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obliquely obovate-obloni^, rotundute, rarely obtuse or subacute, 

 quite entire, postical lobe variable in form and size, nearl)' e([unl 

 to the antical lobe or half the size, or very minute or absent alto- 

 gether, sub«|uadrate, or oval, inflated, the upper Ijorder incurved 

 and notched at the outer angle so as to form a rather blunt tooth, 

 at the keel broadly rptundate ; texture somewhat firm ; cells 

 pellucid, from smallish to rather minute, 5- and G-angled, subplane, 

 walls lirm, no trigones or thickened angles. Stipules about .'} 

 times shorter than the antical lobe of leaf, slightly Itroader than 

 the stem, subrotund or oval, to about the middle or below bifid, 

 sinus acute or lunate, segments suberect or incurved, subacute ; 

 sometimes obsolete. Female flowers lateral sessile ; bracts longer 

 than the leaves, suberect, loosely complicate-bilobed to below tlie 

 middle, antical lobe ublicjuely obovato-lanceolate, subacute, obtuse 

 or rotundate, postical lobe almost of equal length or shorter, 

 ligulate or oblong ; bracteole obovato-lanceolate, bilobed to below 

 the middle, segments narrow, obtuse or acute. Perianth immersed 

 in the bracts, subglobose, slightly compressed, highly 5-carinate, 

 very smooth. Androecia on short lateral branches; perigonial 

 bracts '1 pairs, larger than the leaves, very turgid, lobes subequal, 

 almost hemispherical, diandrous. 



Dimensions. — Stems ^ to ^ sometimes 1 inch long, diameter 

 •05 to "OG mm. with leaves irom 3 mm. to '45 mm. wide; leaves, 

 antical lobe "35 mm. x 2 mm., postical •175 mm. x •! mm., antical 

 •2 mm. X •IS mm., postical '15 mm. x '1 mm., antical "25 mm. x 



1 mm., postical '075 mm. x 025 mm., antical '275 mm. x '15 mm., 

 postical '0; cells •02 mm., ^025 mm., "015 mm. ; stipules "1 1 mm. 



X ^07 mm., segments 075 mm., •125 mm. x '08 mm., seg. 

 •04 mm., ^125 mm. x "1 mm., seg. ^04 mm., •! mm. x "075 mm., seg. 

 •05 mm., OS mm. x 'OG mm., seg. "O."') mm. ; bracts, antical lobe 

 •325 mm. x "15 mm., postical •:• mm. x 075 mm., antical '375 mm. 



X '15 mm., postical "25 mm. x I mm. ; bracteole ■3mn). x 2 mm., 

 segments "1 75 mm. 



H.\B. — xSot unl're([uent about Killarney, growing on Fnil/aiiia 

 germana and other prostrate mosses and hepatics, Dr. Tai/hr, l)r. 

 Spruce, Dr. Carrin</tou, Mr. (1. J. Ilolf, 



