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()-8. Ditto, iintii-al view x 04. IK rurtioii of leaf x l".)U. 

 10, 11. Stipules X G4. \'l. Bract x GL 1 a. Ih'acteole x G4. 

 13. Cross-section of perianth x L'4. 15. Male catkins x 04. 

 l(i. I Vri gonial bract x 24. 17. Ditto, explanate x 24. 18. 

 Antheridiiun x (\\ (Bannoutli. \V. IF. W) 



8. Frullania fragilifolia, Tai/loi-. 



FritUaiivi fra;/ilifoli(i, Tayl. in Ann. ;in<l Magaz. of Nat. Hist. \>. 172 (IK I;;). 



Dioicous, creepinr^, shallowly ca^spitose or substratified, small, 

 dark reddish-brown in colour. Stems procumbent, irre<j:ularly 

 piunate or sub-bipinnate, branches alternate ; radiculose, rootlets 

 lasciculate, hyaline, proceeding from the base of the stipules. 

 Leaves imbricate or appro.\:imate, horizontally and obliquely 

 inserted, from a narrowed base, fragile, caducous, unequally 

 bilobed, antical lobe convex, subrotund or suborbicular, entire, 

 postical lobe about :^ times smaller, cucullate, oval or oblong, 

 sometimes pendant below the antical lobe ; epidermis not polished, 

 cells unequal in size, small to smallish, few largish, the large 

 ones, which are darker and contain oil-granules, are irregularly 

 disposed over the leaf or rarely monoliniate, walls firm, trigones 

 small. Stipules 2 to 3 times as wide as the stem, persistent, 

 obovate or broadly obovate, sometimes cuneate, plane, adpressed 

 to the stem, bifid to ^ or J, sinus acute or obtuse, segments acute 

 or obtuse. Flowers ? terminal ; bracts much larger than thr 

 leaves, 2-4 pairs, closely imbricate, sube(|ually bilobed, antical 

 lobe broadly oval or spathulate rotundate, irregularly and 

 obtusely dentate, postical lobe rather smaller, oval or oval-oblong, 

 rotundate or obtuse, irregularly dentate. Bracteole oblong-quadrate, 

 bifid to the middle or below, segments oblong or ovate, acute or 

 obtuse, connate with leaf on one side, 2nd sub-bract with antical 

 and postical lobes dentate, 3rd and 4th sub-bracts with antical 

 lobes entire or slightly irregularly dentate. Perianth })rojecting 

 about half beyond the bracts, broadly obovate, unicarinate anti- 

 cally, concave postically, epidermis smooth. Male stems mori' 

 regularly pinnate, catkins subrotund, broader than long, or 



