AT THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE. 195 



EicciA, MichelL 



Etccia ALBOMAEGiNATA, BiscJiof. GottscJw, Lindenb, et Nees, 

 Syn. Hep. GOJ?. 



Ilah. At the base of the Liou'a Head. 



Some small fronds amongst Fossonibronia tumida appear to be 

 this species, which in the living state does not present distinctly 

 the white margin; but after drying and again macerating in 

 water, it becomes evident. * 



Nees 



Syn. Hep. Gil. 



Hah. On damp soil near t 

 the Kloof road. Cape Town. 



Jluitans ; and the plants gro 



well floating on water, but become more slender and less green. 



E. LiMBATA, Bisch. — GoftscJi.j Li7idenh. et Nees, Syn. Hep. 606. 

 Hah. At the base of Lion Mountain. Growing amongst Fos- 



somlronia titmida. 



The spores of this species are almost black, shining, and minutely 

 pitted. 



Anthoceiios, MicTieli. 



Anthocekos mikijtus, Mitt. Trons pusillus lobis obovatis re- 

 tusis obtusisve teneris lajvibus costa media obacura notatis, in- 

 volucrum magnum ventricosum. Theca cylindracea basi angustata 

 subpedunculata apice calyptra conica obtecta loDvis sicca longitu- 

 dinaliter plicata sporis rotundis Isevibus. (PI. IV. figs. 5 to 9.) 



Hah, Base of Lion Mountain, in wet places near the Kloof 

 road, above the Eound House. 



Fronds growing in patches with lobes about a line and a half 

 long, scarcely half a line wide; when dry, blackish. Substance 

 when wet, of thin-walled bladdery cells, towards the margins of 

 the lobes in three strata, which are continued across the width of 

 the frond ; in the middle, beneath, are a mass of brown obscure cells 

 constituting the costa, which is seen through the frond ; below this 

 costa is another series of three strata of cells, which are thin-walled 

 and pellucid. The involucre is large for the size of the plant ; it 

 consists of a pale-brownish membrane of a nearly oval form ; from 

 this the capsule, rather more than a line long, is exserted ; in the 

 wet state it appears straight ; but dry (in the unripeucd stale), 

 strongly plicate ; at its apex it boars the small rampanidate calyptra 



