LEPIDOZIA SYLVATICA IN BRITAIN 89 
Handbook of British Hepatics, I have given below ’a diagnosis of 
L. sylvatica, which may be compared with his of L. setacea 
(Web.) Mitt. and ZL. trichoclados K. Mill. 
wide, walls slightly and uniformly th 
u nde 
ickened ; cuticle smooth, 
eaves of the ste 
m smaller 
longer and thinner-walled than in the leaves. Perianth narrowly 
ovoid or cylindrical, contracted at the mouth, ciliate, the cilia 
1-4 (mostly 3) cells long. Capsule oval, yellowish brown, 0.9 mm 
ong and 0.5 mm. broad; spores minutely verruculose, yellowish 
brown, 12 » in diameter ; elaters reddish brown, with two spirals, 
9» in diameter. Andreecia on a short, generally postical, branch ; 
bracts in 4 or 5 pairs, concave, ovate, bifid to about one half, the 
segments shortly ciliate, bracteoles mostly bifid ; antheridia soli- 
tary, oval. , 
Habitat (in Sussex). Moist sandy bank, Eridge Park, c. per. 
een te Common and Ambersham Common, with female 
owers. 
The British species of the subgenus Microlepidozia, L. setacea, 
L. trichoclados and L. sylvatica are very closely allied and might 
perhaps be regarded as belonging to one specific type with three 
pted 
Journan or Botany.—Von. 53. [Marcn, 1915.] - 
