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inuc'li I'urtlicr apart. Those on the middle portions oi' ilie steins 

 measure 2-3 cm. in Icngtli, and 1.-1.5 mm. in hreadth, gradually 

 tapering upwards. The dentation is limited to the basal portion 

 which is now broadened into stipule-like appendages; and finally 

 divides into distichously alternately pinnate leaves, each segment 

 equaling the main part in breadth. 



Near the middle portions of the simple or parted leaves, 

 the vesicles are found. They are elliptical or subsj)indle shaped, 

 generally only one to a leaf, but often two or more in the same 

 leaf. When found in the parted leaf they are usually situated 

 near the parting point. If they are found just at the point, 

 the part above the vesicle has the appearance of a furcated 

 corona. 



In some fully matured specimens of the Phyllamphora form 

 an embryonal stage of the lateral branch was found at each 

 axil of the leaves. It can be demonstrated that these leaves 

 fall off before the lateral branches come to maturity. No specimen 

 was found with a leaf remaining undetached at the base of a 

 receptaculiferous branch. 



Remarks on the synonymy and the systematic position of the 

 plant. Coccopliora phylkuiqihora J. Ac4., as has been stated above, 

 is a pseudo-species described from a sterile branch of Coccophora 

 Langsdorfii Gkev. As far as I could judge from the habit of 

 the plant the sterile simple branches begin to give rise to the 

 lateral fertile branches early in the summer or late in the spring. 

 The latter attain their maturity in the spring of the next year, 

 the new phyllamphora forms appearing until then. Thus the 

 basal stump is evidently perenial. 



It is curious that no one has ever detected the relation 

 between the two forms. Sterile and fertile branches have stood 



