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var. y atrovirens. — (Carr.). 

 Stems elongated; leaves el- 

 liptic - ovate, apiculate, in- 

 flexed, indigo-green, forming- 

 wide, shallow patches on 

 rocks subject to inundation. 



Spreading over large patches. 

 Stems from 2 to 4 inches in 

 length, creeping and branched. 

 Leaves closely overlapping the 

 whole upper surface, arranged 

 in two opposite rows, roundish, 

 with a small inflated lobule 

 attached at the lower edge. / 

 Stipules obscurely- 

 notched at the apex 

 (fig. 22). Calyx 



smooth, flat on the 

 upper surface, keeled 

 beneath, mouth at- 

 tenuated to a long sharp point, opening with four 

 teeth. Capsule globose, pale reddish - brown. — 

 {Plate 7, fig. j.) 



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Frullania germana, Tayl. 



Stems procumbent, bipinnately branched ; 

 leaves imbricate, rounded-ovate, entire, con- 

 forming in their cellulose texture ; auricle 

 oblong-ovate, ventricose ; stipules obovate, 

 bifid at the apex ; involncral entire ; perianth 

 oblong-ovate, one-keeled. 



