406 NEW HEPATIC^E. 



unidentatis, basi grosse cellulosis; auriculis late clavatis, 

 plurimis explanatis, lanceolatis ; stipulis late obovatis, 

 subdecurrentibus, bifidis, basi uninerviis; perigoniis ter- 

 minalibus, subrotundis, laxius imbricatis; foliis perichse- 

 tialibus basi connexis, subdentatis, obovatis, apiculatis ; 

 calyce terminali, ex angusta subexerta basi obovato, obtuso, 

 plicato, tubifero. 

 Hab. On Hepatica. Deraerara. Dr. Greville's Herb. 



Brownish-olive. Stems about 1 inch long, regularly pin- 

 nate above. Stipules scarcely entire. Capsule subrotund. 

 Differs from small varieties of F. Tamarisci, Nees, by the 

 spurious nerve at the base of the leaves, the more obtuse 

 pericheetial leaves, the perigonia at the extremities of more 

 considerable branches, and the larger and more exserted 

 calyx. 



14. F. Pacificce, Tayl, ; caule laxe caespitoso, tenui adscen- 

 dente, pinnato ; rameis brevibus, gracillimis, laxis, patenti- 

 bus ; foliis caulinis laxis, ramis imbricatis, omnibus patenti- 

 bus, oblongo-ovatis, apiculatis, integerrimis, convexis, basi 

 grandicellulosis ; auriculis brevibus, cylindricis, subin- 

 curvis ; stipulis cordatis, bifidis ; calyce ramulum termi- 

 nante, majori, oblongo, elongato, obtuso, sursum trigono, 

 tubifero. 



Hab. Pacific Isles. Nightingale, n. 384. Hook. Herb. 



Brownish-olive. Stems 2-3 inches long ; distantly pinnate. 

 Perichatia of several pairs of erect, close, secund, acuminate, 

 subdentate leaves. Allied to our F. exilis ; the leaves, how- 

 ever, are more acuminate, especially the perichaetial, and the 

 stipules more cordate. 



15. F. Cuencensis, Tayl. ; caule laxe caespitoso, procumbente, 

 vage subpinnato, subflexuoso; foliis imbricatis, erecto- 

 patentibus, convexis, ex cordata amplexante basi ovato- 

 rotundatis, integerrimis, margine exteriori recurvo; au- 

 riculis oblongis, brevibus ; stipulis rotundato-ovatis, bifidis, 

 margine recurvis ; perigoniis rotundatis, sessilibus. 



Hab. Cuenca. Prof. W. Jameson, Hook. Herb. 



