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Fig. 4. Leskea Sprucei. 

 Mr. Spruce's Leskea (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very slender, brandies few, almost hair-like. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, margin recurved ; nerveless (?) ; few, spreading. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule minute, ovate, erect, contracted below 



the mouth. 

 Locality. Shady rocks. Rare. 



Fig. 5. Leskea poiyantha. 

 Many -flowered Leskea (a) . 



Colour . Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent ; branches erect. 



Leaves (b) . Nerveless, acuminate, narrow, turned upwards (assurgent) . 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) ; capsule erect, oblong, not tapering ; outer peris- 

 tome inserted below the mouth. Autumn. 

 Locality. On trees, chiefly in the north of England and Scotland. 



Fig. 6. Leskea pulvinata. 

 Green-cushioned Leskea (a). 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Slender, procumbent ; branches ascending ; fastigiate. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate ; nerved, entire, margin flat, areola? large. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule oval-oblong-, base tapering ; seta very 



slender. Summer. 

 Locality. Roots of trees. 



Fig. 7. Leskea polycarpa. 

 Many-fruited Leskea («.) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Procumbent, many branched, branches slightly curved and thickened 

 upwards. 



