LEPinoZIA, 123 



Obs. — " Lepidozia Peari^oni'i^ well distinguished from L. rcplanf^ 

 by the following characters. 



" In //. Fearso7ii the whole plant is very slender and elongate, 

 and of a pale tawny colour. Stems distantly pinnate, without 

 any rooting flagella from the underside. Leaves small, those of 

 the stem usually distant, or at most contiguous, cloven to heyond 

 the middle into 4, sometimes (though rarely) into 5 or (5, suljulate 

 subacuminate segments. Stipules cloven to the middle into 4, or 

 not unfrequently into 5, more rarely into G, subulate obtuse seg- 

 ments. Inflorescence dioicous. Male spikes terminal (rarely 

 basal) on the lateral branches ; very rarely indeed on a short 

 postical ramulus. 



"Z. reptcms is of a more robust habit, with shorter, more closely- 

 branched stems ; of a deep green colour when fresh, often turning 

 blueish-white, or glaucous, in drying. Leaves subimbricated, 

 cloven only half-way into never more than 4 segments, which are 

 4-7 cells wide at the base ; cells broad as long. Stipules with 

 acute segments, which are never more than 4 in number even on 

 the main stem, and are sometimes reduced to 3. The chief dis- 

 tinction, however, is in the monoicous i/i florescence, with the male 

 flowers uniformly in short catkins springing from the underside of 

 the stem (which is their normal position on nearly every other Eii- 

 lejndozla known to us, except L. Pearso)ii)." R. Spruce. 



. Description of Plate XLV. — Fig. 1. Plants natural size. '1. 

 Portion of stem, antical view x 11. 3-6. Leaves from main stem 

 and branch x 64. 7. Portion of leaf x 290. 8, 9. Stipules x 

 64. 10. Stipule x 31. 11,12. Perigonial bracts x 64. 13. 

 Perigonial bract x 31. 14. Perigonial bracteole x "60. 15. 

 Antheridium x 85. (All drawn from specimens collected at Tyn- 

 y-Groes, N. Wales, W. H. P.). 



