2-lobed, lobes narrow, ovate, acute, entire at 

 the margin, ventral lobe much, the largest. Colesule terminal, 

 slightly plicate, and subciliate at the mouth. Antheridia in thc+ 

 axils of perigonial leaves. 



Jungermannia Dicksoni, Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 48; Engl. Bot. 2591 ;. 

 Taylor, inFl.Hib. p. 2, p. 62; Ekart, Synop.Jung. p. 52, tab. 9, 

 fig. 68; G. L. et jS". Synop. Hep. p. 79. Diplophyllum Dicksoni, 

 Dumort. Rev. Jung. p. 16, et Hepat. Europ. p. 49 (1875j ; Cogn. 

 Hepat. Belg. p. 24. 



Hab. On rocks and moist banks in subalpine parts of Ireland. Rare. 

 Mountains near Lablin, Dr. Taylor. Loughbray, Co.Wicklow, 

 single stems ; Gleniif , Leitrim, single stems ; north side of 

 Connor Hill, Kerry, single stems, growing among the larger 

 mosses. 



9. Jungermannia (S.) minuta, Crantz. Stems erect, dichotomously 



branched. Leaves patent, bilobed, lobes nearly equal, acute at the 

 apex, margins entire. Colesule terminal, subspherical, mouth 

 contracted, denticulate. Antheridia in the axils of perigonial 

 leaves, several together, spherical, reticulated. 



Jungermannia minuta, Crantz. Hist. Grsen. p. 288 ; Hook. Brit. 

 Jung. t. 44 ; Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 2231 ; G. L. et JST. Synop. Hep. 

 p. 120 ; Taylor, in El. Hib. p. 2, p. 62. Diplophyllum minutum, 

 Dumort. Rev. Jung. p. 16, et Hepat. Europ. p. 49; Cogn. Hepat. 

 Belg. p. 24. 



Hab. Heathy and rocky banks ; rare in fruit. Loughbray, Co. "Wick- 

 low ; also at Seven Churches, Wicklow. 



Section C. Lophozia, Dumortier. 



Involucre oligophyllous, multifid, dissimilar to stem leaves. Cole- 

 sule sessile, erect, round, inflated, contracted at the mouth, 

 and dentate. 



{A.) Stipulaice. 



10. Jungermannia (Z.) Bantriensh, Hook. Stems subsimple, erect or 

 ascending. Leaves roundish-oval, emarginate or bidentate at the 

 apex. Amphigastria minute, entire, or slightly toothed on the 

 margin. Colesule obovate, dentate at the mouth. 



Jungermannia Bantriensis, Hook. Brit. Jung., in annotatioue ad J. sti- 

 pulaceam, species 41 ; jN'ees, Europ. Leberm. 2, p. 24, and 3, p. 540 ; 

 G. L. et N. Synop. Hep. p. 100 ; Rabenhor. Hep. cxsic. n. 305; 

 Cooke, Br. Jung. p. 10, fig. 70 ; Dumort. Hep. Europ. p. 68. 



