2:>\ .^ii.l MOSS£S. 



dr)uj^. 1 Hnnly to |u|)cr, ami sh^xi^'l ''>i 



be subjc< I I.; iiiu. . - •' . r»l fifbi, in ib^iii^. i m 



color ' *' »unj;cr i-unu is a brilliant < anninc ; 



older uuc^. iiuikcr. It should be hxikcd for early in 

 the se*a.son, tho»j;^h 1 have col!c<tcd it to the end 



Genus.— GRIi'l'HHSIA* Ag. 



(iRir»iTH.MA rv>RNrruN\, Farixjw. 



'I*his is the only rcj-: o yet found on our 



iivi.Tn shor. hu large and brilli.i"' <'(*nus. It 



^' ■ ! ..../<ij, var. fihbi/erit Harvey's 



iiui a more careful ami cmciuivc study 

 o: .y Dr. Farlow, has convincetl hira that it is 



quite a distinct si>ecies, and he has named it for a 

 celebrated French \ . I*rof. K«l. Ikjmet. 



'ITiis plant has a nder, Aliform frond, 



consisting of a si: ; naked, pink 



placed end to end. It branches by regular forkings, 

 and the branrb-- "^- romposed the same as •*>'• •-tern 

 of a series ui ^ n^jH cells. 'Hu- forking ■ • uni- 



plishcd by two cells, starting from the lup of one. 

 The branches rep<. rk in the same way, nar- 



