394 NEW HEPATIC^E. 



scarcely 3 lines long ; branches few, irregular. Leaves harp- 

 shaped, their outer margin recurved. Perigonia in short 

 terminal spikes. Perichtetia of a pair of erect leaves, with 

 unequal acute segments, and an oblong bifid stipular one. 

 Calyx exserted for half its length. Allied to Lej. hamatifolia, 

 Nees ; yet the acumination of one angle of the leaf is far 

 shorter, and the leaves more patent and less imbricated. 

 13. L. capulata, Tayl.; caule disperso, exiguo, procumbente, 

 vage ramoso ; foliis laxis, subpatentibus, lanceolatis, acu- 

 minatis, margine ventrali ante lobuli ovati involutionem 

 unispinosis, ceeterum subintegris, stipulis minutissimis, 

 bipartitis, segmentis setaceis, divaricatis ; perichcetiis late- 

 ralibus, eorum foliis bilobis, lobis erectis, stipula oblonga 

 bifida. 

 Hab. On a dicotyledonous leaf, accompanied by L. tortwsa, 

 L. et L. Oware. Palisot de Beauvois. 

 Patches minute, inconspicuous, pale brown. Stems 1-2 

 lines long. Leaves appear twisted outwards, while the lobule 

 is involute. Perichtetia longer than the leaves, sessile, the 

 base attenuated. Perigonia are filiform, terminal spikes; 

 their leaves not one quarter of the size of the cauline. It is 

 far more minute than L. hamatifolia, Nees ; its leaves are 

 more truly lanceolate and have each a curious single, spinous 

 tooth near to the lobule, like the hilt of a dagger. 



14. L. heterocheila, Tayl. ; caule implexo, elongato, procum- 

 bente, subramoso ; ramis complanatis ; foliis subimbricatis, 

 patentibus, oblongo-ovatis, apiculatis, apice subdentatis, 

 margine subflexuosis; lobulis minutis, subquadratis, in- 

 flexis ; stipulis majoribus, cordatis, bifidis, integerrimis. 



Hab. On Pichincha. Prof, W. Jameson, Hook. Herb. 



Patches pale olive. Stems 2-3 inches long, one-twentieth 

 of an inch wide. Leaves with their bases imbricated. Sti- 

 pules four times as wide as the stems. This has all the habit 

 of L. languida, Mont, et Nees; the bifid stipules at once 

 distinguish them. 



15. L- longiuscula, Tayl.; caule implexo, debili, elongato, 

 subsimplici, subflexuoso; foliis imbricatis, erecto-patenti- 



