222 THE JorrvXAL of botaxt 



Pleurostacliys Geraldiana, sp. nov. 



Species a P. ScUowii Kunth, cui affinis, vagina sinuato-truneata 

 noncliim mucrone iiistructa, intloreseentiie ramis hand approximatis 

 distlnguenda. 



CuJmus foliosiis, 1-1-5 m. altus, triangularis, glaber, foliis tri- 

 stichis. Folia linearia, anguste acuminata, vagina glabra caulem 

 amplectante ore ad latus folio opposituni sinuato-truncato margine 

 ciliato nondum mucrone instructo, 25-35 cm. longa, 5-7 mm, lata, 

 cluirtacea, pagina utraque plana nisi medio inferiore earinata superiore 

 vix prominulis, margine retlexo scabrido. 



InJJ orescent ia: 10,axillares et terminales, ramosse inferiores 5-10 cm. 

 superiores 1-2 cm. distantes ; pedunculi plerumque 9, ramosi, 1-3 mm. 

 distantes, oblique patentes, 1-3 cm. longi, basi bracteis anguste 

 acuminatis 8 mm. longis ciliolatis, vaginis scariosis instructi, et 

 bra(!teis et vaginis basi gibbosis, apice spiculas 3-10 conglomeratas, 

 gerentes. Sjjicidce obovoideae, obtusa?, 1-5 mm. longse, 1 mm. 

 diametro, bracteolis 5 scarioso-membranaceis spatula tis demum bifidis. 

 Flores bisexuales, setis liyix)gynis quatuor 1 mm. longis brunneo- 

 iciliatis, staminibus 3, filamentis persistentibus setis vix longioribus, 

 ovario ambitu ovato complanato 1 mm. longo, stylo bifido, ramis 

 1 mm. longis, divergentibus curvatis primoque nondum arcuato-erectis, 

 stigmatibus 0*5 mm. longis, demum deciduis. 



On edge of rain-forest at Cantareira, near Sao Paulo, 3000 ft., 

 n. 151. 



Aneimia flexuosa (Sav.) Sw. (n. 211) A. mnndioccajia Raddi 

 (n. 210) and A. radicans Raddi (n. 212). lloadside near Alto da 

 Boa Yista, near Rio de Janeiro, 2000 ft. 



Li/f/oJium circinnatum (Burm.) Sw. lloadside at Gavca, near 

 Rio dV Janeiro, 100 ft., n. 216. 



Osmunda rerjalis L. In mai*sli at Hvgienopolis, Sao Paulo, 

 2500 ft., n. 218.' 



Gleichenia furcata (L.) Spr. Among scrub on hillside, Hvgieno- 

 polis, Sao Paub, 2500 ft., n. 217. 



lljjmf.nophijUum caudiculatum Mart. (n. 208) ^\-\({ II. poh/anthos 

 Sw. (ii. 209). ' Side of Avaterfall at Alto da Boa Alsta, near Kio de 

 Janeiro, 2000 ft. 



Aspidium marl ini censis S]Dr. In depth of rain-forest on jNIonte 

 Corcovado, Kio de Janeiro, 1500 ft., n. 17; and on road to Vista 

 Chineza, near Rio de Janeiro, 1000 ft., n. 21. 



A. frifoliatum (L.) Sw. In rain-forest on Monte Corcovado, 

 Rio d(^Janeiro, 1500 ft., nn. 22, 133. 



Unjopieris grand is (Pr.) C. Chr. On edge of road through rain- 

 forest at Vista Chineza, near Rio de Janeiro, 1000 ft., n. 20. 



D. vii'ipnra (Raddi) C. Chr. In depth of rain-forest on Monte 

 Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, 1500 ft., n. 23 ; in rain-forest below Vista 

 Chineza, near Rio de Janeiro, 1000 ft., nn. 12, 125. 



Poh/stichum adianfiforme (Forst.) J. Sm. On open hillside 

 above sea, south of Praia de Leblond, Rio de Janeiro, 100 ft., n. ]5 ; 

 on-loose sand close to sea, Gavea Beach, near Rio de Janeiro, sea-level, 

 no. 223. 



Folypodium Irasiliensis Poir. On loase sand, Gavea Beach, near 



