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Stipules approximate, nearly twice as broad as the stem, oval, 

 ovate or obovate, bifid to about the middle; sinus subacute; seg- 

 ments obtuse, subacute or acuminate ; margin entire. Bracts about 

 twice as large as the leaves, unequally bilobed; antical lobe oblique, 

 acute; margin serrate-dentate; postical about two-thirds smaller, 

 subrhomboid or broadly lanceolate, acute or acuminate, irregularly 

 serrate-dentate, sometimes with a large segment on the inner 

 margin near the base; bracteole oval, bifid to nearly the middle; 

 sinus obtuse; segments lanceolate, acuminate; margin serrate- 

 dentate. Perianth projecting about half beyond the bracts; antical 

 side carinate; postical smooth, convex; epidermis smooth; cells 

 similar to leaf-cells, only with the dark ones irregularly dispersed; 

 apex slightly rostellate. Capsule subsphaerical ; valves with seven 

 trumpet-mouthed elaters attached to eacb, unispiral. Male stems 

 irregularly bipinnate; catkins small, on short lateral branches, 

 globose ; perigonial bracts 2-3 pairs, turgid at the base, unequally 

 bilobed; antical lobe broadly oval; postical rather smaller, oval; 

 antheridia with long bearers, subglobose. 



Dimensions. — Stem £-| in. long, with leaves -6 mm. wide; 

 diam. of stem, '075 mm.; leaves, antical lobe, -35 mm. x -275 mm.; 

 postical lobe, -175 mm. x *1 mm.; antical, -35 mm. x -25 mm.; 

 postical, -15 mm. x -1 m.; antical, -45 mm. x -3 mm.; postical, 

 •2 mm. x -15 mm. ; cells -02 mm., -0175 mm., -02 mm x -0175 mm. ; 

 stipules, -2 mm. x '125 mm.; segments -11, -275 mm. x -175mm.; 

 seg., -15 mm.; bract, antical lobe, -75 mm. x -4 mm.; postical, 

 •5 mm. x -25 mm.; bracteole, -4 mm. x -25 mm.; seg., -225 mm., 

 •275 mm. x -15 mm.; seg., 125 mm.; perianth, 1-0 mm. x -5 mm., 

 1-25 mm. x -55 mm.; valves of capsule, -3 mm. x -275 mm.; 

 elaters, -225 mm. x -02 mm. ; diameter of pedicel, -3 mm. ; male 

 catkins, -4 mm. X -4 mm. ; perigonial bract, antical lobe, -4 mm. x 

 •275 mm.; postical, -3 mm. x -175 mm.; antheridia, -125 mm. x 

 •1 mm. 



Habitat. On smooth face of rocks and on trees in exposed or 

 shaded places, mostly near the coast, in shallow patches, closely 

 attached to the rocks or trees. Rare. 1. The Lizard, W. Corn- 

 wall; W. Curnow, July, 1883. St. Mary's, Scilly: If. < •,„•„..„•. July, 

 1872. 7. Barmouth, Merioneth ; IF. H. P., June, 1878. 10. Ingle- 

 ton, Yorks; Wthstrr ,(• I'mrs'oi, May, 1893. South of Ireland, Old 

 Weir Bridge, Killarney; Carriw/ton, 1801. Glengariff; Carrin.jtnn, 

 1861; G. E. Hunt. 



For several years I have considered Frullmria Tamarisci var. 

 microphyUa Gotts. to have well-marked specific characters, but 

 whilst the late Drs. Carrington and Spruce did not think fit to 

 raise it to specific rank, I refrained from publishing it as such. 

 Dr. Spruce wrote me some time before he died that he considered 

 it had good claims to specific rank, adding that he had Carrington's 

 and Hunt's specimens from Glengariff, &c, and Curnow's from 

 Cornwall, and found them essentially different from F. Tamarisci. 



Herr Stephani, to whom I have submitted descriptions and 

 specimens, writes; — "This is doubtless a good species. The differ- 

 ences between F. fragilifolia Tayl. and it are— 



