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Bibliographical Notices. 



Hepatic^, Juss. 



Grimaldia peruviana, Nees et Mont. Receptaculo foemineo complete) sub- 

 globoso dimidiatoque crenato, subtus pedicelloque brevi pilosis, masculo 

 discoideo sessili, fronde dichotoma latiuscule lineari subtus ad costam 

 esquamata, apice prolifera. 



Ad terram humidam et saxa in umbrosis montis excelsi prope Irupana. 

 Grimaldia chilensis, Lindenb. Subsimplex apiceve succrescens linearis, 

 canaliculata, denticulata, apice emarginata, brevissime ciliato-barbata, sub- 

 tus atro-purpurea squamisque subulato-acutis rigidulis patulis exasperata, 

 receptaculo foemineo (imperfecto) convexo quadri-quinquecrenato, obso- 

 lete barbato. 



Ad terram locis humidis prope Quillota. 



Of the Hepaticte, which are fifty-eight in number, twenty-one are 

 new. 



Musci. 



Conomitrium Berterii, Mont. Caule fluitante filiformi ramosissimo, ramis 

 superioribus subfasciculatis, foliis disticbis, dissitis, alternis angustissime 

 linearibus patentibus, supremis longissimis pedunculis 1 — 3 axillaribus 

 cauligenis, capsulse ovatse operculo acuminato. Cum ic. 

 Ad saxa in scaturiginibus prope Quillota. 



A very remarkable circumstance is figured in this species, viz. the 

 germination of a spore in the cavity of the capsule, from the mouth 

 of which projects a new individual. 



The Mosses described are forty- one in number, of which ten are 

 new species. The acrocarpous and pleurocarpous species are nearly 

 equal in number, but the proportion of mosses with a simple peri- 

 stome exceeds that of those with a double peristome. The known 

 species are mostly tropical or ubiquitanous. Several European spe- 

 cies were found on the Cordillera of the Andes, in spots nearly iso- 

 thermal with those in which they occur in Europe. 



The London Journal of Botany ; being a new series of the Journal of 

 Botany. By Sir W. J. Hooker, K.H., &c. &c. 



We give the contents of this journal from January last to the pre- 

 sent time, with some brief observations. 



No. I. Notes of a Botanical Excursion to the Mountains of North 

 Carolina, &c, with some remarks on the Botany of the higher Alle- 

 ghany Mountains; by Asa Gray,M.D. — Notes upon Cape Orchidacets; 

 by Prof. Lindley. [This paper contains descriptions of 10 new species 

 belonging to the genera Disperis, Disa, Brownleea and Penthea, sent 

 to Prof. Lindley by the Hon. W. H. Harvey.] — Descriptions of se- 

 veral (16) new genera of South African Plants ; by the Hon. W. H. 

 Harvey. — Some account of the Paraguay Tea {Ilex paraguayensis) ; 

 by Sir W. J. Hooker. — Botanical information : new British Plants. 

 [The plants referred to are " Equisetum elongatum (Willd.)," found 

 by F. Whitla, Esq. in mountain glens near Belfast ; Chara latifolia 

 (Willd.), found by D. Moore, Esq. in Belvidere Lake, Westmeath ; 

 Polyporus nitidus (Fries), near Bristol, by H. O. Stephens, Esq.] — 

 Bibliographical Notices. — On the Plants of the Grampians, viewed 



