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A NEW HEPATIC. 
By H. W. Lert, M.A. 
Durine a short visit in June, 1903, to the Island of Achill, 
Co. Mayo, I found a hepatic which was s quite new to me, and I sent 
it to Professor Douin, of Chartres, who described it in the Revue 
1, plant, natural size; 2, end of a pore: oe view (normal fo: val ae 
thinner part of branch seen from above; 4, the e seen from en below i the 
lower leaves much smaller ; 5, a leaf taken from Re i a see 
6, a leaf from No. 2, side view, from mie the same-seen f abov. ve; 
8, a leaf removed from the stem, and seen Magee! ve; 9, cells of a, No. 8 
part of fig. 13. peat Sar ‘the involu e margin ; 13, tr sverse section of above 
through m n (fig. 5); 15, transverse section of the siehie atid a leaf through J rs 
(fig. 6). (Figs. 2-8, x 18; figs. 9-12, 14, x 100; figs. 13, 15, x 36). 
Br ponies for May, 1904. The following is a translation of this 
description :— 
ADE us puGortTIENsIs Douin & H. W. Lett, sp.nov. Pla 
joins (2), ‘of a brownish-yellow colour. Stem 10-50 mm. tom 
