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brevius, latins acuniiiiata; celliilEe ^)a/>////5 mn^z/i^ conspmns vcgnlariter seriatim 

 dispositis nofata?. Fi-uctus ignotus. 

 (Nos. 52, 44.) 



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The slundor flexno.so steins are qnite JiiFerout from tlie usual Trichosfeleuni 

 liabit of growtli^ much more like the specios oF Semafojilt^llum mfMitioncJ 

 aliovo, to which S. <jrarllicaiile (\jv)\ Jav,) may be added Tlie IcaWorm, 

 lowevor, together with the [duri-papinate cells, show it to be a 'Jricliodeleum. 



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Sematopiiyllum LAMriioriiYLLUM (Mitt.), Jaeg. Adnmbr. ii. 453. 



(No, o50 



In small quantity ; apparently referable to tliis species. The characters 

 separating some oE these smaller species of Sematophylhun are very slight ; 

 and seeing that the jtajtillosity of the cells Yavies very greatly even in leaves 

 on the same branch, I am doubtful whether S. suhdatum (Hampe) is really 

 specificaUy distinct from this species. 



Sematophyllum sigmatodontium (C. Muelh), Jaeg., Adumbr. ii, 448. 

 (No. 48.) 



Sematophyllum flagelliferum, Dixon, sp, nov. (n. 29. fig. 47,) 



' S,gedeano, I\Iitt., et S, cncullifolio^ Card. & Dixon, India^ orientalis, affine. 

 Ab hoc foliis densioribus, minus longe, obtusius, recte cuspidatis, ab illo foliis 

 hitioribus, multo concavioribus, brevius cuspidatis ; ab ambabus spcciebus 

 foliortim areohitione incrassata purosa, difiert. Vix nitidiis; rami foliis con- 

 fertissimis timjidiuscidi^ breves, circa 1 cm. longi, obtusi, i)lerumque in 



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arjmlo}ujin)i mhmttfoVuim desinoiites. Folia 



latissime orata^ vulJe concava, siipcrne mar^inibus late invohdls, npico cou- 

 voluto-uucullifoi-iui, hreiiter oUusiuscide apiculato, integro. Celhilse omnes 

 perhicrassatcv, parietibuj, porosis, latitudine ci himiiiis subajqiiantibus ; alaribiis 

 peniotatis, inagiils, pulcberrime saturate aurantiacis. Cetera nulla. 

 (No. 53.) 



Tiie three or four fragments of stems are perhaps scarcely sufficient on 

 which to base a new species. Structurally, however, the leaves differ from 



any of the species to which in form they are allied, while I he flagelia, which 

 occur on most of the branches, appear to bo a constant feature, and are 

 <litferent from anything that occurs in any of the species known to me. 



Sematopiiyllum lkptocahpon (Schwaegr.), var. cylindricum (Keinw. & 



llornsch.), Dixon (v. supra, p. 403). 

 (No. 39), c. fr. 



Skmatophyllum roseum, Dixon, sp. nov. (PI. 29. fig. 18.) 



S. scalari, Braun, forsan affine, colore autem saturate pxdclierrime roseo ; 

 crespites pordensos, hnmiles formans. Caulis repens, ramis confertis 

 erectis brevibus, vix -5 cm. altis, leniter curvatis, subobtus's, haml nitidis. 



