PEWNOLOBUS. 191 



Fruits ]\Iai'ch, April. 



Dimensions. — Stems \ to ^ inch long, "OG mm. diam. witli 

 leaves '4 mm. wide; leaves "25 mm. x '2 mm., segments "125 mm. 

 to "15 mm. ; cells 'OlS mm. to '03 mm. ; bracts '45 mm. x 7 mm., 

 seg. '3 mm. ; perianth 1*25 mm. x '275 mm. ; teeth at the mouth 

 •02mm. long; perigonial bracts '25 mm. x '2 mm., seg. "075 mm. 

 to -15 mm. ; antheridia '09 mm. x 07 mm. 



Hab. — " Sandy or loamy situations, under shade of bushes or 

 on ditch banks, nearly always associated with Africlium undidatum , 

 JJipIojjJij/U/uii albicans, and sometimes with Nardla scalaris and 

 MarsiipeUa Fuiickil. " 



Very rare. 



2. Tilgate and Ashdown Forest, Sussex, E. Jcnner, 1842, 

 G. E. Dacies, 1879. 5. Wolford Wood, Warwick, -/. E. BagiiaU, 

 1891. 7. Dolgelly, Merioneth, W. H. P., 1875. 



I. By the side of a mountain rivulet near Bantry, Co. Cork, 

 ^[iss Hutcliins, with female flowers, in March 1811? On a wet 

 sandy bank, Cromaglown, Co. Kerry, bearing autoicous perianths, 

 July 23, 1873, Frof. Lindherg. 



C. On a gravelly bank near the sea, Guernsey, E. D. Marquand, 

 1893. 



Found on the Continent (France), Canary Islands, Northern 

 Africa, and coast counties of California, North America. 



Obs. — A very beautiful species, remarkable for its guttulate 

 texture and dentate-serrate leaves. 



Distinguished from CcjjJtalozia deiildia (Ptaddi) by its lateral 

 branches and absence of stipules. 



Although described by Spruce (whose description I follow) 

 and others as polyoicous (monoicous and dioicous) I have nev^er 

 met with any but dioicous plants, the t ^ind % sometimes growing- 

 entangled together, but on separate plants. 



Description OF Plate LXXIV. — Fig. 1. Plants natural size. 

 2. Portion of stem, antical view x 85. 3, 4. Leaves x 85. 

 5,6. Ditto, explanate x 85. 7. Antical lobe of leaf x 85. 8. Pos- 

 tical lobe of leaf x 85. 9. Portion of leaf x 290. 10,11. Bracts 

 x G4. 12. Perianth x 31. 13. Cross-section of perianth x 31. 



