234 i:. nicsc'iii^RELLi:. 



lala; nnlliciidia |iaii(*a aivlioL;oiiiis jiiixla. Ca])siila in oorloni 

 ranlo iicdiccllo plus niimis Idiiili crccla, indiiiala iiiilaiisve, 

 ]iiiiiuta, obloiii^a, siil) orc coaiclata, cullo rugoso, pcdiccllo 

 iO niill. loiiiio iiibio laiilum apice scabriusculo. Oporciiliiin 

 rosira tiiiii. 



Martinique (Blanger, n" 498, in herh. Mus. Par.). 

 Trs-semblable Vllookeria Berteriana C. Mull. mss. (//. depresm CM. 

 Syn., ex parte, exinsula Dominica). 



y/^. II. RADiCANS Besch. Monoica. Caulis intricale repcns, 

 fore iindiqiio radicans, basi inferne fusco-supernc lutco-viridis, 

 ^' comprcssus, ramosus. Folia lateralia ovalo-ligulata, obtuse_ 

 aciiminata, incurva, crispa, asymmetrica, concava, denticulata, 

 dentibus brevibiis gemellis, costis tantum apice denticiilatis, 

 celluiisrhombeis iindiqiiechlorophyllosis vix papillosis, basiia- 

 ribus longioribus; folia superiora ovato-acumiiiata , minora 

 snbintegra, pelliicida, costis brevibiis evanidis. Folia perichae- 

 tialia basi orbiculata, apice fere subito ligulato acuminata, den- 

 ticulata, costis brevibus kevibus. Capsula in pedicello 5-8 mill. 

 longo apice scabriusculo inclinata vel nutans, tenella, ovata, 

 collo scabro. Calyptra basi multifida, apice rugosa. 



Martinique, jardin tles plantes de Saint-Pierre (Husnot, ii" 173''). 



V ^ 10. II. Haiinixa Besch. S ynoic a vel monoica. Caulis 

 repens, irregulariter ramosus, depressus, superne albicans, 

 inferne glauco-lutescens. Folia lateralia oblonga, cjjsjidata, du- 

 plicato-serrata, dentibus papillosis, costis infra apiceminspinam 

 bifidam abruptis serratis subquilongis; cellulis pellucidis 

 papilla unica valde dorso prominente in medio ornatis; folia 

 iiiedia ovato-lanceolata, brevius costata, vix papillosa. Folia 

 perichretialia interna pellucida, integerrima, ovato-acuminata 

 ecostata; externa ligulato-cuspidata, bicostata, apice serrata. 

 Capsula in pedicello 13-15 mill. longo inferne hevi apice sca- 

 briusculo incurvo inclinata, horizontalis pendulave, oblongo- 

 ovata. Calyptra capsulam mediam obtegens, basi longe fissa, 

 apice scabra. Operculum rectum, cuspidatum. 



