Mr. R. Spruce on the Musci and Hepatica of the Pyrenees. 269 



account of its manifestly fruticose habit, and the different struc- 

 ture of its flowers : with Brachistus it appears to correspond suf- 

 ficiently, although nothing is yet known of its fruit. Willdenow 

 considers this plant the same as that figured in Miller^s Diet, 

 tab. 206. Tab. 20*, but Nees holds a contrary opinion (Linn. loc. 

 cit. p. 441), principally on account of its leaves being opposite; 

 it is however most likely that its geminate leaves may have been 

 mistaken by Miller as opposite. 



The leaves are said to be 2 inches long, 1 inch broad, on a 

 petiole i-f inch in length ; the peduncles are 2-2|^ lines long, 

 the calyx scarcely 2^ lines ; the corolla, including the lobes, is 

 3f lines in length. 



15. Brachistus 'iLinnceanus. Physalis arborescens, Z/fnw. >SJo. P/. 

 161 ; Spr. Syst, Veg. i. 696 ; — caule arborescente ; foliis ova- 

 tis, subangulatis, subtus lanatis ; floribus solitariis. — Mexico. 

 This species is excluded by Nees (Linn. vi. 483) from Physalis, 



and considered by him as altogether distinct from the foregoing. 



From the above short character it is impossible to come to any 



decided opinion on the subject. 



XXXIII. — The Musci and Hepatica of the Pyrenees. 

 By Richard Spruce. 



[Continued from p. 106.] 



The abbreviations made use of in this Catalogue are (besides 

 those above-mentioned for the zones of altitude) P. occ, P. c. 

 and P. or. for Pyrenai occidentals, centrales and orientates, re- 

 spectively ; M. P. for " Musci Pyrenaici quos in Pyrenseis cen- 

 tralibus occidentalibusque, necnon in Agro Syrtico, a.d. 1845 

 -46 decerpsit Richard Spruce. Londini : 1847 ;" and H. P. for 

 a similar fasciculus of the Hepaticee of the Pyrenees, and of the 

 same date. 



I have made a point of citing the original description of each 

 species, and one good figure of it, where such exists : the few 

 synonyms that are occasionally given have been in most cases 

 ascertained from authentic specimens. 



As to those localities which I owe to the observations of my 

 friends, I have affixed an autopsial mark (!) to the finder's name 

 in all cases where I have had the opportunity of examining his 

 specimens ; and where I have not only done this but have also 

 observed the same species in the very same place, a similar mark 



* " Physalis foliis ovato-lanceolatis, integerrimis, oppositis, caule fruti- 

 cose." 



