134 . LEJEUNEAE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 
Lejeunea Molleri Steph. Hedwigia, 26: 3. pl. 1.f. 2. 1887. 
Harpalejeunca ovata Schiffn.; Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzen- 
fam. i: 729: 1807. 
Pale to dark green, loosely depressed-caespitose or scattered i 
among other hepatics: stems prostrate, 0.05 mm. in diameter, - 
closely appressed to substratum, irregularly branched : rhizoids 
ew: leaves contiguous or somewhat imbricated, the lobe con- f 
vex, obliquely to widely spreading, falcate-ovate, 0.3 mm. long, 
5 mm. wide, gradually narrowed beyond middle, apex often 
reflexed, mostly acute or short-acuminate, rarely obtuse, margin 
subentire or irregularly sinuate, antical margin curved, arching 
unequally bilobed, antical lobe oval, obtuse, postical lobe similar 
but smaller. i 
Type-locality, Ireland (Taylor). 
PIG A ee ee 
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