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Bridges; his last Chilian collection), under the name of 
M. apetalus. My Chilian specimen, as well as that from 
North America, does bear petals: the name is therefore 
inadmissible. That of Mr. Bentham is unexceptionable, and 
at once indicates the most important specific distinction. 
Myosurus aristatus, (Benth.), spica oblongo-acuminata sub- 
20-25-gyna, carpellis stylo persistente divergente (carpello 
ipso longitudine æquante) aristatis laxe imbricatis. 
M. aristatus, Benth. mst. 
M. apetalus, Gay, Hist. Chil. Bot. 1, p. 31. Atlas, Tab. 1, 
Ff. 1. ; 
Has. Moist places.in the Cordillera of Chili at Los Patos, 
Province of Coquimbo, elev. 11,200 feet above the level of 
 thesea, Gay. Similar situations, east side of the Andes, 
n. 1246, Bridges. Borders of pools in the Gamass Prairie 
of the Cœur d'Aleine, Rocky Mountains. Geyer, (n. 322, 
iii part.) 
(The following character may now be given to 
M. minimus; spica lineari-elongata, pistillis numerosissimis, 
Carpellis stylo persistente perbrevi arcte imbricatis. 
_ M. minimus ; L. et Auct.—M. Europeus, Gray, Br. PL M. 
Short, Rafin. PUR. : 
Has. “ General distribution, lat. 30-60 Europe ; Asia ; Ame- 
Tica;" (Watson), whence it extends to the Oregon. Extra- 
. tropical South America ; at Port Desire, Darwin.) 
Peperomia Species duas novas indicat F. A. G. MiqvEL. 
|. Peperomia ciliolata ; carnoso-succulenta, preter foliorum 
| margines glabra, foliis oppositis quaternisque modice pe- 
Uolatis obovato-vel elliptico-orbicularibus obtusis emargi- | 
Datis vel brevissime acutis, subtus pallidis uninerviis, supra — 
Saturate viridibus nitidis totoque marginé dense pubes- us 
_Cnti-ciliatis, amentis..... - o v a Le 
ARE. ? Colitur in Horto Kewens. ex Horto Ducis —— 
Bedford communicata. Num e Mezico porri al po 
ae xd c Ec  . 
