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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate XYI. 



Lepido%ia Pearsoni, showing spicate androccia at apex of lateral 

 branch. Leaves and stipules, and branching habit of plant 

 X 40 diameters. Drawn from specimens collected at Lough 

 Dufi, in the Brandon valley, Co. Kerry. 



Plate XVII. 



Scapania nimhosa. 



1 . Antical view of portion of stem x 8 diameters. 



2. Amplexicaul leaf with cilia, which are often uncinate x 30. 



3. Antical lobe of same x 30. Drawn from specimens collected 



at Moidart, West Inverness, by S. M. Macvicar, Esq. , 

 1898. 



Scapania ornithopodioides. 



Fig. 



4. Antical view of portion of stem x 8. 



5. Postical leaf, showing ciliate-dentate margins x 30. 



6. Antical leaf x 30. 



7. Auricle of antical leaf x 120. 



8. Apex of shoot, which bears adventitious buds. 



9. Adventitious buds x 175. Drawn from plants collected 



on Mount Brandon, Co. Kerry, June, 1900. 



