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bricatc, divergent, ruundisii-ovate, lioni a 

 contracted base, apex and ventral margin 

 spinose-dentate ; perianth axillary, obcordate, 

 truncate, bilabiate, alae distinctly toothed, apex 

 densely spinulose. — JmigcrnKUUiia piuiclata, 

 Taylor Trans. Bot, Ed. I., 179. 



Form * Jhigcllifcra, Carr. Most of the 

 branches flagelliferous, intertwined, fastigiate, 

 naked or microphyllous, leaves not much 

 broader than the stems, obovate - cuneate, 

 patent, recurvo-convex, scarcely decurrent, 2-3 

 dentate; amphigastria frequent. — PlagiocJiila 

 punctata^ Tayl. Lond. Jour. Bot., 1844, p. 371. 



var. 8 iiicrniis, Carr. 1. c. Closely tufted, 

 shoots slender, leaves roundish-ovate, ob- 

 liquely retuse, or bidentate at the apex, mar- 

 gins recurved, mostly entire. 



Either mixed with other hepatica;, and mosses, 

 or forming dense cushion- 

 like tufts on rocks, or invest- 

 ing the trunks of trees. Rhi- 

 zomes creeping, entangled, 

 dirty brown. Stems upright 

 or inclined, reddish-brown, 

 simple or dichotomous, or in- 

 novant from the axils of ter- 

 minal leaves. Shoots i to 4 

 inches, with distant or closely 

 imbricated alternate leaves. 

 Barren shoots nearly equal 



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Leaves broadly ovate, or obovate, 



