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nate, distichous; leaves bifarious, conduplicate, 

 two-lobed, ciliatc, auricle bifid ; stipules 

 lobate; perianth lateral, obovate, mouth plicate, 

 contracted, torn and toothed. 



Lichcnastriun scorpioidcs, Dill. Hist. Muse. 

 p. 481, t. 69, f. 3. Jnngermmmia ciliaris, 

 Linn. Sp. 1601 ; Eng. Bot. t. 2241 ; Hook. 

 Br. Jung. No. 65. Ptilidinin cihare, Nees 

 Eur. Leb. p. 117; Gott. and Rab. Exs. 9, 

 197; Carr. and Pears. Exs. 127A, 1270; 

 Cooke Hep. fig. 132, 135. Blcpharozia ciliaris, 

 Dum. Rev. Jung. p. 16. 



On heaths, &c. 



Growing in densely matted purplish - brown 

 patches. Stems i to 2 or 3 inches long, procum- 

 bent, or rarely sub- 

 ^s^\\\l\ ^43^^^'^^ erect, flexuous,thrcad- 

 ^ f t^'t^/^ ^^^^^' ^^'^^^ rather dis- 

 ^^^^\^ r^l^ tant alternate pinn?e, 



'^'S^ (fig- 48), which are 

 ^^^^ spreading and usually 

 4^vr— simple, sometimes 

 •*^4^ branched. Leaves 

 A^tr^ more or less densely 

 crowded, bifarious, 

 imbricating over the 

 upper surface of the 

 stem (fig. 49), not 

 sensibly diminishing in size. They arc roundish 

 or subquadrate, distinctly divided into two unequal 

 lobes, upper one the largest, convex, and cleft for 

 about half its length into two rather acute seg- 



48. 



49. 



