Seed veffels firft appear in white longiilr dots on the under fide of the
lobes, two or three on each fide the nerve, placed obliquely ; when the
feeds are ripe the veffels burft, enlarge, and joining each other at their margins
cover the central part of the diik, the margins only being uncovered.
There is aw-ariety with fmall leaves taken notice of by Mr. Ray in 3d
fyn. p. 123.
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Wallrue Maiden-Hair grows from the chinks of dry rocks in the North
of England, and on the mountains of Wales abundantly ; on rocks in the
Eves near Heptonftall y on Sowerby Bridge, two miles from Halifax. The
leaves grow firft horizontally, then curve gradually upwards.
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