FFANDnooK or MRITISIi HKPATIC/T<:. 



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incnls ; the lesser lobe ne.irl)' pl;iiie, and not more 

 than one-third the size of the otlier, in Hkc man- 

 ner divided into two lanceohite acnte set^mcnts, 

 the \vh(-)Ie elei^antly bordered with loni; capillary, 



50- 

 flexuose cih'a (fig. 50), rarely forked, and jointed 

 throughout ; brownish- 

 green or purplish- 

 brown. Stipules quad- 

 rate, broader than 

 the stem, adpressed, 

 unequally lobed at the 

 end, along the whole \ 

 fringed with 

 cilia, which are 

 narrower than on the 

 leaves(fig. 51). Perichae- 

 tial leaves, two or three 

 at the base of each 

 calyx, closely adpressed, 

 widely ovate, cut into two or three unequal seg- 

 ments, and ciliate along the margin. Calyx thin and 

 delicate, obovate, mouth small, much contracted, 

 unequally toothed, capsule ovate, dark brown. 



F 2 



margm 

 long 



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