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1 0. R. inflexa, Tayl. ; fronde cuneata, dichotoma ; lobis cana- 

 liculatis, acutis, pallide virescentibus, siccitate occlusis, 

 subtus squamosis, squamis majoribus, atro-purpureis, sic- 

 citate plumbagineis, basi subconfluentibus, apice rotun- 

 datis, frondis marginem excedentibus, recurvis, celluloso- 

 punctatis. 

 Hab. Swan River, Mr. James Drummond. 



Fronds carnose, 3-4 lines long. On the surface the hex- 

 agonal cells of the frond are eminent. Capsules single, or at 

 most two together, bearing black spicules or styles, which 

 are shining. Seeds large triangulari-lentiform ; by trans- 

 mitted light the margins are opaque, but the disk pellucid. 



BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 



Notes on the Botany of the Pyrenees, in a letter to the Editor, 

 from Richard Spruce, Esq. 



{Continued from p. 350.) 



In my walk to Cauteret, the next day (July 10th), I was 

 accompanied by Dr. S. The distance by the regular route is 

 ten miles, but by the advice of a person who knew something 

 of the botany of the district, we climbed the mountain on 

 the right, ascending by the picturesque church and chateau 

 of St. Savin, the latter the residence of the family of Despour- 

 rins, the " Burns of the Pyrenees." But our toil was to 

 little purpose, for we gathered nothing more interesting than 

 Astrantia major. On descending into the Gorge de Cauteret, 

 I found on a wet rock Jungermannia compressa and Dicranwn 

 fugax, and a few flowering plants. We set out the following 

 morning, in the midst of a dense fog, to ascend to the Pont 

 d'Espagne, and although we could seldom see more than a 

 few feet before us, we returned in the evening with such a 



