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Tricholea tomentella, I'-'hr. 



Stems dichotomous, thrice pinnate, leaves 

 hair-like, multifid ; stipules transversal, sub- 

 quadrate, four-partite, setaceous, multifid. 



Jnngcrmanniatomcntclla, Ehr. Beitr. II., 150. 

 Dicks. Crypt. II., 14; Eng. Bot. t. 2242. 

 Hook. Br. Jung. t. 36. TricJiocolca tomcntclla, 

 Nees. Eur. III., 1057; Gott. and Rab. Exs. 

 52, 272; Cooke Hep. f. 129. Tricholea to- 

 mcntdla, Dumort. Comm. p. 113; Carr. and 

 Pears. Exs. No. 10, 11. 



On moist rocks. (Fr. March and June.) 



Forming dense tufts, sometimes several feet in 

 diameter, of a very pale glaucous green colour, and 

 tomcntosc habit. Stems 2 to 6 ^ 



inches long and flexuous, pri- 

 mary branches stout and forked, 

 secondary alternately pinnate, 

 spreading, often with shorter 

 pinnules. Leaves spreading, 

 much divided and subdivided 

 into numerous hair-like scg- 

 mcnts, so as to give the plant a V^H^jM 

 woolly appearance (fig. 54). "^Si^-IJIIj ^ 

 Stipules subquadrate, and ^/^Vs 1 W^^^i^' 

 ciHcitc, between each pair '^•^f -^^V^ 

 of leaves {b). Inflorescence 

 dioicous. Involucre clothed 54- 



with tomentose bracts. PistiUidia very numerous. 

 Capsule deep purple brown, striate. Spores darl< 

 brown. Ehiters bispiral. Male shoots more 



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