Dr. Johnston on Entozoa, 431 



glabris basi paululum productis marginibus incurvis ciliatis, capsulis, 

 axillaribus reniformibus bivalvibus. 



Hah. Asuay of the equator, Hon. JVm. Turner. Mountains of Pillzhum, 

 Prof. W. Jameson. 



Caulis inferne radicans, procumbent, dein erectus, dichotomus, spitha- 

 mseus, penna corvina parum crassior, ramis elongatis apice acutis. Folia 

 quadrifariam arete imbricata, erecta, rigida, ovata, acuminata, paululum 

 incurva, rigida, glabra, subnitida, plerumque rufa, rarius pallide viridia, basi 

 paululum products, dorso carinata, marginibus subinflexis, obsolete lacero- 

 ciliatis. Capsules axillares, majusculae, folio paulo latiores, reniformes, bi- 

 valves flavce. Spondee minutce, flava?. 



As a species this may be considered allied to my L. rufes- 

 cens (Icones Plantarum, vol. i. tab. 36) from the same coun- 

 tr} r , but it is quite distinct. The leaves are erect and closely 

 imbricated in four ranks, and with such regularity that the 

 keels of the leaves form four continued lines or angles, and 

 between these are four flat sides, so that the stems and 

 branches have a perfectly square appearance. 



Fig. 1. Portion of the stem and leaves. Fig. 2 t Side view, and fig. 3, back 

 view of a leaf, with the capsule. Fig. 4. Capsule, magnified. 



XLVII. — Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, 

 M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edin- 

 burgh. 



V. Descriptions of some Entozoa. 



[With a Plate.] 



Phylline Hippoglossi. Plate XV. Fig. 1 — 3. 



Generic character. ci Corpus complanatum, breve, subovale, 



gelatinosum, disco contractili magno uncinis armato postice ter- 



minatumP Lamarck. 



Specific character. " Ph. dilatata, albida ; medio corporis 

 ocello didymo candidoP 



Ph. Hippoglossi, Lam, Anim. s. Vert. v. 295. Starlc, Elem. ii. 142. — 

 Hirudo Hippoglossi, Mull. Zool, Dan. Prod. 220. no. 2G69. Zool. Dan. 

 tab. 54. fig. 1—4. Fair. Faun. Groenl. 322. no. 302. fig. 8. T<urt. 

 Gmel. iv. 71. K. E. v. Baer in Nov. Act. Acad. Cces. Leop. Nat. Cur. 

 xiii. 678. ^. 32.fg.5— 6. 



Desc. The body is about an inch long and three-quarters 

 of an inch broad, ovate, flat, thin, and semitransparent, lubri- 

 cous, firm, and somewhat cartilaginous to the touch, smooth, 



