HANDP.oDK or I'.Riiisii iiij'Aric.^-:. 69 



sci^mcnls, beset at the nKir.L;in with variously sized, 

 rutlier laij^j, spiiuilosc teeth ; inferior lobe very 

 minute and oblong, niari^nn nearly entire. Colour 

 pmplish-brown, stipules very large, broader than 

 the stem, widely ovate, cleft into two spiny-toothed 

 sesj^ments, with a rcflexed spur at the base (fi£(. 



Genus 7. HERBERTA, Gray. 



Involucre many-leaved, leaves connate at 

 the base, deeply two-lobcd ; perianth none, 

 calyptra included ; capsule four-valved, cori- 

 aceous, naked ; elaters double, naked, decidu- 

 ous. Gray Arr. /., 705. Schisma, Diiniort. 

 Hep. Eur., t. 4, f. 38, See Spruce, Hep. Amaz. 

 P- 340. 



Herberta adunca, Dicks. 



Stem erect, flexuous ; leaves quadrifarious, 

 falcate, secund, elongated, bipartite ; laciniae 

 awl-shaped, long, acuminate, straight, entire 

 at the base. 



J luigcrmaiinia adunca, Dicks. Crypt. III., p. 

 12, t. 8. Juiigerinanuia junipcrina v. adunca, 

 Hook. Br, Jung. t. 4. Sc/u'snuj aduncani^ 

 Dumort. Comm. p. 116. Scndtncra adunca, 

 Gott. and Rab. Exs. 210; Carr. Trans. Bot. 

 Soc. Edin. VH., 454; Cooke Hep. f. 130. 

 Herberta adunca, Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 

 42. 



