NEW SPECIES OF ACROTREMA. 



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Polyporus nivosus, ib., 570. 

 ► ocellatusy ib., 548. 



ompJialodes, ib., 547. 

 pallidus^ ib., 559. 

 pansus, ib., 541. 



Parmulay ib., 550, 

 partitus, ib., 542. 

 passerinus, ib., 55?. 

 peS'simii^, ib., 565. 

 petalodes, ib., 574. , 

 polydixctylmy ib., 569 

 porpTiyritis, ib., 568. 



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procerus^ ib., 545. 

 renatmy ib., 543. 



Polyporus rufo-atratus^ ib., 554. 



scalar is, ib., 576. 

 semiclausus, ib., 561. 

 variabilis, ib., 562. 

 vernicosuSy ib., 555. 

 vespilloneus, ib., 579. 

 xeropltyllaceus^ ib. 5 8 0. 



xylodes^ ib., 546. 



Thelephora adiniaformis^ ib. 600. 



• ocreata^ ib., 598. 

 subclav^formis^ih. 597 

 iracJiodeSy ib., 599, 



Traroetes sclerodepsis, ib., 589, 



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Sprucei, ib., 590. 



(Tb ^1? continued.) 



On Three New Species of AciiOTR:E.MA^ from Ceylon; by J. D. Hooker, 



M.D., F.E.S. 



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(Tab. IV.) 



Since tte publication of the first volume of the ' Flora Indica,' we 

 have received many valuable contributions, including some new species, 

 from our indefatigable correspondent, Mr. Thwaitcs; amongst these, 

 none are more interesting than some species of Acrotreiriay whose licr- 

 baceous habit and cut leaves are additional evidences of the near rela- 

 tion of the Order Billeniaceis with Ranunculacece . 

 1* Acrotrema Thwaitesii, H.f. et T. ; pilosum v. glabratum, foliis lincari- 



lanceolatis pinnatifidis pinnatisectisve, segmentis lineari-oblongis 



acutis subdentatis, racemis brevissimis, bracteis lanceolatis, pcdi- 



cellis gracilibus patentim pilosis. 

 Var. a. pinnatijida; foliis pinnatifidis v. basi pinnatisectis. (Tab. 



IV. a:) 



Var. ^, pinnatisecta ; foliis pinnatisectis apice pinnatifidis, segmentis 

 saepissime basi contractis 3-4-lobatis. 



Hab. In Zeylanise montosis, Thwaites, coll. 3364. 



Rhizoma breve, horizontale, crass, penna? corvinaj. Tolia utrinque bxe 

 pilosa v. glabrata, membranacea, 3-5 unc. longa, 1-li lata, in 

 plantis junioribus margine lobulata vix pinnatififia, segmcnlis setacco- 



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