408 NEW HEPATICyE. 



°ins recurved. These singular forms of the auricles and the 

 circular stipules render this species remarkable among the 

 Frullanids. 



20. Fossombbonia, Nees. 



1. F. intestinalis, Tayl. ; fronde simplici, prostrato, litieari, 

 flexuoso ; lobis imbricatis, verticalibus, alternis, latis ; mar- 

 ginibus tumenti-incurvis, integerrimis ; calyce minon, 

 campanulato. 

 Hab. Swan River. Mr. James Drummond. 



Fronds 3-4 lines long. Roots purple. Lobes, when 

 moistened, are very tumid, and have their incurved margins 

 concealed. Capsule spherical, bursting irregularly. Seeds 

 muricate, very black. Elateres longer than in F. pusilla, 

 Nees ; besides, the calyx is far smaller, and the convoluted 

 lobes give to our plant a peculiar habit. 



21. Symphyogyna, Nees et Mont. 



1. S. Harvey ana, Tayl.; fronde stipitata, erecta, dichoto- 

 ma; lobis lineari-oblongis, crassinerviis, margine den- 

 tatis. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. W. H. Harvey. Hook. Herb. 



Fronds pale pea-green, on an alate footstalk, dichotomous 

 once, more seldom twice. Lobes narrow, oblong, slightly 

 notched, the teeth of the margin wide at their bases. No 

 fruit was present, yet calycine scales were observed within 

 the involute terminal lobes, and were lanceolate bi-trind. 

 This species strongle resembles our S. obovata, detected by 

 Dr. J. D. Hooker in Van Diemen's Land, but appears dis- 

 tinct by the more considerable nerves of the leaves, but which 

 are destitute of the green parenchymatous matter in which the 

 true nerve of the Van Diemen's Land plant is imbedded ; 

 also by the narrower lobes and by the stronger dentation of 

 the margins. 



2. S. leptothelia, Tayl. ; fronde implexa, procumbente, sub- 

 stipitata, subdichotoma, late lineari, tenuissima, tenuiner- 



