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Gymnogramme javanica. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Common. The high-level form is generally bipinnate. There 



is also at this level a var. 7. pilosa, with the surface of the frond 



beneath pilose. 



G. microphylla. 8000-90(50 ped. alt. on Tonglo. 



N.B. I did not collect this on the present excursion. 



Vittaria lineata. 7000-10,000 ped. alt. 

 Common. 



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Angiopteris evecta. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Common. The high-level form of this fern is the large one. 



Botrychium virginianum. 7000-7500 ped. alt. 

 Frequent. 



Lycopodium clavatum, L. 7000-9000 ped. alt. 

 Very common. 



On a new Genus of Turueracese from Rodriguez. 



By Isaac Bayley Balfour, D. Sc, F.L.S. 



[Read March 2, 1876.] 



Mathurina, gen. nov. 



Sepala 5, elliptico-oblonga, acuminata, costa prominente, glandula 

 magna bilobata intus basi adnata. Petala 5, subhypogyna, 

 obcuneata, acuta, nuda, basi sepalis leviter adnata, reelinata et 

 corrugata. Stamina 5, subhypogyna, exserta, filamentis subu- 



latis calycis glandulis in fundo inio vix adhserentibus. Ant Ji era 

 Hneari-oblongae, introrsae. Ovarium sessile, liberum, oblongum, 

 glabrum ; ovula adscendentia ; styli 3, filiformes, terminates, 

 stigmatibus dilatatis subfimbriatis. Capsula oblonga, glabra, 

 3-valvis, oo -sperm a. Semina obovoideo-cylindracea, lente curva, 

 funiculo brevi, arillo longe piloso-sericeo basim seminis cir- 



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cumdante, testa Crustacea extus foveolata, albumine carnoso ; 

 embryo axilis, rectus, cotyledonibus ovatis plano-convexis, radi- 

 cula tereti. 



Arbor parva. Folia alterna, petiolata, lanceolata, ssepe obovata, 

 acuta crenato-serrata ; petiolus 2-glandulosus ; stipulae glandu- 

 liformes, deeiduae. Flores magni, pedunculati, vulgo solitarii, 

 axillares, nonnunquam in cymas trifloras dispositi, albi ; pedun- 

 culi infra medium articulati, 2-bracteolati ; bracteolae. Bub- 

 foliacete, serrate v. crenatae. 



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