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terior the largest, generally acutely bifid, the e x terior
frequently trifid, the points sometimes
recurved. C a lyx oblong, longitudinally
plicate, mouth irregularly
toothed. Calyptra ovate, whitish. Capsule
deep brown, longitudinally and
transversely furrowed (fig. 72). Elaters
bispiral.
T h i s exceedingly’ var iable species
has been met with in Britain under
the following forms :—
72. Sect. A .— L e a v e s of the sterile
branches more or less distant.
var. a vulgaris. Le a v e s broader than the
diameter of the branches, plane, sub-
distichous.
form * major.
form * * patens. Laciniae of the lowe r
leaves divergent,
var. (3 rigidula: Lea v e s equal to the
diameter of the branch, rather rigid,
concave, spreading, bifid to the middle,
the laciniae divergent.
Se c t B.— Le a v e s of the sterile branches
c losely imbricate, hence more or less jula-
ceous.
var. /3 curvifolia, Hook. Jung. t. xvi.
Perianth frequent ly obovate, or more
inflated than usual,
var. y ericetorum, Nees (exclus ive of
J . reclusa). Ster ile branches short,
depressed, or somewhat erect, rather
rigid.
var. tenuirama, Carr, and Pears. Exs. No
252.
Spruce cites two var iet ies :—
var. I grandiflora, Spruce. Luxuriant ,
female bracts large, squa r rosely recurved,
often dis t inct ly laciniate.
var. 2 setulosa. Spruce. Sma l l ; leaves
small, lobes subapiculate, mouth of
perianth setulose, laciniae of bracts
broadly subulate, acuminate, with one
or two spines on either side.
Cephalozia Lammersiana, Hub.
C o lou r whit ish or lurid, fiagella r a re ;
branches stout ; leaves v e r y concave, r ig id’
subdist ichous, spreading, approximate; inflorescence
dioicous ; female flowers terminal
on long branches.
Cephalozia Lammersiana, Hub. Hepat. Germ
p. 16 5 ; Carr, and Pears. Exs. No. 254 255
256 ; Sp ru c e Ceph. p. 43. Cephalozia ’bicuspidata
var. Lammersiana, Auc t . Tun<yer-
mannia bicuspidata, Eng. Bot. t. 2239. *
In swampy places, &c.
Differs from C. bicuspidata in being two or three
times higher, colour whitish or lurid, never roseate •
tlagellæ none or very rare, laciniæ o f the leaves’
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