14 J. G. Aganlh. 



*** TRimis SPYRTnivi'; opposit.t;. RanielUs a rarhiâe deninm (ernlniione cnnfi- 

 niiata sfrafi rorficalis) Vdlidissinio plus minus demulnfii et ndparenfer cou- 

 ti)iH<i, ah initio geminis geniculo oppositis, démuni mine (d)ortu singidis, iiimc 

 plnrilms snlirerficiUafis, ipsis articulis ramelloruni ecorliratis. 



S])eeies, qiia' luijus sunt typi liurusi|ue cogiiitir, taiitmii ad orats Nov;i> I IiillaiiilKc piDVfiiiiv 

 viilentur. OiiiiH's rami iis(|U(' ad apiccs stiato corticali snlicdiitiiuin obdiu'ti, laiiicllis i])S(i guiiifulo 

 antepositis feic iiitra coitii-eni iiiicrgcntilius, articulis lamcllunini ciditicatis, i])sis gfniculis tennis 

 siiiia zona cellnlaruni coiticaliiiiii iniiiutissinianini obductis. Snli scnili stadii) cailles l'rondiimi demi 

 dati adcifscnnt et iiuiic diuissiini )i(itius Gracilnriani (|iiain plantain t'eiamieis coîi.parandani lefenint. 



7. 8i'. opposiTA Harr. J. Af/. Epier. 2>- '^70. 



Specieni hane sat vulgarem, et ex iihiiiniis Incis tum Novie ll(illandi:e tnm Novie Zelandiae 

 i'0])oitatam, sphiernsporit'erain nondiiiii (ilisi'rvatani fuisse — in Plii/r. austndi nlii eaiideni icône 

 exiniia illiistiavit Harvey, expressis verbis dicitur, se si)ha'ios]>07ifeiani nondiini \idisse — iiec 

 niilii Kiiicrisin sciibenti ])lanta, spha-iosporis instnicta cognita fuit. Mine bodie pauca de ea addere 

 placuit. In speciniine raniellis pluriinis denudato, superne auteni laniellis densirnibus ([iiasi race 

 nioso, Dbservavi inti'r lanii'llus nurinales siinpliciusculos, alins bre\ ioics interinixtos, (|iins <leciini 

 positfis raniellis l>revioiibus et sa'jie truncatis fere corvnilinsos dicereni. In bis spliaMuspiuas nunie- 

 riisas, ut in aliis speciebiis oninino émergentes; in nonnullis, ramelldiiim siii)eii(ire parte dejeeta, 

 partes inferidi-es cuiynibi fertilis spiia'rosporis densius obtectas ubservavi. 



S. Sr. l'ROLii'KRA Harr. J. Aff. Epier, p. 269. 



Ex icône Harvevana ideam de bac specie clarani vix conci]iere liceat. Illa enim sistit sti- 

 pites planta' adnltioris, a (piibus lateraliter emergnnt ramuli prolilicaiites novi anni adluic juvéniles. 

 Kjusmodi stipites oninino denudalos, (|uin etiani miilto validiores (luoque liaud pancos \idi, niulto 

 potins < iiacilariain siganteam c|iiani plantam Ceraniieis comparandain referentes. Antea vero (|iiani 

 ejusmodi sta<lium senilc attingit ])lanta, liabitiim pra'bet non païuiii di\'eisiim, niminmi su|>ia 

 caiilescentes ])artes inl'eriores — nnnc durissimas et fere ligneas — frondem ramis raniulist|ue de 

 coin))ositam, alias Spyridias liabitu referentein observare liceat. Ju jiartibus frondis iiK'iassata', 

 evoliitionem ])id]iiii stiati corticalis validissimam, exigna cellula axili in incdio segmeiiti transver- 

 salis dignosceiala, stratum axile referente. Dispositione initiali raiiionim ba'c siiecies cum Rp. 

 (ipposifa comcnire \ideretnr. Ouni vi'i'o in Sp. opposihi ramelli ucmini adiiareaiit niagis legulariti'r 

 rijipositi et breviores, eosdeni viilere licet in Sp. proliféra mine verticillatos ; ali(|nando nno aut 

 altero obsoleseente aut in ranuim excrescente quasi paulisper magis irregnlariter dispositos. In 

 ramis siphones articulorum et geniculoruni diu di^iiioscere liceat, utpotc sipbones genicula obte 

 geiites fere duplo breviores c|iiam illi (luibus articuli obteguntur. Utrisque bis conjunctis sua longi- 

 tndine crassitiein rami junioris arquant. lîamelli elongati, a basi paulisper crassiore longe acunii 

 nati, articulis diametro a^qualibus — aut ns(ine duplo longioribus. lîamelli sa-pius bifariani dispositi. 

 Jii apice supremo nnnc laniellos plures, liasi siliquose incrassatos, inferne quasi contt'iitu pulveraei'o 

 instiiictos observavi; an in bis antlieridiorum initia sus]>icaii liceretV 



In S]), opitosita et S]i. ])rob'fera ranios usipie ad apices corticatos diceieni, raniellis <>|)|)osilis 

 (|uasi iiilia coiticeni generalis. In raniellis ipsi articuli midi, geniculis ranu'llormn obductis tennis 

 sinio sirato coilicali, ciijns cellnlas minutas \ix iiisi magiioiiere aucta' disceriiere liceat. 



**** Triius Si'YRiD. PLI MOS.K. BnmelUs a rachide distirhe derompositn cerviror- 

 niicr raniosd, dcnmni rrdidissinin, in pnrfihus junioribus secnndnfis, in adultio- 

 rilins oppositis, i)i udimni sinijdr.r desinentihus, arliculis ramellormn ipsis 

 ecorticafis. 



9. Sp. PT;tiMosA Sclim. 



specieni banc capeiiseni, omnium fere elegantissimam, tyinim siii jiiiis constitiierc piitarem, 

 ramellorimi slinctnia ad S|iyiidiaiii op])osilam ]iidximuMi, evoliilione slipitis dense corticali laim 

 aliis speeielius t'apensibus coni|paiaiidaiii, dispositione lamillormn in paitilius junioribus scciunlata. 



