IIANIJIJUUK OK l;Km.SH HKFATIC/E. 37 



Spruce, in Trans. Hot. Edin., Vol. HI., p. 212, 

 decided that the Jnugcrniaiuiia niinutissumi of 

 EngHsh Botany and of Hooker's pi. 52, bclon^^cd 

 to L. ulicina TayL, and that the J iingennannia 

 miniitissiina Tayl. should be called LcjcJinia 

 . Taylori Spruce. Since then his opinion changed, 

 and he refers the Eng-lish Botany figure to his 

 Lcjeunia Taylori, otherwise Lejeunia inconspicua 

 Raddi. 



Lejeunia Rossettiana, Mass. 



Stems subdichotomous, minute ; leaves im- 

 bricate, patent, ovate, acuminate, denticulate, 

 externally echinate ; lobule one-third smaller, 

 subrotund, dentate, spinulose ; stipules none ; 

 perianth projecting more than half beyond the 

 bracts, muricate, obtusely pentagonal. 



Lcjeunia (Cololejeiinea) Rossettiana, Mass. 

 Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. XXL, 487 ; Carr. and 

 Pears. Exs. No. 276, 277; Journ. Bot., Dec, 

 1889, t. 292. 



On limestone rocks. 



Amongst moss, dioicous, minute, growing in 

 closely matted tufts of a yellowish-green colour, 

 often in company with L. calcarea, which it re- 

 sembles in size and habit. Stems dichotomous, 

 rootlets pale, from the base of each leaf, or obso- 

 lete. Leaves imbricate, spreading, somewhat con- 

 vex, ovate, apices more or less acuminate, margin 

 denticulate, exterior surface echinate, lobule one- 



