HANDi'.i >()K ()i nuriisn iii:i'.\riC/E. 



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374, t. 96, f. 2. ; Gutt. and Ral). Kxs. 47, 273, 

 435; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 135, 195; 

 Cooke IIcp. fig. 152, 153. 



var. a planiiisctila, Lindb. 



var. y Jictcrophylla, Carr. Irish Crypt. Bran- 

 ches attenuate, microphyllous ; lobule obso- 

 lete ; leaves plane, variously shaped, distant. 



On wet shady rocks. 



var. /? cavifolia, Lindb. 



On trunks and amongst moss. {Vy. Ap. May.) 



Growing in rather large patches, stems ^ to J inch, 

 thread-like, flcxuous, irrcgtdarly pin- 

 nate, branches mostly simple. 

 Leaves rather closely imbricated, 

 bifarious (fig. 31) somewhat two- 

 lobcd, upper lobe by far the largest, 

 horizontal, ovate, slightly convex, the 

 base beneath vcntricose, where the 

 upper lobe rises, which perhaps is 

 only a dilated and involute portion 

 of the margin. Colour pale yellow 

 green, Perichajtial leaves of different 

 figure, from the rest, much larger, 

 deeply divided into two oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, and slightl\" convex 

 lobes, which closely embrace the ca]\x, the upper 

 three times the size of the lower. Stipules roundish, 



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