ON SPHÆROCARPUS TERRESTRIS. 287 
draceus ; stigmate bilabiato. Capsula subcoriacea, turbi- 
nata, apice, mediante operculo disciformi, dehiscens. Se- 
mina pauca, angulata. 
At first sight, this curious little species resembles. some 
tufted moss, rather than a flowering plant, but on examina- 
tion proves to be a plant of the natural order Lobeliaceæ, 
assuming on the Andes of Columbia a tufted mossy habit, 
in common with many of the Caryophyllee, Violariee, Com- 
posite and Juncee of that elevated chain. As a species, it 
is totally distinct from any of its congeners; four of which, 
all natives of the loftiest mountains of Peru and Columbia, 
are figured by Humboldt and Kunth. 
Tas. IX. A.—Fig. 1. Lysipoma muscoides of the nat. size; 
f. 2. leaf; f. 3. flower; f. 4. corolla laid open; f. 5. sta- 
mina; f. 6. vertical section of immature capsule :—mag- 
nified. 
Notes on SPHAROCARPUS TERRESTRIS, Mich.; by Grorce 
Firr, Esa. 
(With a Figure, Tas. IX. B.) 
(Mr. Fitt having been fortunate in detecting this little 
Plant abundantly near Great Yarmouth, as recorded in the 
~ Phytologist, No. 61. p. 544, and being able to watch the 
.. Progress of its fructification, has favoured us with the follow- 
S ap Partieulars and the beautiful drawing from which our 
ue Plate is engraved, Tas. IX. B)-Ep. o4 
d s SPHÆROCARPUS TERRESTRIS, Mich. — = 
dc Has. The specimens, from which the observations are made es 
. Were found, generally, on clover layers at Bradwell, Suffolk. 
de. E the mild moist January of 1846 the plant was very 
e. producing its capsules in plenty from about 
“middle of February to the middle of March in the 
Part of April it had disappeared entirely. — 
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