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2. Flaccida, flagging. 



3. Curta, short. 



4. Pulvinata, powdered. 



5. Stellulata, full of stars, 



6. Suctulata, shield-like. 



7. Veluti?ia, hairy. 



XXXI. Ralfsia. In honour of John Ralfs, Esq., an accurate 

 botanist, to whom the science is much indebted. 

 1. Deusta, withered-looking deusta. 



CHOKDARIA D1VAEICATA 



XXXII. Leathesia. In honour of the Rev. Mr. Leathes, a 

 British naturalist. 



1. Tuber if urmis, knob-shaped leathesia. 



2. BerJcleye, the Berkeley. 



XXXIII. Mesogloia, Middle, and "viscid, in allusion to its 

 gelatinous axis. 



1. Vermicularis, chequered mesogloia. 



