120 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES III. and IV. 



Plate III. 



CephaJozia francisci., Hook. 



Fig. 1. Plant, natural size. 



2. ,, magnified. 

 3 & 3'. Antical and postical portions of the stem, showing 

 leaves and folioles (stipules). 



4. Portion of an erect branch, bearing minute rose- 



coloured propagula. x 40. 



5. Leaf, x 150. 



6. Perianth and bracts, x 30. 



Plate IV. 

 Cephalo%ia curvifolia, Dicks. 



Fig. -7. Plant, natural size. 



8. ,, magnified, x 3. 



9. Cells of the leaf, x 250. 

 10. Leaf magnified, x 50. 



11, 12 & 13. Portion of the stem and leaves, x 30. 



Anthelia Jurattkana, Limpr. 



Fig. 14. Plant, x 30, showing stem, leaves, and sessile peri- 

 anth (young). 



15. Leaf and cells, x 150. 



16. The same perianth more mature. 



