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more unequal and acuminate, stipules more frequent 

 chiefl}' on male plants. Inflorescence dioicous, 

 female ahva}-s terminal on elonf;ated branches ; 

 lateral bracts more deeply cut, laciniaj entire. 

 Perianth larger. — {Plate 6, fig. 2^.) 



Spruce says that this can hardly be considered 

 more than the dioicous and perfect form of CcpJia- 

 lozia bicuspidata. Whether species, subspecies, or 

 variety, it is easy to distinguish from bicuspidata by 

 its much larger size, tufted growth, absence of 

 flagella:^, dioicous, inflorescence, and the female 

 flowers terminating long branches. 



Cephalozia connivens, Dicks. 



Stem creeping, branched, leaves accumbent, 

 suborbicular, lunular-emarginate, bifid, laciniae 

 incurved, connivent, perifchaetial leaves every- 

 where imbricate, 3-4-fid, stipules none ; 

 perianth terminal on lateral branches, ovate, 

 mouth ciliate. 



Jungcrmannia connivens, Dicks. Crypt. IV., 

 p. 19, t. II, f. 15; Hook. Br. Jung. No. 15 ; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 2436; Gott. and Rabh. Exs. No. 

 Ill, 175, 239, 380, 473; Cooke Hep. fig. 

 97. Blcpharostorna connivens, Dumort. Rev. 

 Jung. p. 18. Cephalozia connivens, Lindb. 

 Spruce Ceph. p. 46 ; Carr. and Pears. F'^xs. 

 No. 1 17. 



In boggy places. (Fr. April, May.) 



