«> 
MR. RICHARD SPRUCE’S HEPATICE ELLIOTTIANE. 335 
12. LEsEUNEA (§ ACROLEJEUNEA) ATROVIRIDIS, Spruce, n. sp. 
(Tab. XX. figs. 5-10.) 
Dioica, pusilla, late cxspitosa, sordide viridis, nigricans, in 
etate sepe aterrima; caules {-3-pollicares, e caudice procum- 
bente ramoso orti, simplices vel parum ramosi, equifoliati. Folia 
imbricata, patentia, subdivergentia, supra basin saccatam trans- 
verse oblonga rotundata valde recurvo-concava, medium versus 
sinuato-complicata, lobulus plus duplo brevior, turgidus, quasi- 
concheformis, margine tamen planus, apice rectangulus, sepe 
reclusus; cellule parvule, sabeonformes, trigonis nullis mini- 
misve. oliola plus triplo brevivra, dissita, late cuneato- 
orbieulata renifurmiave, tenuissima, cellulis minoribus sub- 
quadratis rectangulisve. lores in caule, rarius in ramo, 
terminales ; bractee foliis paulo longiores, plane, oblique ovales 
obtusata, lobulo perparvo plano liueari vel anguste triangulari 
basi aucte; bracteola vix brevior late obovata rotundato- 
truncata, libera. Perianthia emersa, pyriformia, sat compressa, 
anticesubdepressa, postice altiuscule bicarinata, margine carinisque 
repando-scaberula.— Folia ‘7 x°6 (bast) x °5 (ad lobuli apicem), 
lobulus °3, cellule 3; ; foliola *2 x °3-"35 ; bractee ‘8 X°5, bracteola 
75X6; perianthia 13x°8 mm. 
Hab. lus. Sti. Vincentii, Richmond Valley, a1 rivuli exsiceati 
Japides (Enutorr, no. 219, Febr. 1892)—Ab Acrolejeunea 
torulosa, L. et L., affini, satis diversa, peria.thio precipue soium 
4-(nee 7-9-)plicato. 
Subgenus 6. LopwoLesevnea, Spruce. 
13. L. Sacrwana, Mont. in Syn. Hep. p. 314.—St. Vincent, 
Richmond Valley (212). 
Subgenus 7. Pratyitseunna, Spruce. 
14. L. araxucata, Nees, in Syn. Hep. p. 311.—St. Vincent, Rich- 
mond Valley (221). 
15. L. vincentina, Gottsche, in Syn. Hep. p. 313.—Dominica, 
Morne Diablotin (674).—This species has not been noticed 
among Mr. Elliott’s collection from St. Vincent 5 por has 
another species—L. Lobsoniana, Lindenb.—which was 
gathered on Mt. St. Andrews by Hobson in 1822. Stephani 
indicates L. transversalis among Eggers’s gatherings in 
Dominica (‘ Hedwigia,’ 1855). 
