BRITISH HEPlflCiE. 49 



1. Haepanthxjs scTJTATtrs, Spruce. 



Pl. XVII. Fig. 52. 



Jwng. souiata (Flork) ; Web. & M. Tasohenb. p. 408, n. 10 (1807) ; Web. Prodr. 

 p. 41 ; Mart. Fl. Cr. Erl. p. 141; Lindeab. Hep. Eur. p. 38, n. 31 ; Dumort. 8yll. 

 Jung. p. 56, n. 68 ; Hub. Hep. Germ. p. 151, n. 58 ; N. ab E. Leberm. Eur. iiL p. 546 ; 

 G. L. N. Syn. Hep. p. 101, n. 58 ; Eng. Bot. 2nd ed. t. 1854 j Mackay, Fl. Hib. ii. 

 p. 65, n. 54 ; Hook. Brit. Fl. ii. p. 118, n. 50. 



Jwng. sti'fndacm, Hook. Brit. Jung. t. xli. ; Muse. Brit. ed. ii. p. 235 ; Eng. Bot. 

 1 ed. t. 2536 (1813) ; N. ab E. Leber. Eur. ii. p. 18, n. 45 ; Gray, Arr. Br. PI. I. 

 p, 696, n. 7. 



Hmrpantlms scutatus, Spruce, Tr. Ed. Bot. Soc. iii. p. 209 ; Boul. Fl. Cryp. p. 818 j 

 Dumort. Hep. Eur. p. 67 (1874). 



Exs. Moiig. et Nest. St. Cr. Vog. Rhen. vii. n. 632 (v. a) ; G. & R. Hep. Eur. 

 Ex. n. 218-354 (a imbricata), 466 /3 ; Del. et Grav. Hep. Arden. n. 34. 



Hab. Shady rocks Laham Wood, near Bantry, 1812, Miss Hutching. Near Loch 

 Bray, 1814, Br. Taylor ! Scotland, G. Don I Galway River, KUlarney, 4 Aug. 1829, 

 fr. W. Wilson 1 Near Llanberis, W. Wilson I Eagles Nest, Cromagloun, Glena, &c., 

 fr. very rare, June 1861 ! Tunbridge Wells, G. Davis 1 Rocks near the Strid ! 

 Bolton Woods, c. Jung, exsecta, 2 May, 1868 ! 



Growing in dense compact tufts resembling the smaller forms of Jung, acuta, 

 V. laxa, N. ab E. on rocks, or the decayed trunks of trees. 



Stems (f. 52, 1) :|th to ^rd of an incli in length by ^rd of a line 

 in diameter, filiform, decumbent, the apex only ascending, or erect 

 from the crowding together of the shoots, generally simple, but 

 producing occasional innovations from the ventral aspect, brownish, 

 rather rigid. 



Rootlets numerous, vrhite, .proceeding from the bases of the 

 amphigastria throughout the entire length of the shoot. 



Leaves (f. 52, 2, 3) bifariously imbricated, semi-vertical, erecto- 

 patent, smaller at the apex and base of the shoots {-^'^, more dis- 

 tant and spreading below, but generally secund : approxiniate, and 

 connivent towards the summit. In form they are roundish-ovate, 

 concave, sharply bidentate, the sinus lunate or acute, and equal to 

 ■jth to yCa. of the length ; niargins entife, the dorsal decurrent for 

 a short distance. 



Texture firm, but thin and translucent. 



Colour pale olive, olive-brown or brown. 



Cells (f. 52, 3, 4) small, roundish, the walls rather thick : those 

 of the margin somewhat flattened, ttTo" by rio"; iiear the base 

 T8o" to 44o" X sio"- Trigones 3^", contents granular, coloured 

 near the wall. 



Amphigastria (f. 52, 3, 5) large for the size of the plant, closely 

 placed, patent, ovate- or lanceolate-acuminate, sub-falcate, con- 

 nected by one border with the adjoining (usually left-hand) leaf; 

 the free border recui'ved, " slightly twisted and toothed at each 



H 



