1746.1 TO JOHN BARTRAM. 357 



Peric. nullum. Fructus globosus echinatus, dissiliens in 

 Semina quatuor aut quinque ; hinc convexa, echinata spinis 

 hamatis, inde angulata. 

 Facies Triumfettce et JJrence ; sed diversissima planta.* 



COLDENIA. 



Teucrii facie bisnagarica tetracoccos rostrata, pilis scatens ? foliis 

 profunde venosis. Plukn. Aim. p. 363, tab. 64, fig. 6\ 



Cal. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis erectis. 



Cor. monopetala infundibuliformis, longitudine calycis ; limbo 

 patulo obtuso equali quadrifido. 



Stam. Filamenta quatuor, tubo corolla; inserta. Antherce sub- 

 rotundse. 



Pist. G-ermina quatuor ovata. Styli totidem capillares, longitu- 

 dine staminum. Stigmata simplicia persistentia. 



Peric. nullum. Fructus ovatus scaber compressus, rostris quatuor. 



Sem. quatuor acuminata, hinc convexa, scabra, inde angulata. 

 Facies J\ T euradce, sed diversissima planta. 



Pray, when you write to that learned gentleman, send to him a 

 copy of this character, and acquaint him that I, with great plea- 

 sure, perceived by your letter that my pakket is come to his hands ; 

 but that I am extremely sorry that his things for me were taken 

 by the privateers. 



Pray acquaint me in your next, how it goes with your learned 

 newly erected Society, and what improvements they have made. 



This is all, dear sir, what I could perform since the 19 of May, 

 being now obliged by the departure of my dear friend, Doctor 

 Dundas, to finish these ; wishing you and all friends health and 

 prosperity, wherewith I remain 



Your most obedient servant, 



Johannes Fredericks Gronovius. 



Ley den, 2 Juny, 1746. 



* This plant, on which it was then proposed to establish the genus Bartramia, 

 was finally referred to Triumfetta, of Plum, and Linn. It is now the Triumfetta 

 angulata, Lam. Diet. DC. Prodr. 1, p. 507 ; T. Bartramia, L. (partly) ; Willd. sp. 

 pi. 2, p. 854 ; Lappago Amboinica, Rumph. Amb. 6, p. 59 ; Bartramia, Lam. III. 

 tab. 400, f . 2 ; B. Lappago, Gaertn. Fruct., tab. 111. 



The name was afterwards (1789) given, by Hedwig, to a genus of humble 

 Mosses. 



