Two phytyl esters, (2E,2'E)-phyt-2-enyl phyt-2'-enoate and (2E)-phyt-2
-enyl phytanoate, which have not been isolated before, seven phaeophyt
ins, beta-sitosterol and stigmast-5-en-3-yl hexadecanoate have been is
olated from the hornwort Megaceros flagellaris. Their structures were
established by spectroscopic methods.