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masculis, ct calypird penitm convcnit ; inde aUqno modo 

 Bu\\)i\nn\iijc r/cccdcjis, jjrcescrfim fujurd cajmdcBt ct struct urd 

 coliuncUce. Peristomio autcm ah omnibus diver sisniniis. 



DaWSONIA rOLYTRICIIOIDES. 



Tab. II [XXIIl].^ %. 1. 



Patria. Nova3 Hollandiae era orieiitalis, extra tropicum. 



Statio. Ripse subuinbrosa} rivuloruiii, ad radices mon- 

 tium, in vieiiiitate Portus Jackson. 



Desc. Ccespites laxi, aniorplii. Hadiculm tenuissimae, 

 tomenti instar, caudicein descendenteni l)rcvein inves- \^\i 

 tientes. Caulis simplicissimus, erectus, strictus, 2 — :3- 

 uncialis, basi relicjuiis folionini squamatns, snpra dense 

 foliatus. Folia, e basi dilatata seiniamplexicanli menil)ra- 

 nacca fiisca, lineari-subulata, opaca, viridia, niarj^inibus 

 longitndinaliter dorsoque apicis denticulatis, spinnlis sursum 

 crebrioribus niajoribusque, concaviuscula, patula, siccationc 

 appressa, canaliculata, superiora vix semuncialia, inferiora 

 sensini breviora. 



j\rasculi Flores terminales, discoidei. Folia per ir/oni alia 

 cuneato-orbiculata, niucronata, integerrima, seminiembra- 

 nacea, exteriora sensim majora. Fila siicculenfa nnmerosa, 

 articulata, basi attcnuata. JnthercB flosculi singuli 6-S, 

 cyjindraceae, brevissime pedicellata3. 



Femineus Flos in distincto individno. Scia terminalis, 

 solitaria, erecta, laevis, nitens, rnfo-fusca, caule ter brevior, 

 foliis terminalibus dnplo longior. Vaginula cylindracea, 

 stricta, glabra, tegmine pilorum calyptroc cxterioris instar 

 instructa. 



Ccdyptra duplex : exterior constans pilis intertextis dinii- 

 dio inferiorc tenni flexuoso pallido ramnloso edentulo, 

 superiore ferrugineo stricto denticnlato : interior meni- 

 branacea stratninea, capsulae maturac snbulata, snpra longi- 

 tndinaliter fissa, apice solum denticnlata. 



Capsula nutans, angnhnn fere rectum cum seta efFormans, 



* Tlie figures within brackets refer to the numbering of this and subsequent 

 plates in tiie 'Liinican Transactions.' — Ed. 



