A NEW SEMPER VI VU.M. 21 
*ig. 11. Cone ol bequontes Woodivardil Fig. 12. Restored cone of ditto. 
Fig. 13. Ovules of ditto, with the leaves broken off (double the natural size). 
Fig. 14. A single ovule magnified. Fig. 15 and 16. The two kin<ls of foliage. 
Plate LX.— Fig. 1. Cone of Araucarites spJujerocarpiis, two-thirds the natural 
size. (The original is preserved m the British Museum, and is from the Infe- 
rior Oolite, Bruton, Somersetshire.) Fig. 2. A scale of A. Bidwilli, somewhat 
reduced, showing the upper small scale. Fig. 3. Scale from the apex of the 
fossil cone. Fig. 4. Scale from the corresponding portion of the cone of 
A. Bidwilli. Fig. 5. A portion of the fossil cone, natural size, showing the 
single interior seed-cavity. Fig. 6. A section of the scale of A. Biduu/li? 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SEMPERVIVUM, FROM THE 
SALVAGE ISLANDS. 
By the Baron do Castello de Paiva, 
Professor of Botany in the Polytechnic Academy of Porto, Member of the 
Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, of the Zoological Society 
of London, etc. etc. 
{Communicated hy the Bev. R. T. Lowe, M.A.) 
Sempervivum Lovvei, Paiva, n. sp. 
Calyx 7-partitus, laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis lutescenti-carneis, 
mtus liueis tribus rubris lonsntudinalibus bete ornatis, extus fere 
lrroratis, pilosis. Petala septem, oblongo-laiiceolata, fere spathuliformia, 
acuminata, lutescenti-carnea, pellucida, quasi irrorata, intus linea 1 
rubra longitudinali picta, calycis laciniis alterna, marginibus serratis. 
Stamina quatuordecim, seriebus dualnis scqualibus couceutricis dispo- 
sita ; 7 externa petalorum imguibus inserts, aequalia, filamentis lutes- 
centibus oylhulraeeis, petala non a>quatitibus, apice antheras oblongas 
intense rubras ferentibus. Pistillum : ovarium 7-loculare, turgiduni, 
capselliforme, faseiis 7 nigrescentibus longitudinalibus notatiun ; styli* 
7 luteoli, lanceolati, apice stigmata 7 linearis ferentes ; nectaria 7, ova- 
rium ambientia, magna, crassissima,luteo-virescentia,lucida,semilunaria. 
Plores paniculati s. ad umbellam simplicem dispositi, insequales, e 
rosetta quinquefoliosa exeuntes j pedunculi cylindracei, rubelli, valde 
pilosi, apice subclavati. Folia ovoidea, crassissima, sessilia, interne 
depressiuscula, imbrieatim disposita, luteo-viridentia. Planta perennis, 
procnmbens, stolonifera, stolonil.)iis plurimis longis cylindricis albidis 
nee radicantibus, maculis longitudinalibus rufesccntibus notatis, omni- 
bus ex. radicis collo cireulariter exeunlibus, apice s. id extremum folia 
floresque sustinentibus, 
