observed, it will be difficult to say next to which of these genera 

 it should be placed. With a general agreement among the three 

 in structure, there is in the constitution of the medullary stratum 

 of Sarcocladia something peculiar, namely, the isolation of the 

 graniferous cells one from another, and the interposition of the 

 anastomosing empty cells. This structure, if correctly described, 

 ought to be sufficient to separate the present plant from Curdicea, 

 Though common enough in Western Australia, it has not yet 

 been sent from any other part of the coast. It is not a plant 

 likely, by its beauty, to attract any but a botanist. 



Fig, 1. Sarcocladia obesa, — the natural size. 2. Partial section, showing 

 medullary and peripheric strata. 3, Conceptacles. 4. Vertical section 

 through a conceptacle : — more or less magnified. 



