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tudinal ridge on the lower. Capsule spherical, 

 reddish brown. 



"In various localities along the western coasts 

 of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, it 

 grows in some abundance and fruits freely. Else- 

 where in Europe it has not yet been met with ; 

 but what are regarded as varieties of the same 

 species exist in the warmer parts of North 

 America, and in regions adjacent to the Equator 

 all round the globe." — Spruce. 



var. P compacta, Carr. Stems gracile, 

 closely imbricated ; leaves smaller, more con- 

 vex, in drier places. 



Genus 3. LEJEUNIA, Lib. 



Involucre bifoliate ; perianth sessile, ovate, 

 not caudate, mouth contracted, three-toothed ; 

 peduncle articulate. Capsule capitate, quadri- 

 fid half-way, hyaline, membranaceous, seg- 

 ments bearing the elaters at their apices ; 

 elaters straight, terminal, persistent, double. — 

 Lib. Ann. gen. Sri. V. p. 372 (1820). 



In this connection the student may consult the 

 observations of Dr. Spruce on Lejeunia in his 

 " Hepaticae Amazonicse " (1884), p. 63. 



Branches below the axils, contiguous to the 

 outer base of the leaves. Leaf oblique or almost 

 longitudinally inserted, for the most part tender, 

 entire, toothed, or ciliately toothed. Leaflets in 

 most species obvious, in a few none. Female 



