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251. Gesneria Douglasii, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1110.—Martius 
Nov. Gen. 3, p. 34.—G. verticillata, Hook. Bot. Mag. 
t. 2776.—G. maculata, Mart. Nov. Gen. 3, t. 215. 
Han. On trees, and rocks on the Pedra Bonita at Tejuca. 
. Nov. 
252. Utricularia longifolia (sp. n.); scapo erecto 4-9-floro, 
folis longe petiolatis oblongis obtusiusculis basi longe 
attenuatis, bracteá unicá 3-partità, foliolo calycino superiore 
ovato acuminato, inferiore apice bifido, corolla ampla, labio 
superiore elliptico-oblongo, inferiore late orbiculato integro, 
calcare labio inferiore breviore tereti acuto porrecto. 
Has. In moist places on the summit of the Pedra Bonita, 
at Tejuca. Fi. Nov. 
Herba perennis, glabra. Radices cespitose, fibrose. Fo- 
lia radicalia, 5-10 poll. longa, 9-12 lin. lata. Scapus circiter pe- 
dalis, rigidus. Pedunculi distantes pollicem circiter longi. Ca- 
lycinum foliolum superius leviter nervosum, inferius crassius 
. etvalde nervosum. Corolla violacea. Stylus brevis, apice 
infundibuliformis. 
253. Polymnia Siegesbeckia, DC. Prodr. 5, p. 516. 
Haz. In bushy places, and by road-sides about Rio. Fl. 
Nov. 
. 254. Mimosa elliptica, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 400. 
Han. On arid, bushy, hilly places at Rio Comprido. F7. 
Nov. 
List of Ferns Jrom the neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, 
collected in 1836. 
1. Lygodium volubile, Sw. 
2. and 3. Anemia caudata, Kaulf—A. Mandioccana. 
Raddi. 
4. Anemia Gerdneri, Hook. 
5. Anemia humilis, Sw.—A. repens, Raddi. 
6. Anemia frazinifolia, Ra 
7. Anemia flexuosa, Raddi. 
8. Acrostichum aureum, Linn. 
