342 MR. RICHARD SPRUCE’S HEPATIC ELLIOTTIAN®. 
46. LrsEUNEA sPINosA, Gottsche, in Syn. Hep. p. 402.—St. 
Vincent, Mt. St. Andrews (68 & 85—in <Anthurii folio). 
Dominica, Morne Diablotin (683), Morne Trois Pitons (769). 
47. L. vartaBiuis, Lindenb. in Syn. Hep. p. 899.—St. Vincent, 
Mt. St. Andrews (85—in Anthurii folio, cum L. spinosa), 
Richmond Peak (208). Dominica, sine loc. (516). 
48. L. BREVINERVIS, Spruce,n.sp. (Tab. XXI. figs. 6-9.) 
Dioica, elata, nigricans, caule 5 cm. lougo pinnatim ramoso, 
ramis sepe ramulis brevibus pinnulatis. Folia subimbricata diver- 
gentia late semiovata, apice valide decurvo, abrupte subacuta 
obtusave, raro rotundata, basin versus sinuato-complicata, lobulo 
parvo (folio 5plo breviore) horizoutali ovoideo inflato, apice 
incurvoacuto; cellule parvule leptodermes, 6 axiales, prope folii 
basin, ceteris celiulis duplo majores, primum opace demuin vacue, 
in lineam (nervum siuulantem) ordinate. oliola foliis triplo 
fere—raro solum duplo—breviora, orbiculata, ad 3 biloba, lobis 
subacutis. Flores 2 in ramo, innovatione simplice continuato, 
insidentes ; bractee folus longiores, oblique ovato-oblunge, apicu- 
late, seepe apice obsolete denticulate ; bracteola ovata, ultra 
medium bifida, segmentis erectisacuminatis. Perianthia obovata, 
obtuse tetragona, angulis in cornua lineari-subulata subobtusa, 
cetero perianthio subequilonga, erecto-patula, abeuntia.— Folia 
1-0 x °75, lobulus 2, cellule 25; foliola -35-:5; bractee 1:3, 
bracteola *8X°6; perianthia 1°3x°5 mm. 
Hab. Ins. Guadalupa, ad arbores, Lejeune filiformi consociata 
(L’Herminter). Ins. Dominica in monte Diablotin (E..x1077, no. 
658, 681, a. 1892), in monte Micotrin (Extrorr, no. 67, a. 1892). 
There are besides two sterile dioicous species, viz. St. Vincent, 
Morne Garu (54), Grand Bovhomme Valley (86)—L. cubensi 
affin.; and Dominica, Shawfurd Estate (895)—JL. cornute affin. 
Subgenus 18. TaxtLeseuneEa, Spruce. 
49. L. sutpHuREA, Spruce, in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. xv. p. 217 ; 
Omphalanthus sulphureus, Lehm. & Lindenb. in Syn. Hep. 
p. 8307.—St. Vincent, Mt. St. Andrews (83), Souffriére (146), 
Richmond Peak (207). Dominica, Roseau Valley (87), Morne 
Diablotin (673). 
This plant is easily recognized by its large size, pale yellowish 
or white colour, and especially by the large stipules and by the 
