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tial leaves large, entirely sheathing with their base 

 the lower part of the calyx, which latter is rather 

 attenuated at the base, longitudinally plicate at the 



apex, mouth contracted and toothed. Capsule red- 

 dish brown. Elaters bispiral (figs. 98, 99, 100). 

 (Plate III., fig. 40.} 



Hooker's variety, procumbens, has a creeping 

 habit, and grows on clay soil. 



Diplophyllum taxifolium, Wahl, Dum. 



Stem nearly erect, somewhat branched ; 

 leaves bifarious, unequally two-lobed, con- 

 duplicate, rather acute, toothed, without ribs, 

 vittate ; perianth terminal, obovate. 



Jungermannia taxifolia, Wahl. Fl. Lapp, 

 t. 25, fig. A-C. /. albicans v. taxifolia, G. L. 

 and N. Syn. Hep. 76. Diplophyllum taxifolium, 



