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vesciculoso-striolata in aetate valde fovelata, subtus plus minus purpurea et 

 squaiuigerula, squamis purpureis margine non attingentibus ; pedunculo frondi 

 coiitinuo longiusculo nigro-purpureo, basi apiceque multum ac toto longitudine 

 j)arcissime albo-paleaceo ; involucro hemisphaerico, apice papuloso-cavernoso ; 

 capsula sessili vel brevissime pedicellata supra medium deoperculata ; sporis 

 flavls tuberculatis subpellucido cinctis ; elateribus bispiris. 



On dry hills. Com. Rodgers, N. Pac. Expl. Exped. 



The general appearance of the peduncle and of the involucre is that of a 

 Grimaldia, but the loose texture of the involucre and of tiie frond are as in 

 JJuvalia, and it is difficult to decide to which of these, probably too closely 

 allied genera, our plant belongs. 



FiMBBiARiA BoLANDERi, Austin, MSS. 186.5. 



F. fronde anguste lineari (IJ — 2 lin. lata, 6 — 10 lin. longa) solida indis- 

 tincte porosa cineraceo-viridi depresso-canaliculata, subtus carinato incras- 

 sata nigro-purpurea squamosa, margine membranacea albido-pellucida vel 

 purpurea uudulato-crenata siccate arete convoluta ; squamis saturate purpu- 

 reis marginem non attingentibus ; fructu ex innovationis apice laterali, pe- 

 dunculo tenuissimo poUicari vel sesquipollicari pallido-purpureo versus basin 

 ])arcissime piloso, receptaculo femineo parvo tetracarpo subconico siccate 

 subdepresso apice umbonuato subverrucoso, perianthiis subradiatis subglo- 

 bosis subdecerafidis albidis apice cohaerentibus. 



Innovationes e ventre versus basin frondis egrediores, brevissimee (Ij — 2 

 lin. longse), subclavatse, subtus dense squamosa radiculosaeque, apice dilatato 

 emarginato-bilobae : plerumque masculares (vel steriles?). Elateres tri — 

 quaf'ri^piri. Sporae fuscae, papilloso-reticulatse, margine pellucida cinctae. 



San Rafael, California. Dr. H. N. Bolander, 1865. 



A small species, about the size of F. pilosa, Tayl. Remarkable for the 

 numerous ventral innovations, which bear the fruit and male flowers. F. 

 echinella, Gottsche de Mex. Leverm., p. 271 (F. violacea, Austin, MSS. 1866,) 

 which Dr. Bolander has also found in California, appears to be the only other 

 known species having this peculiar character. 



FlMBRIARIA VESCICULOSA, Aust. 



F. fronde carnosa vesciculosa incrassata subpalmatim vel furcatim lobata, 

 supra subelevato-papulosa eporosa, laciniis subobovatis madefactis margine 

 erecto-appressis vel subinvolutis ; squaaiis fusco-purpureis versus apicem 

 margines excedentibus ; pedunculis singulis vel binis circa |-uncialibus 

 robustis pluries canaliculato-striatis fere nudis, basi non involucratis ; recep- 

 taculo femineo depresso-hemisphaerico vesciculoso 3 — 6 (et ultra) -carpo ; 

 perianthiis breviusculis subovatis tenuissimis albidis subsex — octofidis, 

 laciniis subconcretis ; capsula subglobosa operculo subfusco crassiusculo 

 depresso instructa; sporis luteis grosse tuberculatis; elateribus trispiris. 



Japan. Com. Rodgers, N. Pac. Expl. Exped, 



Remarkable for the thick vesciculose frond, with the margins more strongly 

 erect or involute when moist than when dry ! (in fact, when moistened it is 

 with ditficulty that the frond can be flattened out) ; also for the about six- 

 fruited, flattish, fertile receptacle, and very delicate perianths, which some- 

 times burst through its upper surface. 



Anthockros kcariosus, Aust. 



Fronde pallido-viridi lacunoso-striata sublamellatave, laciniis flabelli- 

 formibus margine crenato-denticulatis lobatisve ; involucro pallido cylindrico 

 subclavatove 1 — IJ lineas longo longitudinaliter lamellato-striato, ore exacte 

 truncato aubcontracto latissime scarioso ; pedunculo brevi ; capsula subunci- 

 ali ; sporis nigris scaberrimis : (elateres sine fibra spirali.) 



In grassy lawns. South Carolina, Ravenal. 



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