390 NEW HEPATICjE. 



inwards towards the stems, and by the acuminate lobules of 

 the perichoetial leaves. 



4. L. lingueefolia, Tayl. ; caule implexo, repente, vage ramoso ; 

 foliis arete imbricatis, patenti recurvis, oblongis, apice de- 

 flexisj concavis, integerrimis, basi sinuato-complicatis ; 

 lobulis subrotundis, involutis, subdenticulatis ; stipulis 

 rotundatis, subemarginatis, integerrimis ; calyce axillari, 

 immerso, obovato, subcompresso, dorso uniplicato, carina 

 triplicata, tubo minuto coronato. 



Hab. St. Thomas. Richard, Hook. Herb. 1814. 



Patches, when dry, very dark brown ; when wet, brownish- 

 olive. Stems about 1 inch long. Leaves soft ; lobules invo- 

 lute, ovato-lanceolate, but when expanded artificially, qua- 

 drato-rotundate, crenulate. Pericheetia nearly covering the 

 calyx, their lateral leaves with a shallow sinus dividing the 

 two lobes, of which the lesser is acute, the greater rotundate ; 

 stipular leaf emarginato-bifid. Perigonia in the course of the 

 shoots, linear ; anthers minute, reddish-brown. This has a 

 more compressed calyx than the preceding. 



5. L. polyphylla, Tayl.; caule ceespitoso, adscendente, vage 

 subpinnato ; foliis verticalibus, imbricatis, concavis, late 

 dimidiato-cordatis, integerrimis j lobulis involutis lanceo- 

 latis, apice folio incumbentibus, crenulatis ; stipulis minu- 

 tis, reniformibus, amplexantibus, integerrimis; calyce 

 immerso, rotundato obovato, sursum 5-6-cristato, cristis 

 subdenticulatis, ore minutissime tubifero. 



Hab. Cincinnati. Hook. Herb. 



A minute patch only was observed, apparently taken off of 

 bark ; olive-coloured. Stems scarcely 4 lines long. Leaves 

 largely cellulose. Calyx terminal on short branches, whose 

 leaves are in a rapidly increasing series ; it is quite concealed 

 in the periclustium, whose leaves are very wide and erect, and 

 whose lobule is oblong, obtuse, or rounded. Capsule sphee- 

 rical, split down nearly to the base, the lacinue reflexed. The 

 leaves are wider and rounder than in Phr. versicolor, L. et h; 

 and more largely cellulose ; the denticulate crests of the 



