68 BRITISH HEPATIC^. 



1. Mtlia Tatlori, Gr. 8f B., emend. 



SuB-SP. A, Taylori. Shoots densely csespitose, erect, inno- 

 vant ; leaves orbicular, coriaceous, horizontally patent-reflexed 

 from a saccate base ; colesule ovate, as long again as the roundish 

 involucral bracts. 



Jungermannia Taylori, Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 57 (1818); Eng. Bot. Sup-, t. 2691 

 (1831); Hook. Eng. FJ. y. i. p. 116, n. 42; Mackay, Fl. Hibern. ii.p. 63, n. 47; 

 Spreg. Syst. Veg. iv. p. 221 ; Lindenb. Syn. Hep. p. 26 ; Dumort. Syll. Jung. p. 48 ; 

 Huben. Hep. Gevm. p. 75 ; N". ab E. Leberm. Eur. i. p. 299 ; G. L. N. Syn. Hep. 

 p. 82; Hartm. Skand. Fl. x. ed. ii. p. 133; Huben. & Genth, Exs. n. 33; Raben. 

 Hep. Eur. Ex. n. 14, 112, a et /3 ; Cogn. Hep, Belg. p. 26. 



Mylius Taylori, G. & B. in Nat. Arr. Br. PI. i. p. 693 (1821). 



Leptoscyphus Taylori, Mitt, in Hook. Jour. iii. p. 358 (1851). 



_Leioscyphus, Mitt. Fl. Nov. Zeal. ii. p. 134 (1855). 



Coleochila Taylori-, Dumort. Hep. Eui-. p. 105 (1874). 



Hab. — Moist rocks and boggy places in alpine districts, forming extensive patches, 

 of a purplish-brown colour. Wicklow mountains, Dr. Taylor. Near Bantry, Miss 

 Hutchins. Ambleside and Patterdale, C. Lyell ! Summit of Ingleburgh, 1857 ! 

 Cairn Gorum range, Sir W. Hooker. Sutherland mountains, Dr. GrevUle ! Snowdon ! 



Fruit very rare. Spring. Ben-na-Board and Glen Dole, Forfar, A. Croall ! 

 Ayton Moor, Yorkshire, W. Mudd I 



It occurs in similar situations throughout the North of Europe — Sweden, Finland, 

 Germany, and Switzerland, and in North America. 



SuB-sp. B, Anomala. Shoots scattered, creeping, mostly sim- 

 ple ; leaves rather distant, sub-secund, diversiform, roundish ovate, 

 obtuse to ovate-acuminate, concave ; texture thinner ; colesule ovate- 

 oblong, thrice the length of the involucral bracts, which are ovate. 



Jimgermannia anomala, Hook. Brit. Jung. t. 34; Eng. Bot. t. 2518 ; Lindenb. 

 Syn. Hep. p. 24 ; Dumort. Syll. Jung. p. 48 ; Hiiben. Hep. Germ. p. 73 ; Hook. 

 Eng. Fl. V. ii. p. 116, n. 41 ; Sommf. Cryp. Norv. n. 37, et Sup. Fl. Lapp. p. 72; 

 Fl. Danica, t. 1895; Jensen. Cons. Hep. Dan. p. 127; Hai-tm. Skand. Fl. x. ed, ii. 

 p, 134. 



Jung. Taylori, var. anomala, N. ab Es. Leberm. Eur. ii. p. 455 ; G. L. N. Syn. 

 Hep. p. 82; Rab. Hep. Eur. Exs. nn. 113, 236, 414, 415. 



Mylia anomala, G. & B. emend, in Nat. Arr. i. p. 693 ; Carring. in Tr. Bot. 

 Soc. Ed. X. p. 309 ; Lindb. Manip. Muse. Prim, et Acta Soc. Sc. Fennicse, x. p. 237 

 (1872). 



Leptoscyphus anomalvs, Mitt. 1. cit. Lindb. Revis. Crit. Fl. Dan. t. 1895, 

 p. 40 (1871). 



Coleochila anomala, Dumort. Hep. Eur. p. 106 (1874). 



Jung, 'lanceolata. Mart. Fl. Erl. p. 182, t. vi. f 57. 



J. Sphagni, "Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p. 717. 



Hab. — Forming scattered tufts, of a green or ochraceous colotir, creeping among 

 and clinging to the fi'onds of Sphagnimi, &c. Frequent in boggy places and turbaries 

 throughout the British Isles. Shoots mostly barren, or gemmiparous. 



First detected by the Bev, B. B. Frauds on Holt Moss, Norfolk. 



