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Moorci, Lindb. Hep. Hib., 1875. Juuger- 

 niaiiiiia scrpyllifolia, Eng. Bot. t. 2537. Le- 

 jciuiia serpyllifolia, var. tliyinifolia, Carr. Irish 

 Crypt. 



Stem branched, creeping; leaves somewhat im- 

 bricate, oblong-oval, quite entire, apex subrotund 

 or subangular ; base sinuately complicate beneath ; 

 lobule convolute. Stipules twice as small as the 

 leaves, ovate or cordate, acutely bifid to the 

 middle, segments ovate-lanceolate, fruit lateral, 

 sessile at the base of the branches. Involucral 

 leaves conforming, bilobate, lobule quadrate. Peri- 

 anth obovate, exserted, acutely pentagonal. — G. L. 

 and N. Syn. — (Plate i,fig. 12.) 



Lejeunia Holtii, Spruce. 



Stems prostrate, creeping; leaves distichous, 

 spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse, complicate at 

 the base ; lobules small, inflated, gradually 

 merging in the leaf at the apex, or shortly 

 acute; stipules orbicular, bifid ; flowers mono- 

 icous, on very short branchlets. Perianth 

 pear-shaped, five-keeled. 



Lejeunia Holtii, Spruce Journ. Bot., Feb., 

 1887, p. 33, 72 ; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 

 282. 



On shady rocks. 



