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he (I.e.) described the lohulus folii as "small, oblong, acute, 

 tumid, entire." On the contrary, in its normal condition it is 

 extremely large, and if but slightly magnified appears distinctly 

 bidentate. 



L. sph^erophora L. & L., 477, Mauritius, Sieber. Dr. Schiffner 

 has referred this plant to Phragmicoma, but it is undoubtedly a true 

 Lopholejeunea S., and is allied to L. Sagrmana and applanata, 

 with which it agrees in habit ; in addition to perianth and bracts, 

 the tumid leaf-lobe is quite that of Lopholejeunea. In reality there 

 is no such a genus as Phragmicoma, which is a conglomeration 

 of very different species ; to Dr. Spruce belongs our thanks for 

 having been the first to separate it into natural groups ; no one 

 before him could have done so, not only on account of his keen 

 powers of observation and the many years of study which he has 

 devoted to the Hepaticas, but that in his South American travels 

 he collected plants so intelligently, in such quantity, and in such 

 perfect condition, that this knowledge became at all possible, in 

 striking contrast to the small imperfect specimens which the 

 authors of the ' Syn. Hep.' and their successors had to make use of. 



L. adglutinata Tayl., 509, Cayenne, Tayl. The common form 

 of L. Peruviana L. & L. 



L. epitheta Tayl., 510, Ind. Occid. Tayl. Nothing but a poor 

 specimen of L. Peruviana L. & L. 



L. crucianella Tayl., 592, Demerara, Tayl. According to 

 Spruce's description, L. crucianella belongs to Leptolejeunea, and 

 he has evidently had the original plant before him ; our 592, on 

 the contrary, belongs to Cololejeunea, and is the same as a plant of 

 which I possess good specimens with perianths from Sao Francisco, 

 leg. Ule, which I have named L. papilloba. 



L. polyploca Tayl., 665, Insul. Pacific, Tayl. Identical with 

 L. tr if aria N. 



Strepsilejeunea comitans H. & T., 686, New Zealand, Tayl. 

 Perianthia inflata, obovato-pyriformia, baud plicata. Monoica. 



Hygrolejeunea cordifissa Tayl., L. ccruur simillima ; species 

 dubiosa. (From the examination of Taylor's original specimens, I 

 should consider this a very good and distinct species, the remark- 

 able crenulation of the leaves and underleaves described by Taylor 

 is a striking character. In the specimens of L. cerina and its var. 

 Ldebmaniana there is no approach to this feature. — W. H. P.) If 

 such is the case, my plant is not L. cordifissa, but a form of L. 

 cerina (Stepbam). 



Lejeunea Ascensionis Tayl., Ascension Island. Identical with 

 Lejeunea pterota Tayl. 



L. aebifolia Tayl., Oware, Pal. Beauvais. Perfectly identical 

 with Diplasiolejeunea pellucida Meiss. 



L. longiflora Tayl., Para, is a synonym for L. trifaria N. 



Eulejeunea lucens Tayl. Spruce places it with Microlejeunea, 

 but this subgenus is characterised throughout by a very large leaf- 

 lobule, which often reaches almost to the apex of the leaf, and 

 which gives to these plants a very characteristic feature, and being 

 squarrosely branched with distant leaves, becomes more noticeable ; 



