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concave undivided figure (fig. 1 21), always more or 

 less embracing the stem with their base, and desti- 

 tute of any appendages. — {Plate 4, fig. 60.) 



Dr. Carrington writes that : " Hooker describes 

 this as not differing from A. crcnitlata except in size, 

 but all the specimens I have examined are destitute 

 of the conspicuous border cells, and the perianth 

 is not compressed." 



Aplozia lanceolata, L., Dum. 



Stem creeping, simple, leaves accumbent, 

 oblong-elliptic, rounded, entire; stipules none ; 

 perianth cylindrical, arcuate, apices depres- 

 sedly plane. 



Jnngcrmannia lanceolata, Linn. Sp. 1597; 

 Hook. Br. Jung. t. 28 ; Carr. and Pears. Exs. 

 No. 170. LiocJilajua lanceolata, Nees Gott. 

 and Rab. Exs. No. 94, 438 ; Cooke Hep. f. 

 108. Aplozia lanceolata, Dum. Hep. Eur. 59. 



Woods and moist shady places. 



Growing in small dense clusters of a pale-green 

 colour. Stems \ to 

 ^ inch long, pro- 

 cumbent, simple, or 

 now and then with 

 oneor two short lat- 

 eral shoots. Leaves 

 rather close, always 

 spreading or hori- 

 zontal, entire, 

 ovate, with a broad 



and half-embracing 



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