R. BROWN’S LIST OF MADEIRA PLANTS 197 
XPLANATION OF Prate 46 
Figs. 1-3. aR gracilis—1. Joints bearing sporangia. Nat.size. 2. 
Saas ‘oink, Saaegi ridges of centr al strand and lateral tufts of fruiting fila- 
men 
t, 5 ing of two filaments of tenes strand 
ivlow, and pasliawcives branching abov orm sporangiophores. 
una.—4. Portion of pode to plant. Nat. size. %. Fertile 
joint, i mi filaments pecioene cohen tely from base of central strand. 
6. Fruiting filaments. Two of the iating filaments are seen branching eg 
chotomously. The central branch of the upper one fuses with the left-hand 
branch of the lower on ah OEE: ata from hme to ype and each 
branches above to form t fo) e, seen from the 
other side. x 80. 8. Young felting Clematis (after Derbés ¢ & Solier). x 52. 
R. BROWN’S LIST OF MADEIRA PLANTS. 
By James Britten, F.L.S. 
(Concluded from p. 182.) 
Arum Cotacasia. a 
A. pictum [Caladium picturatum C. Koch & Bouché. 
A. sacitr@rotium [4. canariense Webb (A. italicum PB canariense 
Engl.).] 
ape 9) 
Poramoceton natans. [I cannot find the specimens of this: 
Mr. Ar ie Bennett has no note of true natans from Madeira, and 
suggests that the jluitans a collected there by Lowe and others 
is the — intended 
Eessum. [Be aide es Wee s specimens sent to Banks, we have 
: died cite up by Masson himself, and bearing in his own hand 
name which corr reuponide with that in Dryander’s ee 9 
rv his list. This is interesting as ae that the MS. names of 
novelties in that list are to be ascribed to Masson, cae ater 
otherwise indicated. The s scinietin are P. pusillus L., to which, 
pape to a note in the Herbarium, ps, were referred by Sir 
CAREX MURICATA. [Brown in his MS. list has added ‘vix 
muricata”’: the plant seems to be C. divulsa —— which —- 
botanists regard as a variety of muri icata.] 
CIRPUS SETACEUsS [S. cernuus Vahl.] Sed 
CyPERUS ESCULENTUS. 
C. rotunpus M. ‘* Culmo triquetro subnado, ianbella decom- 
oe spicis alternis linearibus. H. ‘*M.” means that the 
plant was collected by Masson; ‘* H. K.” isa mistranscription for 
6 Fi. Zeyl.”’] 
C. FLAVESCENS. 
ARISTIDA GIGANTEA [A. adscensionis L.] 
PHauaRis CANARIENSIS. [I suspect this was P. ee 
Link, but I have not found the Banksian specimen on whic 
Brown's es is based.] 
P.sB a [P. caerulescens Desf.] 
Pivioclee eLaucum [Setaria glauca Beauy.] 
P. vine [Setaria verticillata Beauy.] 
P. cotonum Lin. 
