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of the leaves, and, above all, the plicated upper 

 portion of the perianth. Perigonial leaves on 

 separate shoots crowded, concave, sometimes three- 

 toothed, anterior segment inflexed, forming an 

 auricle. 



GENUS 28. HARPANTHUS, Nets. 



Dioicous. Involucre small-leaved, lateral, 

 incurved from the interposition of two sti- 

 pules, dissimilar to the leaves. Perianth fusi- 

 form, terete, mouth three or four fid, laciniae 

 unequal, entire, connate at the base with the 

 calyptra, which is adherent up to the middle, 

 apex free. Capsule four-valved, coriaceous, 

 naked. Elaters double, naked, deciduous. 

 Nees Eur. Leb. II., 351. 



Plants stipulate, leaves subcurrent, flattened, 

 divided. 



Fertile shoots very short, ventral, at length sub- 

 lateral. Perianth exserted, terete, the lower half 

 thickened ; mouth contracted, three to four toothed. 

 Calyptra fleshy, confluent two-thirds with the 

 perianth. Involucral leaves one or two pairs. Leaves 

 succubous, ovate, emarginate, semi-vertically imbri 

 cate, secund. Amphigastria lanceolate, connate 

 with adjacent leaves, free margin reflexed, one- 

 toothed at the base. Male shoots slender, peri- 

 gonial leaves terminal, enclosing one to two 

 antheridia, arr. Br. Hep. ^. 



