iiANDr.ODK ni- I'.krnsii hi-.i-ai ic/i-:. 



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dT unequal size. Stems i to -2 or 3 inches lonp^, not 

 reall)' Iiranched hut inno\ant, 

 filiform, L^rccnish. Leaves vari- 

 able in closeness, sometimes 

 densely imbricate, at others 

 distant, distichous, alternate, 

 spreading, or erect, subquad- 

 rate, slightly decurrcnt- at the 

 base, divided at the apex into 

 three, sometimes two, often 

 four, large triangular teeth (fig. 

 130), not always equal ; the 

 inferior one usually smallest, ^^ 

 frequently incurved, or con- U^ 

 duplicate, the rest expanded, 

 entire, mostly acute at the apex, 

 sometimes acuminate, or spi- 

 nose. Besides these large teeth 

 one at the base of the upper 

 leaf near its insertion. Usually pale or bluish 

 green. Stipules one to each pair of 

 leaves, variable in size. Widely lanceo- 

 late, divided three-fourths down into 

 two narrow acuminate segments, again 

 cut at the margin into teeth or 

 laciniae (fig. 131). Perigonial leaves 

 crowded, scarcely different from the 

 cauline ones, but more convex, with a 

 swollen or ventricose base. Perichajtial leaves 

 three or four, round the base of the cal}x, rather 

 roundish, concave in the inside, quadrifid at the 

 apex, segments very sharp, with a small spin}- 

 tooth on one side. Calyx nearly spherical, then 

 obovate, plicate above, mouth contracted, sharply 

 irregularl}' toothed. Capsule dark brown. Elatcrs 

 bispiral. 



a very minute 

 marcfin of the 



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