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Trieholea tomentella, Ehr. 



Stems dichotomous, thrice pinnate, leaves 

 hair-like, multifid ; stipules transversal, sub- 

 quadrate, four-partite, setaceous, multifid. 



Jungermannia tomentella, Ehr. Beitr. II., 150. 

 Dicks. Crypt. II., 14; Eng. Bot. t. 2242. 

 Hook. Br. Jung. t. 36. Trichocolea tomentella, 

 Nees, Eur. III., 1057 ; Gott. and Rab. Exs. 

 52, 272; Cooke Hep. f. 129. Trieholea to- 

 mentella, Dumort. Comm. p. 113; Carr. and 

 Pears. Exs. No. 10, n. 



On moist rocks. (Fr. March and June.) 



Forming dense tufts, sometimes several feet in 

 diameter, of a very pale glaucous green colour, and 

 tomentose habit Stems 2 to 6 

 inches long and flexuous, pri- 

 mary branches stout and forked, 

 secondary alternately pinnate, 

 spreading, often with shorter 

 pinnules. Leaves spreading, 

 much divided and subdivided 

 into numerous hair-like seg- 

 ments, so as to give the plant a 

 woqlly appearance (fig. 54). 

 Stipules subquadrate, and 

 ciliate, between each pair 

 of leaves (b}. Inflorescence 

 dioicous. Involucre clothed 

 with tomentose bracts. Pistillidia very numerous. 

 Capsule deep purple brown, striate. Spores dark 

 brown. Elaters bispiral. Male shoots more 



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