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wings are not parallel ; but the general structure of its fruit 

 is precisely the same. 



Tab. LXXIII. Fig. 1, Flower. Fig. 2, Stamens. Fig. 3, 

 Pistil. Fig. 4, Capsule. Fig. 5, Section of do. Fig. 6, 

 Leaf: — all more or less magnified. 



3. Hexaptera cuneata, {Gill, et Hook.); suiTruticosa, cauli- 

 bus ramosis foliosis, foliis cuneatis appressi-hirsutis tri- 

 dentatis. (Tab. LXXIV.) 



Hab. Inter " Cortaderas et Rio de las Vacas," Andium 

 versus Mendozam, legit amicissimus Cruickshanks. In 

 convalle fluminis Mendoza, prope Ladera de Jaule. Alt. 

 7000 ped. Gillies. 



Much larger than the last in all its parts, with the leaves 

 truncated at the extremity, and cut into 3 or rarely 4 teeth. 

 Neither Dr. Gillies nor Mr. Cruickshanks have been so for- 

 tunate as to gather the fruit of this species. 



Tab. LXXIV. Fig. 1, Flower. Fig. 2, Pistil: — magnified. 



[TAB. LXXV.] 



GYMNOSTOMUM amblyophyllum. 



Gymnostomum amblyophyllum, {Gill, et Hook.) ; caule inno- 

 vationibus ramoso, foliis ovatis patulis obtusissimis inte- 

 gerrimis minute reticulatis, nervo valido paulo ante apicem 

 evanido, seta elongata, capsula ovato-oblonga, operculi 

 rostro elongato. (Tab. LXXV.) 



Hab. Ad ripas circa Mendozam, American Meridionalis. 

 Gillies. 



Planta coespitosa. Caules breves, erecti, innovationibus ra- 

 mosi. Folia patentia vel erecto-patcntia, ovata, pallide 

 viridia, onniino integerrima, concava, obtusissima, caidina 

 basi dilatata margine recurva, ramormn magis exacte 

 ovata, margine minus recurva, minute reticulata, nervosa, 



