DESCRIPTIO NOVI GENERIS RUBIACEARUM. .. 869 
Avena pubescens L. Uig to Quirain 
cota vulgaris With var. pale. Grassy slopes of the 
: Poa oa alpina Li. =A small mpage was found on the Cuchullin 
Hills, ne: 27080280 0 ft.— is Saerets var. glaucantha Reich, 
Mr. B —— so seat oe grass 
estuca ovina , glance ca. In some quantity near Vig 
tinging the bank So the tee — a gg with its glaucous hue,— 
F, ovina L, ., Var. major. The 
Nephrodium Filia-mas, var. Borreri. Also gathered near Strome 
t). 
Equisetum limosum, b. fluviatile, near Quirain ng. 
Chara fetida Braun., var. Broadford, in a pool near the s 
This Mr. A. Bennett considers to be form longifolia Sostgtnscieoie: 
and agg of it as peculiar in having many of the branchlets 
ecorticat 
Nitellg opaca Ag. Growing in a little loch, below the rocks 
of the Quiraing; and also in a moorland pool of very small 
dimensions between Uig and the Quiraing, on the watershed. In 
the latter case we should have been uncertain about its identity, 
without Mr. A. Bennett’s opinion on it, on account of its eee 
growth. The plant _ the general appearance of the ety 
attenuata H. & J. Gro 
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DESCRIPTIO NOVI GENERIS RUBIACEARUM 
a Rev. B. Scorrecuin1, F.L.S. 
Creaghia, n. g.—(Ord. Rubiacew. Trib. Cinchonee. Subord. 
Hilliew) —Calycis tubus obconicus compressus ; limbus 4-5 parti- 
bus, caducus, lobo uno post anthesin in laminam foliaceam pro- 
ducto. Corolle lobi 4-5 ad basim partiti, apice imbricati, breviter 
contorti, demum reflexi. Stamina 4-3, filamentis in alabas 
0 
Supra stigma armatis, flore expanso reflexis, antheris bilocularibus 
partitis, versatilibus, post anthesin recurvis. Discus 
leviter convexus, medio cavus. ce 2-loculare ; sete brevis, 
stigmatio apice 2. -partito, lobo majore in minorem reclinan 
ovula numerosa placentis sisbantibous septo peltatim iiteeas in- 
Serta, imbricata, ascendentia. Capsula..... Semina ala tenui 
vennlosa circumdata. Arbor haud gn ramulis teretibus. Folia 
SPposita. Stipule elliptic ee alabastro coalite. = lores 
ipso insi iter " din itur dacs a : tol 
omnibus nie | ad basin ae filamentis basi corolle ae satpcis 
Journan or Borany.—Vou. 22. [Dxcumper, 1884.) 
