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This species greatly resembles the J. cordifolia of Hooker ; but the 

 more patent and shorter leaves give it a squarrose appearance, not 

 observable in cordifolia. 



5. J. gelida, Taylor. Stem creeping, ascendant, subsimple, flexu- 

 ous ; leaves approximate, erecto-patent, secund, subrotund, bifid, the 

 segments unequal, somewhat acute, incurved, very entire. 



It creeps up here and there among the Gymnomitrion concinnatum 

 of Nees, overtopping it and then reclining : the colour of the ujDper 

 part is reddish brown, but that of the lower, older, and more shaded 

 parts is quite discharged ; stems slender, an inch long, consisting of 

 the growth of former seasons, topped by that of the present year. 

 Except near the top it is attached by rootlets throughout its length. 

 The leaves are convex and largely cellular, the sinus between the seg- 

 ments sometimes acute, more commonly obtuse. It is allied, espe- 

 cially in the colour of its shoots, to J. punicea, Nees, an inhabitant 

 of Java, but is a larger and less branched plant. 



6. J. Kunzeana, H'dhen. Hep. Germ., p. 115, n. 38; Synops. 

 Hepat. p. 112. 



Patches dense, olive brown ; stems about one inch long, sparingly 

 branched ; the entire inferior side has thickly-set rootlets. Leaves 

 crossing the stem, concave, all pointing upwards ; some near the top 

 trifid. Lateral perichsetial leaves quadrifid, the stipular bifid, all 

 with a few spinous teeth at the base. Calyx convex above, deeply 

 channelled below. Peduncle, four times as long as the calyx. Cap- 

 sule oblongo-ovate. 



' Scientific Excursions in New Holland, by Dr. Ludwig Leick- 

 hardt, 1842-44. Extracted from his letters to M. G. Durand, of 

 Paris.' 



No. 42 contains the following papers : — 



' Description of Podaxon Pistillaris, Fries ; by the Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S.' 



' Algae Antarcticas, &c.' 



' Decades of Fungi,' by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



' On a minute Fungus, Podisoma macropus, growing on Juniperus 

 Virginiana in North America, by Dr. Wyman, in a letter addressed 

 to Sir W. J. Hooker ; with some additional remarks by the Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley.' 



' Contributions to the Botany of South America,' by John Miers, 

 Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



