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Flores dioici : 9 ramulo brevissirao postico e caulis basi — raro e medio 

 caule inter folia — oriuudo constantes. BractecB sub 9, trijugas 

 tristicha;, extimse minimae squamseformes, intimse foliis paulo bre- 

 viores, suhrotundce, apice plus minus profimde hijidce laciniis 

 patulis, libera3 vel basi subconnatfe, suhintegerrimm. — Ramulus $ 

 apice pro pedicelli receptions profunde excavatus, cavitate pyri- 

 formi. 



Perianthia foliis caulinis dimidio longiora, ex involucro alte emersa, 

 anguste ohovato-py riformia turgida, superne ohtuse 3- {raro 4-5-) 

 gona, ore primum conniventi-claiisa donium subtritida, subdenti- 

 culata cilioiatave. Calyptra perianthio paulo minor, pyriformis, 

 substantia firma cellularum stratibus 3 conflata (i.e. semi-int'era, e 

 receptaculo alte coalito), apice demum irregulariter trilida, inferne 

 pistillidiis sterilibus sparse obsita. — In unica calyptra numeravi 

 12 pistillidia abortiva, eidem prsecipue prope basin adnata, 

 quorum tamen duo ad dimidiam, unum ad f calyptras altitudinem 

 posita fuerunt. — Capsulas, in meis exemplaribus jam decisas, 

 nondum vidi. 



Amenta $ ramulos tenues albidos julaceos circinatos sistentes, caulis 

 facie postica per totam longitudinem, sed pra3cipue basin versus, 

 hie illic insidentes. BractecB 12-jugfe, v. pauciores, arete imbri- 

 catse, forma singulari subcymbiformes, vel potius cucuilum 

 reversum fingentes, valde concavfe et subsaccatse vix tamen cora- 

 plicatge, parum ingequilatera?, apice rotundato ssepius integrae raro 

 bidentulas, pellucidissime areolatae, antheridium solitarium mag- 

 num brevi-pedicellatum foventes. Bracteolce ubique obviae, 

 bractearum dimidio numero, iisdem 2-4-plo breviores, subrotundae 

 oblongaeve, integerrimae v. angulatse, baud raro folio proximo 

 superiore basi conuata3. 



Flagella, saltem in dimidio iuferiore, folia rudimentavia minutissiraa 

 tristicba distantia subquadrato-rotunda pellucida gerunt ; e 

 cujusque folii basi externa profertur fasciculus parvus radicellarum 

 tenuium fragilium ; folia versus flagelli apicem obsoleta nullave, 

 radicellae copiosiores, evadunt. 



Addanthus decipiens, Hook, (typicus), meipso ad Kenmare Sound, 

 Hiberniae, lectus, humilior estquam Andinus. Folia minora, ssepius 

 distiche patula, aliarum stirpium tamen decurvo-secunda ; alia 

 ambitu subrhorabea, acuta vel etiam acuminata apiculataque ; alia 

 spinoso-bi-tri-lobulata ; omnia valde distincte marginata. Cellulce 

 subbasales caeteris paulo majores (neque tamen elongatse — tales ac 

 in caeteris Adelanthus videndae, unde folia vittata fiunt). — In stirpe 

 Andina, nunquam folia vidi nee acuminata nee profunde incisa 

 lobulatave. — In Cubensi, ill. Gottsche deliueata (in Rabenh. 

 Hep. Eur., n. 474), perianthia matura spathaeformia, hine pro 

 capsule emissione hiantia. 



Adelanthus decipiens is not the only Hepatic common to Ireland 

 and the Andes. The following Hepaticae, growing around Killarney 

 (lat. 52° r. long., Qi'* W ), have all been gathered by myself on the 

 volcano Tungiiragua (lat. l^*^ S., long. 78'^ W.), at from 4500 to 

 11,000 English feet (1400-,34'00 metres) elevation. I add the world- 

 distribution, for comparison. 



