368 MR. RICHARD SPRUCE’S HEPATICH ELLIOTTIANE. 
151. AnEuRA stTipatTIFiora, Steph. in Hedwigia, 1893, p. 27.— 
Dominica, Morne Diablotin (697), Morne Trois Pitons (762, 
766). 
152. A. PLANIFRONS, Spruce, n. sp. 
Dioica, plana, matrici adpressa, fronde lata, tenui, pinnata, 
pinuis dissitis, brevibus, linearibus rotundatis v. superne angus- 
tatis, simplicibus furcatisve, tam fronde quam pinnis prelate 
costatis, costa solum 2 v.38 cellulas crassa, limbo angusto uni- 
strato, solum cellulis 3-4-seriatis constante, circumdatis ; cellule 
magne subequilatere, marginales duplo minores. Flores 9 
pinna brevi insidentes, squamis laciniatis involucrati. Calyptra 
... .—Frons 3X1:0-1:2 em.; cellule limbi j,, marginales 37 
mm. 
Hab. Ins. Sti. Vincentii, in monte Sti. Andrew, ad Musarum 
vaginas marcescentes (Eniiort, no. 145, Febr. 1892). 
153. A. pinatata, Spruce, n. sp. 
Dioica, sordide viridis; frondes vix centimetrum longe, pro- 
cumbentes et imbricatw, ambitu late oblonge, irregulariter 
breviterque fisse, interdum subpinnatifide, basi 2 mm. late 
plane, segmentis oblongis cuneatisve, ubique carnosis, 2-5- 
stratis, preeter in ipso apice lato, rotundato, retuso, tricrenatove, 
cellulis uniseriatis parvulis vacuis quadratis rectangularibusve 
albido-marginato ; cetere cellule paullo majores, oblongo-hexa- 
gone, corticales tenues, interiores sat crasse. Alia segmenta 
frondis linearia, apice gemmipara, rarius occurrunt; flores haud 
inveni.—Cellule marginales 35-3); mm. 
Hab. Dominica, in monte Diablotin, ad saxa (E..iort, 
no. 683, 694, Oct. 1892); Roseau Valley (Erntorr, no. 77). 
Plantula singularis, facie Anthocerotis Collematisve potius quam 
Aneure. Forsan A. albomarginate, Amboynensi, a cl. Stephani 
descripte (‘ Hedwigia,’ 1898, p. 17) subaflinis. 
Genus 27. Merzcerta, Raddi. 
154. M. pranruscuva, Spruce, in Rev. Bry. 1888, pp. 34, 35 
(nomen nudum).—St. Vincent, Bonhomme Valley (86, 144). 
Dominica, Morne Micotrin (105), Morne Couronne (232). 
[The fronds are 1:5 mm. or more wide, and absorb water slowly ; 
the margins are crenulate, and, like the midrib, bear root-hairs ; 
cells 0°057 mm. The original specimens in Herb. Spruce have 
narrower fronds (1‘0 mm. or less) with entire margins ; Glaziou 
