A 



262 COROLLA. PIEliEEAXA. 



(Sur quelques Palmiers du fjroupe dcs Areclnees, 41-44), certc diversa, 

 frondis segmentorum directiono aliisque notis recedens. 



44. Xykts CAPiTO, */). ?20i'. — Iladicibus fibrosis, scapis glaberrimls 

 Bubcomprcssis sulcatis listulosis 2-27 pedes longis, foliis planis lineari- 

 bus subflaccidis glaberriniis multinerviis 3 lin. latis acutiusculis 

 seapo triplo brevioribus eunique Graminuin more longe vaginantibus, 

 capitulis elongato-ovoidcis 16-lin. longis multifloris squamis obovatis 

 rotundatis nitide castanois superue impresso-puncticulatis subglauce- 

 sccntibus subopacis 4}, lin. altis apice 3.^ lin. latis, serainibus ovoideo- 

 oblongis hinc apiculatis eostulis murict^atis vcrticaliter notatis. 



In inundatis CambodioB at(]ue Cochinchinaj. Spccimina omnia 

 insignis specie! eapsulas jam deliiscentibus prajdita quapropter lioria 

 structuram investigare non potui. 



45. Aspleniiim tcnerum, Forst. 



46. Oleandra neriiformis, Cav. — In summo monte Kara chai. 



47. PoLTPODiTTM PiEREKi, sp.nov. — llhizomate abbreviate cEEspitoso 

 paleis clathratis olivaeco-ferrugiucis lanceolatis acutis fulvido-setosis 

 vestito, foliis multifariis crassiuscule coriaceis snpra glabris subtus 

 Rparsim ferrugineo-liirtellis petiole brevissimo ferrugineo-hispido 

 lamina 4i-7 poll, longa 8 lin. lata lanceolato-lincari ad duas tertias 

 fere latitudinis pinnatitida laciniis numerosis oblique adscendentibus e 

 basi latiori oblongis integerrimis obtusis vel acutiusculis basi decur- 

 rentibus utrinque sensim decrcsccrftibus infcrne in alam integram 

 decurrcntibus costa crassiuscula nen-iis indivisis catadromis utrinque 

 4-6 apice vix incrassatis opacis, soris terminalibus inter costulam et 

 marginem mediis omnino immersis, foveola supra vix perspicienda, 

 paraphysibus nullis. 



P. lasiostipiti, Mett. !, P. mollicomo, Bl., cet. praecipue affine, eed 

 ab omnibus hujus agminis specicbus mihi notis constantia foliorum, 

 incisiua eorumdem minus profunda, aliisque notis dignoscendum. 



48. Polypodium simwstmi. Wall. — Prscter stationes a clar. Baker 

 in priori editione " Synopsis Filicum" dutas, specimina vidi ex insulis 

 Philippinis et ex Formosa. 



49. Sckizcea digitata, Sw. 



50. ScMzaa Forsteri, Spr. — Ad litora marina ins. Phu kok, sinus 

 Siamensis, Januario, 1874. 



NEW LICHENS FROM THE ISLAND OF EOBBIGUEZ. 

 By the Bet, J. M. Ceombie, F.L.S. 



In the comparatively large collection of Lichens made in the above 

 Island by Dr. I. B. Balfour, during the stay of the Ycnus Transit 

 Expedition, there occur various interesting novelties, of which, pre- 

 vious to a more detailed report, I here give the following short 

 diagnoses: — 



1. Cladonia BaJfourii, Cromb. — Basal squamules white-glauce- 

 scent, somewhat firm, crenate (K-f yellowish) ; podetia very short, 



