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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE* 
  [November, 
  

  

  Caulis 
  3-4 
  cm, 
  longus, 
  pauciramosus. 
  Folia 
  dense 
  imbri- 
  

   cata, 
  subopposita, 
  subquadrata 
  saepe 
  convexa, 
  marginibus 
  

   revolutis, 
  margine 
  ventrali 
  parum 
  arcuata, 
  dorsali 
  stricta 
  

   apice 
  truncata, 
  3-4 
  spinosa, 
  spinis 
  longe 
  setaceis 
  strictis 
  dj- 
  

   varicatis, 
  dorso 
  libera 
  ventre 
  uno 
  vel 
  utroque 
  latere 
  amphi- 
  

   gastrio 
  coalita 
  ; 
  cell. 
  0.035 
  mm. 
  trigonis 
  majusculis 
  acutis. 
  

   Amph. 
  remota, 
  cauli 
  appressa, 
  apice 
  lunatim 
  emarginata, 
  

   laciniis 
  divaricatis 
  setaceis, 
  basi 
  utroque 
  latere 
  dente 
  spini- 
  

   formi 
  munita, 
  in 
  foliis 
  plus 
  minus 
  distincte 
  decurrentia.^ 
  

  

  Perianthia 
  baud 
  innovata, 
  maxima, 
  ovato 
  inflata 
  vixtn- 
  

   quetra, 
  baud 
  alata, 
  ad 
  \ 
  tripartita, 
  lobis 
  late 
  linearibus 
  apice 
  

   recte 
  truncatis 
  denseque 
  spinuliferis 
  vel 
  parce 
  fimbriatis. 
  

   Folia 
  involucr. 
  intima 
  vaginatim 
  amplectentia, 
  quadrato-ro- 
  

   tunda, 
  apice 
  patula 
  trispinosa 
  uno 
  alterove 
  dente 
  in 
  margine 
  

   ventrali. 
  Amfh, 
  invoL 
  intimum 
  caulinis 
  majus, 
  liberum,ova- 
  

   tum 
  ad 
  ^^bifidum, 
  laciniis 
  lanceolatis 
  porrectis 
  basin 
  versus 
  

   paucispinosum. 
  

  

  Androccia 
  ignota, 
  

  

  Bourbon, 
  leg. 
  Rodrigu'^^ 
  

  

  Proxima 
  Lofh.triaca^ 
  

  

  apice 
  distincte 
  angustatis. 
  

  

  17- 
  lophocolea 
  longifolia 
  St. 
  //. 
  sf. 
  . 
  

  

  Dioica, 
  inter 
  muscos 
  crescens, 
  pallide-virens- 
  Catili^ 
  

   2-3 
  cm. 
  longus, 
  in 
  specimine 
  unico 
  solum 
  innovato-ramosus 
  

   ceterum 
  simnlpv 
  W^i;^ 
  v. 
  ^f 
  .:.>.,. 
  r^^^:« 
  :^r^,.;.^t-n 
  mntif/ua 
  nii- 
  

  

  el 
  

  

  ■■ 
  

  

  ceterum 
  simplex. 
  Folia 
  

  

  nora, 
  plano-disticha, 
  ligulata 
  late 
  brevlterque 
  emarginata 
  ^ 
  el 
  

   mcisa, 
  lobulis 
  inaequalibus 
  obtusis 
  vel 
  rotundatis 
  ; 
  supenoi'i 
  

   remotiuscula 
  sensim 
  majora 
  pro 
  more 
  plus 
  duplo 
  longioi.^ 
  

   quatn 
  lata, 
  fere 
  linearia, 
  breviter 
  lunatim 
  emarginata, 
  oDi 
  

   acutis 
  margine 
  ventrali 
  recurvo. 
  Cell. 
  0.025 
  mm- 
  ^f 
  

   0.020:0.035 
  mm.) 
  trigonis 
  parvis. 
  Amfh. 
  libera, 
  patu^.J; 
  

  

  Perianth 
  

  

  dis, 
  margmibus 
  remote 
  grosseque 
  spinosis, 
  ala 
  nulla 
  ;/^ 
  

   praha 
  mtima 
  oblonga 
  ad 
  \ 
  acute 
  incisa, 
  lobis 
  inaequa^^' 
  

  

  ad 
  ■ 
  ' 
  ^ 
  

  

  a 
  Obtuse 
  incisum, 
  laciniis 
  longe 
  acuminatis 
  hamatis. 
  

   Aiidroccm 
  ignota. 
  

  

  Bourbon, 
  leg. 
  Rodri^ 
  

  

  18. 
  Lophocolearubescens^S 
  

  

  guez. 
  

  

  C««i.r'^' 
  "^'J^^' 
  fl'^vo-virens, 
  apicibus 
  rubescen 
  b^^ 
  

   ad 
  cenr^ 
  cm 
  longus, 
  multiramosus, 
  repens, 
  inter 
  mu 
  

   adscendens 
  vel 
  dense 
  caespitosus. 
  Folia 
  apposita, 
  P"^' 
  

  

  