Evans: TAXILEJEUNEA PTEROGONIA 119 
of variability is greater and there seems to be no special type 
which is more or less closely approximated. In the plant figured 
(Fic. 1) the branch developed three underleaves (one of which 
has been dissected away) with the corresponding leaves before 
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TAXILEJEUNEA JAMAICENSIS Evans : 
rt. Part of ast howing a female b h-system, ventral view, X 25. 2. Apex 
of lobe, X 90. 3. Apex of underleaf, X 90. 4. Basal auricle of underleaf, X 90. 
5—7. Bracts and bracteole from a single inflorescence, X 45. 8-10. Bracts and brac- 
teola from another inflorescence, X 45. 11. Bracteole from a third inflorescence, 
X 45. The figures were all drawn from the type speci 
the first inflorescence; the single innovation of this inflorescence 
bore three more underleaves with their corresponding leaves and 
then a second inflorescence with two subfloral innovations; one 
of the latter was short and sterile, but the other developed a 
