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4. Anprza nivalis. 
_A. caule ramoso, foliis laxé imbricatis lanceolatis subfalcatis 
secundis uninervibus; perichzetialibus conformibus. 
B fuscescens; foliis insigniter falcatis fuscis. 
Ha». Upon rocks on the summit of Ben Nevis, at the East end. 
Perennis. Aistate. 
e 
Caules erecti, densissimè cæspitosi, flexuosi, rubieundi, 3-un- 
ciales et ultra, hi simplices, illi, quod spits accidit, bi-trifurci 
vel ramis aliquot sparsis brevibus instructi, ubique foliosi; Folia 
remotiuscula, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, secunda, 
subfalcata, paululim concava, spe plana, fusco-viridia, summa 
pallidiora, omnia minutissimé punctata, et nervo rubescente 
crassiusculo ad apicem usque attingente percursa; Perichetialia 
reliquorum similia ; Perigonialia reliquis tripló breviora, ovato- 
subrotunda, brevitér acuminata, concava, fuscescentia, nervo 
obscuro prope medium evanescente instructa. 
Fructificatio ; feminea terminalis; Pedicellus sesquilinearis, fo- 
liorum longitudinem vix excedens, albo-virescens, basi pardm 
incrassatus et quasi bulbosus; Apophysis huic insidet minuta, 
oblonga, fusca, pedicello vix crassior; Capsula ovata, atro-fusca, 
in quatuor valvas angustas longitudinaliter dehiscens; Operculum 
minutum, fuscum, valvis adnatum: Mascula frequentissima, 
 gemmiformis, terminalis; Anthere 4 ad 6, oblongz, subpedicel- 
late, fuscescentes; Fila succulenta numerosa, flavescentia, arti- 
culata, antherarum longitudinem bis terve excedentia, filiformia, 
sursüm versus paululüm incrassata. 
Var. 8 discrepat colore magis fuscescente nitoris omnino ex- 
perte, foliis densioribus magisque falcatis. 
This very distinct species of Andrea has hitherto, I believe, 
: been 
