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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  2Q 
  

  

  '-Tradescantia 
  subscaposa, 
  sp. 
  nova., 
  Glabra: 
  foliis 
  omnibus 
  

   subradicahbus, 
  subsessilibus 
  latissime 
  oblongis, 
  subito 
  

   acutatis: 
  panicula 
  10-25 
  cm. 
  longa, 
  longe 
  pedunculata, 
  

   oblonga, 
  composita, 
  floribus 
  plurimis 
  condensatis 
  : 
  petalis 
  

   purpureo-roseis, 
  venosis 
  : 
  staminibus 
  perfectis 
  6, 
  filamentls 
  

   glabris 
  ; 
  antheris 
  ellipsoideis, 
  longitudinaliter 
  dehiscentibus 
  

   in 
  connectivo 
  subquadrato 
  lateraliter 
  sessilibus 
  : 
  ovano 
  apice 
  

   glanduloso-piloso. 
  — 
  Species 
  T. 
  Warszewicziame, 
  Kiinth 
  

   et 
  Bouche 
  (C. 
  B. 
  Clarke 
  in 
  DC. 
  Monograph, 
  iii. 
  302) 
  

   proxima. 
  Pseudoscaposa 
  ; 
  bractese 
  inferiores 
  1-3 
  cm. 
  long£e' 
  

   non 
  cum 
  foliis 
  consimiles. 
  Quam 
  a 
  sepalis 
  herbaceis, 
  tarn 
  a 
  

   petahs 
  coloratis 
  antherisque, 
  Tradcscantiee 
  potius 
  quam 
  

   bpironematiaffinior. 
  CI. 
  Hasskarl 
  autem 
  T. 
  Warszewic- 
  

   zianam 
  quasi 
  Spironematis 
  speciemnotaverat." 
  C 
  B 
  Clarke 
  

   tn 
  (/// 
  23 
  Dec, 
  1889.— 
  Rock-crevices, 
  Santa 
  Rosa, 
  Depart. 
  

   Baja 
  Verapaz, 
  alt. 
  5,000 
  feet, 
  July, 
  1887, 
  von 
  Tiirckheim 
  

  

  (Ex 
  PI. 
  cit. 
  1213). 
  

  

  Sph'onema 
  sp 
  

  

  sar- 
  

  

  Asplenium 
  Vera-pax. 
  Botan. 
  GAziiTTE,xiii. 
  77.— 
  This 
  fern, 
  

  

  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  undescribed, 
  is 
  now 
  referred 
  to 
  A. 
  

   RiedcUamou 
  Bong., 
  a 
  species 
  reported 
  only 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  southern 
  provinces 
  of 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Nephrodium 
  duale 
  {Lasirea).—^V\ 
  

  

  mentose, 
  very 
  stout, 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long'scales 
  : 
  stipes 
  

   scattered, 
  smooth, 
  10-18 
  inches 
  long: 
  twice 
  to 
  thrice 
  lon^i-er 
  

   fronds 
  and 
  their 
  divisions 
  deltoid-lanceolate, 
  coriaceous, 
  

   gjabrate, 
  decompound, 
  dimorphous; 
  lower 
  secondary' 
  

   pinnules 
  of 
  sterile 
  frond 
  2 
  inches 
  long, 
  cut 
  nearly 
  to 
  rhachis 
  

   into 
  elliptic 
  decurrent 
  inasquilateral 
  lobed 
  segments 
  8 
  linet 
  

  

  long; 
  fertile 
  frond 
  and 
  its 
  divisions 
  a 
  third 
  smaller, 
  the 
  

   distinct 
  contracted 
  oblong 
  segments 
  crenate-lobed 
  with' 
  con- 
  

   cave 
  upper 
  surface 
  : 
  sori 
  confluent 
  from 
  the 
  first, 
  filling 
  the 
  

   whole 
  surface 
  of 
  frond 
  throughout 
  ; 
  indusia 
  large, 
  imbricat- 
  

   ing, 
  persistent, 
  sinus 
  shallow. 
  "" 
  " 
  " 
  

   feet, 
  J 
  

  

  4000 
  

  

  _ 
  in., 
  1889, 
  Tiirckheim 
  (Ex 
  PI. 
  cit. 
  1408),— 
  An 
  anom- 
  

   alous 
  species, 
  and 
  with 
  nearly 
  the 
  indusium 
  of 
  N. 
  

  

  f^ 
  

  

  Explanation 
  of 
  Plate 
  IV.-Fig. 
  1, 
  Fertile 
  pinna, 
  f 
  nat. 
  size. 
  Fig. 
  

   A 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  a 
  fertile 
  secondary 
  pinnule, 
  nat. 
  size. 
  Fig. 
  3 
  lower 
  

   surface 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  above. 
  Fig. 
  4, 
  sori 
  magnified. 
  Fig. 
  5, 
  'sterile 
  

  

  Fig°7' 
  EhizoniT^' 
  ^^^' 
  ^ 
  ^'^^^ 
  °^ 
  ^^^^'^^ 
  secondary 
  pinnules, 
  | 
  nat. 
  size. 
  

  

  Balii?nore, 
  Md. 
  

  

  