Moorei, Lindb. Hep. Hib., 1875. Jungermannia
serpyllijolia, Eng. Bot. t. 2537. L e jeunia
serpyllijolia, var. thymifolia, Carr. Irish
Crypt .
Stem branched, creeping ; leaves somewhat imbricate,
oblong-oval, quite entire, apex subrotund
or subangular ; base sinuately complicate beneath ;
lobule convolute. Stipules twice as small as the
leaves, ovate or cordate, acutely bifid to the
middle, segments ovate-lanceolate, fruit lateral,
sessile at the base of the branches. Involucral
leaves conforming, bilobate, lobule quadrate. Perianth
obovate, exserted, acutely pentagonal.— G. L.
and N. Syn.— (Plate i,Jig. 12.)
Lejeunia Holtii, Spruce.
Stems prostrate, creeping ; leaves distichous,
spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse, complicate at
the base ; lobules small, inflated, g radua lly
merging in the leaf at the apex, or shor t ly
acute; st ipules orbicular, bifid ; f lowers mono-
icous, on v e r y short branchlets. Perianth
pear-shaped, five-keeled.
Lejeunia Holtii, Sp ruce Journ. Bot., Feb.,
1887, p. 33, 72 ; Carr, and Pears. Exs. No.
282.
On shady rocks.
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Fragile, yellowish then reddish. Stems i to H
inch long, prostrate, creeping amongst moss, rarely
forming a stratum, with a few pinnate branches.
Leaves broadly spreading, in two rows, flattened
or decurved, distinct or contiguous, rarely somewhat
imbricated, suboblique, ovate-oblong or ovate,
obtuse, rarely rounded, complicate at the base,
lobules small— more than five times shorter than
the leaves, subovoid, inflated, apex gradually running
into the leaf, or shortly acute and incurved,
elongated on the stems, not rarely obsolete ; cells
hexagonal. Stipules three times shorter than the
leaves, distant, orbicular, obtusely bifid to the
middle,segments acute, or rather obtuse, monoicous
on short branches. Bracts twice as short as the
leaves, spreading, bilobed half way, lobes complicate,
lanceolate. Perianth emersed, pear-shaped,
depressed at the apex, with a short mucronate
beak, five-keeled. Calyptra half shorter, obovate,
constricted at the base. Capsule globose.
Differs from every other European Lejeunia in the
female flowers being borne on exceedingly short
branchlets, which normally put forth no subfloral
innovation. Another important and unique character
is afforded by the large pear-shaped perianths
being so very strongly and sharply keeled that they
seem broadly five-winged.— {Plate i,jig . p.)
Lejeunia patens, Lindb.
Pallid, pellucid, shining when dry ; stems
branchecl and intricate ; leaves rounded-ovate;