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var. y atrovireiis. — [Carr.). . ; . . 



Stems elonsfated; leaves el- l^/^u.\, / 



liptic - ovate, apiculate, in- ^>^^^fufjMj]l y' 

 flexed, indigo-green, forming \^^^ 

 wide, shallow patches on 

 rocks subject to inundation. 



Spreading over large patches. 

 Stems from 2 to 4 inches in 

 length, creeping and branched. 

 Leaves closely overlapping the 

 whole upper surface, arranged 

 in two opposite rows, roundish, "y 

 with a small inflated lobule — 

 attached at the lower edge. / 

 Stipules obscurely 

 notched at the apex 

 (fig. 22). Calyx 



smooth, flat on the 

 upper surface, keeled 

 beneath, mouth at- 

 tenuated to a long sharp point, opening with four 

 teeth. Capsule globose, pale reddish -brown. — 

 {Plate I, fig. 3.) 



21. 



Frullania g'ermana, Tayl. 



Stems procumbent, bipinnately branched ; 

 leaves imbricate, rounded-ovate, entire, con- 

 forming in their cellulose texture ; auricle 

 oblong-ovate, ventricose ; stipules obovate, 

 bifid at the apex ; involucral entire ; perianth 

 oblong-ovate, one-keeled. 



