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W. H. PEARSON'. 



[No. 9. 



the leaves, contiguous or nearly so. broadly rotund or obo- 

 vate, bifid down to a y 4 — Vs; segmentsobtuse or subacute. 

 Iuflorescence monoicous. Flowers 2 terminal on main stem 

 orbranches, usually dichotomical. Bracts a little longer and 

 narrower than the leaves. oblong-ovate, rounded or subacute, 

 lobule 7 times smaller than bract, plane, narrowly oblong, 

 entire. Bracteole spathulate or obovate, retuse or emargi- 

 nate, sinus up to a Vio" deep, rarely more. Perianth pro- 

 jecting nearly half beyond the bracts, ovate-oblong. rostellate, 

 somewhat compressed, winged, in addition to the two promi- 

 nent lateral wings there are from 5 to 7 keels usually 2 

 antical and 3 postical large and distinct disappearing near 

 the lower third part of the perianth. Flowers $ on short, 

 lateral spikes of 2 — 3 pairs of leaves, forming globose capi- 

 tula, rarely lengthened out, leaves sub-rotund; lobule almost 

 as large as leaf; antheridia roundish oval. 



Measurements. Stems Ya iuch high. .1 mm diam. with 

 leaves 1 mm wide; leaves .5 mm long X .3 mm broad .5 mm 

 X .25 mm lobule .2 mm long X .1 mm broad, .45 X .3 

 mm lob. .15 x .1, .4 X .25 lob. .15 X -1; perigonial leaf 

 .3 mm X .275 lob. .3 X .2; cells .025 mm X .02 mm, .02 

 X .02. .0175 X .0175; imderleaves .225 mm broad X .25 

 mm high. ^segment .075 mm .225 X .225 seg. .05, .2 X .25 

 seg. .05, .2 X .225 seg. .075. .2 X .175 seg. .05; bracts .8 

 mm long X .4 mm broad lobule .3 mm long X .1 niui broad, 

 .7 X .275 lob. .3 X .1, .6 X .25 lob. .225 X .1 .55 X .3 

 lob. .2 X .075, .5 X .275 lob. .2 X .075. .65 X .3 lob. .2 

 X .1. .6 X .3 lob. .25 X .1; bracteoles .5 mm high X .3 

 mm broad, .4 X .3. .4 X .275 : perianths .7 mm high X .5 

 mm broad .7 X .4. .6 X. 4; antheridia .19 mm X .14. .175 

 X .15. . 



Hab. Growing on trees. Knysna (with n. 51 Hb. Kiaer.) 



Obs. The peculiarity about this species is that whilst 

 it belongs to the section with bifid underleaves (Schizo- 

 stipae) it has a 7—10 plicate perianth; no mention of 

 any approach to this character is made in Dr. Spruce's 



