. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. THE BRYOPHYTA OF ICELAND 511 leaf-margin is almost straight in outline, while in L. decipiens it is dis- tinctly concave, as in L. filamentosa. The variety grew abundantly on somewhat damp rocks; it is some- what coarser and less branched than the type which it resembles ex- actly in leaf-form and size of the cells. The leaf-cells in this form are so highly thickened and porous that the walls almost appear like a string of beads and are often broader than the Fig. 13. a. Leaves of Lescurcea Breidlcri (X 20): b. leaves of L. radicosa (X 2


. The botany of Iceland. Botany -- Iceland. THE BRYOPHYTA OF ICELAND 511 leaf-margin is almost straight in outline, while in L. decipiens it is dis- tinctly concave, as in L. filamentosa. The variety grew abundantly on somewhat damp rocks; it is some- what coarser and less branched than the type which it resembles ex- actly in leaf-form and size of the cells. The leaf-cells in this form are so highly thickened and porous that the walls almost appear like a string of beads and are often broader than the Fig. 13. a. Leaves of Lescurcea Breidlcri (X 20): b. leaves of L. radicosa (X 20); c. leaves of L. decipiens (X 20); d. leaves of L. decipiens v. crassirete (X 20): c, leaf- cells of L. decipiens (X 320): /. leaf-cells of /.. decipiens v. crassirete (X 320). 225. Lescuraea radicosa (Mitt.) Hagen. Lescurcea riyescens (\Vils.) Br. eur.; Pseudoleskea radicosa (Mitt.) Lindb. Ptychodium Pfundineri Limpr. N. Iceland: Oxnadalur, Tvera!; sterile. In the above locality it grew scantily on a stone by the river. 226. Lescuraea filamentosa (Dicks.) Lindb. Psendoleskea atrovirens DicksJ Br. eur. Widely Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kolderup Rosenvinge, L. (Lauritz), 1858-1939; Warming, Eugenius, 1841-1924. Copenhagen, J. Frimodt


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