HarveyancB, 



N. O. Musci. 



TAB. CCI. 



Andrea subulata. Harv. mst 



Caule subramoso, foliis basi vaginantibus attenuato-subulatis 



falcato-secundis enerviis, perichaetialibus convolutis late ellip- 



ticis apiculatis. Harv. 

 Hab. Rocks near the summit of the gorge leading to Table 



Mountain, called "the Port;" Cape of Good Hopcj, March 



21, 1837, Hon. W. H. Harvey. 



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Till lately the curious Genus of Andrcea was supposed to be 

 exclusively European, and four species only have been knovi^n 

 to botanists. Now, thanks to the exertions of our scientific 

 travellers, a fifth species has been discovered in the southern 

 hemisphere, the one here represented; and a sixth exists in our 

 Herbarium, from the Quitinian Andes of South America, where 



It was lately found by our valued friend, Professor Wm. Jame- 

 son. 



The present species, in general habit, resembles Andr(Ea 



nivalis^ or luxuriant specimens of A. Rothii^ but it is well dis- 



tinguished by the nerveless leaves, and the broad convoluted 



one of the perichsetium being apiculated. 



Fig. 1. 1. Specimens; nat size. f. 2. Single plant. /. 3 

 Leaf. / 4i. 5. Perichaetial leaves. / 6. Capsule x—magnijied. 



