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mm., •! mm. x "1 mm. ; bract, aiitical lobe 7 mm. x '4 mm., postical 

 lobe "4 mm. x "1 mm. ; bracteolc "fl mm. x '4 mm. ; segments '125 

 mm. ; mule catkin '4 mm. x "175 mm. 



Hau. — On shaded rocks in hilly districts. Rare. 



7. Barmouth, Merionethshire, Dr. Carruif/ton. Tyn-y-Groes, 

 Merionethshire, Jl^. II. P. Llanberis, Carnarvonshire, E. M. 

 Holmes, W.H.P. 10. Whernside, Zmv «;/f/ Went. 12. Lodore, 

 Cumberland, Dr. Carri/i(/fon and IF. II. P. Kusthwaite, Cumber 

 land. Dr. Carrincjlon and W. //. P. IG. Invermoidart, West 

 Inverness, S. M. Macvicar. I. Tore Waterfall, Bantry, Dunkerron, 

 Dr. Tat/lor. Killarney, Dr. Carrinr/fon and othoi's. 



Found on the Continent, Portugal {Mo/ler), Norway (B. 

 Xaa/aa.s). 



Obs. — Distinguished from L. hamaiifolia (Hook.) by the 

 quite entire margins of the antical lobes of the leaves, from 

 Lej. calcarea Lib. and Lrj . Posseff'iana Mass. by the smooth 

 epidermis, and from all other British species by the acutate or 

 acuminate antical lobes of the leaves. 



I have never met with perianth of this species, nor had Dr. 

 Spruce ; the description of it is taken from the " Syn. Hep." 



Description of Plate VIII. — Fig. 1. Plants natural size. 

 2. Stem, antical view x 24 (Llanberis, E. M. Holmes). 3. L>itto, 

 postical view x 64 (Original, herb. Taylor). 4. Leaves, antical 

 view X 85 (Llanberis, E. M. Holmes). 5, G. Ditto, postical 

 view with stipules x G4 (ditto). 7. Portion of leaf x 290 (ditto). 

 8-10. Stipules X 85 (ditto). 11, 12. Ditto x G4 (Tyn-y-Groes, 

 W. H. P.). 13. Bract X 24 (Borrowdale, Dr. Carrington and 

 AY. H. P.). 14. Bracteole x 24 (ditto). 15. Male catkin x 64 

 (Llanberis, E. M. Holmes). 



3. Lejeunea hamatifolia (JIoo^:), Dinn. 



Junrjennania hamatifolia, Hook. Brit. Jung. t. r)4 (ISIG). 

 Lejeunea hanuitifoUa, Duni. Comni. p. Ill (isi'i'). 



Monoicous, densely, intricately but shallowly ca'spitose, small, 

 green in colour. Stems procumbent, very slender but tirm, 



