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Jinii^iinKvniia Fituckii, Web. and Mohr., 

 p. 422. Kckart. Syn. Jung. p. 14, t. 13, 

 f. 3, II 2- 1 13. Sn nosey pin IS Fi/Nckii, Nccs 

 Lebcrm. I., p. 135; Gott. and Rab. Kxc. No. 

 86, 54, 461 ; Spruce Hep. Pyr. V., III., 

 p. 197 ; Cooke Hep. fig. 26. Naniia Fiinckii, 

 Carr. Brit. Hep. p. 17, t. ii., f. 6 (p.p.); Carr. 

 and Pears. Exs. No. 82, 83. 



Forming large dark patches on siliceous or 

 argillaceous rocks. 



var. /3 robustior. Shoots com- 

 pressed, stouter ; leaves approxi- 

 mate, twice the breadth of the 

 stem, elliptic-obovate, complicate ; 

 lobes inflexed, dark-brown, pol- 

 ished, two to six lines. 



•5^ diffusa. Stems longer, in- 

 tricately and repeatedly innovant, 

 fastigiate ; leaves more remote, 

 subvertically spreading, not un- 

 frequently subsecund, lobes di- 

 vergent ; reddish brown, or dark 

 brown, polished, ^ to i inch. 



Stems creeping, intricately matted at the base, 

 which is naked or beset with remains of old lea\-cs, 

 ascending, rather thick, rigid, at first simple, pro- 

 ducing innovations from the terminal axis of the 

 shoots, or axils of the leaves, brown or nearly 

 black ; shoots slightly compressed, subclavatc, or 

 when barren attenuate. Rootlets confined to the 

 creeping portion. Leaves scarccl\ wider than the 



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