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lobis lineari-clavatis. Ovarium triloculare, ovulis in quoque 

 loculo plurimis biseriatis. Capsula .... 



Frutex humilis, erectus, undique glaberrimus, parce ramo- 

 sus. Folia breviter petiolata, oblonga, obtusa, basi angus- 

 tata, 2-3 poll, longa, 6-12 lin. lata, integerrima, crasso* 

 coriacea, supra nitidula, costa media subtus prominula. 

 Pedunculi (ex axillis supremis orti? v. in racemulos termi- 

 nales dispositi ?) pollicares, supra medium articulati et ibidem 

 forte nonnunquam ramosi. Calyx 7-8 lin. longus, angulato- 

 plicatus, coloratus, demum usque ad medium secus plicas 

 fissus in lobos 3 ad 5 ovato-oblongos ; in calyce juniore lobi 

 breves videntur aestivatione imbricati. Corolla sesquipolli- 

 cans v. paullo longior, basi per brevem spatium tenuis, dein 

 gradatim in faucem longam subcampanulatam ampliatus, 

 mtus extusque glabra. Antherarum loculi divergentes, iis 

 Pentstemonis similes. Stamen sterile corollam breviter supe- 

 rans, supra medium postice papilloso-tomentosum, lobis 

 2-3 lin. longis obtusis undique papilloso-tomentosis. Ova- 

 rium oblongum, glaberrimum, cinctum disco carnoso brevi 

 crenato. Stylus filiformis apice breviter divisus in lobos 2 

 subaequales laminseformes. 



New HEPATiCiE, by Thomas Taylor, M.D. 

 {Continued from p. 284). 

 7. Lophocolea, Nees. 



1. L. Beecheyana, Tayl. ; caule laxe implexo, procumbente, 

 vage ramoso ; foliis imbricatis, patentibus, lanceolatis, 

 emarginato-bispinosis, margine dorsali incurvo, integer- 

 rimo, ventrali subunidentato, in stipulam oblongam, ob- 

 tusam, 4-spinosam utrinque abeuntibus ; perichsetialibus 

 erectis, ciliatis ; calyce oblongo, trigono, trialato, (ala spi- 

 nosa,) ore ciliato. 



Hab. Oahu. Beechey, Hook. Herb. 

 Creeping among other Hepaticee ; pale olive-green. Stems 



