NEW HEPATIC>E. 411 



fcemineis minutis, subglobosis, basi squamis indusii lineari- 



bus, albidis affixis. 

 Hab. H. I. 410. North America. /. Drummond. Hook. 



Herb. 



Fronds lineari-obovate, about 3 lines long, soon turning 

 brown ; the margins slightly raised, incurved, having black- 

 ish-purple shining scales beneath. Pores of the frond raised, 

 hemispherical, whitish, large. Peduncles rising from a wide 

 terminating sinus and from beneath the fronds, blackish- 

 brown, rigid, grooved, having a part of the indusium in whit- 

 ish, linear, flat scales at their base and the rest at their sum- 

 mits. Female receptacle nearly round, of the size of turnep 

 seed, rugose with pale pores on the summit, having 2-3 

 loculi underneath. The minuteness of all the parts, except 

 the disproportionately long peduncles and the wider scales 

 of the indusium distinguish this from F. hemispherica, 

 Tayl. 



24. Fimbriaria, Nees. 



1. F. mollis, Tayl. ; fronde implexa, prostrata, oblongo-obo- 

 vata, apice biloba, supra subtusque leete viridi ; recepta- 

 culis fcemineis subhemisphericis, virescentibus, apice brun- 

 neis, mollibus ; loculo subtruncato ; calycibus multifidis, 

 albissimis ; pedunculo epiloso. 

 Hab. Sicily Island, near New York. Hook. Herb. Also near 

 Philadelphia, Mr. G. I. Lyon's Herb. 

 Fronds scarcely exceeding 2 lines in length, naked beneath 

 except a very few purple lunulate scales, each with a single 

 lanceolate tooth on one side. Peduncles twisted, brown be- 

 neath, but above participating in the yellowish-green colour 

 common to nearly every part of the plant. Lacinia of the 

 calyx concave, rather obtuse, their edges incurved. Female 

 receptacles very succulent. Peduncles very short. The hemi- 

 spherical female receptacles destitute of any apiculus, soft and 

 compressible, and the pale-yellow latino: of the calyx are very 

 characteristic. 



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