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var. a major, Nees. 



On rocks in streams. 



var. /i? ainbrosioides, Nees. Rkcardia niulti- 

 fida V. ambrosioidcSy Carr. and Pears. Ex. 

 'No. 63. 



Running among wet moss. 



var. fdiformis, Nees. 



Growing in loose balls in boggy places. 



Generally growing in thickly-crowded tufts. 

 Fronds i to i^ inch long, half to three-quarters line 

 broad, compressed, erect or decumbent, always 



branched, but variously (fig. 

 183), often twice or thrice 

 divided irregularly, with 

 narrow laciniae, at other 

 times pinnate or bipinnate, 

 pinnae distant, alternate, 

 spreading or horizontal, be- 

 set with remote pinnules, 

 obtuse at the apex, rarely 

 emarginate, fleshy, succu- 

 lent, pale green. Calyx 

 short, slightly attenuate at 

 the base, mouth expanded and laciniate. Calyptra 

 oblong, widening gradually to the apex, yellowish 

 white. Capsule oblong, brown, striate. Elaters 

 simple, attached at the apices of the valves. 



Aneura pinnatifida, Aees. 

 Frond procumbent, linear, pinnatifid. 



