NEW HEPATIC^E. S'JS 



nudo, bipinnato, minutissime albido-squaraoso; ramis 

 complanatis, attenuatis, subdistantibus, decurvis; foliis 

 imbricatis stipulisque erectiusculis, obiongis, bi-tri-quadri- 

 fidis, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, apicalibus inoano-dentatis. 

 Hab. Woods of Pichincha ; n. 337. Prof. William Jameson, 

 Hook. Herb. 



Pale olive. Stems 6 inches long; branches bending down, 

 flattened into one plane. Leaves and stipules nearly of the 

 same size, those of the tops of the shoots usually bifid, 

 where they are collected into a capitulus. The bipinnate stems, 

 compressed branches, and leaves destitute of cilia at the base 

 distinguish this species from S. ochroleuca, Nees. 

 4. S. pruinosa, Tayl. ; caule laxe csespitoso, erectiusculo, 

 sursum bipinnato ; ramis compressis, superioribus apice 

 incrassatis ; foliis arete imbricatis, late ovatis, 4-partitis, 

 segmento interiori latiori, ciliato, coeteris elongate acumi- 

 natis, spinoso-dentatis, dentibus incanis ; stipulis bipar- 

 titis, segmentis bifidis, ciliato-dentatis. 

 Hab. Woods of Pichincha ; n. 337- Prof. William Jameson. 

 Stems eight inches high; branches hoary at their base, 

 light olive brown at their tops. Leaves with the superior or 

 dorsal margin strongly ciliated and hoary. This species 

 differs from S. ochroleuca, Nees, by the greater size, browner 

 colour, fewer attenuated or flagelliform shoots, more com- 

 pressed branches, whilst the leaves and stipules are more 

 ciliated and all their segments dentate. Sent by Prof. Jame- 

 son under the same number as the preceding. 

 5 < S. spinosissima, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; caule laxe csespitoso, 

 adscendente, iaevi, bipinnato ; surculis sursum confertis, 

 attenuato-flagellaribus ; foliis stipulisque erecto-patentibus, 

 ex lata subquadrata basi quadripartitis, segmentis setaceis, 

 ngidis, integerrimis. 

 Hab. New Zealand. Edgerley, Hook. Herb. 



Pale olive. Stems nearly 3 inches long; branches fas'ri- 

 giate above. Leaves of the main stem more patent ; the 

 segments of all stiff when dry. Allied to Jung. Scolopendra, 

 Hook., and to S. ochroleuca, Nees ; differing from the first 



