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diflPerent sections into which they have been arranged by the 

 careful investigations of the author of the 'British riora/ 

 This will enable the beginner to form some acquaintance 

 with the form and arrangement of the leaves and stipules, 

 an important but somewhat difficult task. The plates in 

 Hooker's ' British Jungermarmise/ a work in most botanical 

 libraries, will also afford much aid. 



I. EOLIACEOUS. 



A. Stems without stipules*. 

 a. Leaves inserted on all sides of stem. 

 This section is represented by /. Hookeri, Sw., a curious 

 and very rare species. — Eng. Fl. p. 107; Hook. Br. Jung. 



pi. 54. 



b. Leaves hifarious. 



■^ Leaves undivided. 



1. JUNGERMANNIA ASPLENIOIDES, Linn. [SpUenwOVt Jwi- 



germannia.) Stems ascending, branched; leaves obovato- 

 rotundate, ciliato- dentate, somewhat recurved; fruit termi- 

 nal and lateral ; perianth oblong, compressed, oblique ; the 

 mouth truncated, subciliated. — Eng. Fl.j^. 107; Hook. Br. 

 Jung.pl. 13. 



* /. SpJiagni and /. compressa, in this division, have stipules only on their 

 young shoots. 



