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W. H. PEARSON. 



[No. 9. 



13. Lophocolea muricata Nees. 



Lehm. in Linnaea IV. p. 363 (1829.) L. et Lindenb. in 

 Lehm. Pug. pl. 111 p. 50. (1831.) G. L. N. Syn. Hep. p. 169 

 (1845) p. 703 (1846.) Mitt. in Hook.-f. Fl. N. Zel., 2. p. 138 

 (1855.) Mitt. in Hook. Fl. Tasm. vol. II p. 227 (1860.) Mitt. 

 Voyage of the Herald p. 245 n. 1182. Gottsche Mex. Le- 

 verm. p. 113 (1863.) Mitt. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. „Hep. Ind. 

 Orient," vol. V p. 99 (1861.) Mitt. Proc. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 VII p. 165 (1863.) 



Hab. Knysna (with no. 43 Hb. Kiaer.) 



14. Leioscyplms Iverseni n. sp. 



Dioica, prostrata, elatiuscula, flavo-viridis badiave. Caules 

 simplices furcative. Folia sub-horizontalia, subopposita, im- 

 bricata, oblongo-quadrata subrotundave apice truncato, in- 

 tegra vel uni-bi-tri-dentata. Foliola altero latere vel saepius 

 utrinque foliis connata, late quadrata rotundave, bifida qua- 

 drifidave, margine dentata. Bracteae obovatae vel late 

 ovalia, integrae, vel irregulariter angulatae. Bracteolae 

 subulatae, bifidae, utrinque unidentatae. Perianthia oblongo- 

 obconica, antice sub-alata. ore lato compresso, pluri-dentata. 



Dioicous, acrocarpous or cladocarpous, procumbent, mo- 

 derate size, of a brown or yellowish green colour. Stems 

 simple or furcate, on a cross-section almost round, sligbtly 

 flattened antically, about 30 cells round, 15 cells wide X 12 

 cells high, of equal size, the 2 outer rows dark brown, on 

 the postical side often 3X4 rows of cells dark brown. 

 Rootlets reddish brown, proceeding from base of underleaves 

 in bunenes. Leaves almost horizontally inserted, imbricate, 

 sub-opposite, oblong-quadrate or sub-rotund, entire or emar- 

 ginate, sinus very shallow and broad, caused by the occu- 

 rance of a tooth at each corner, often only one, very rarely 

 three, usually entire, in addition to those at the apex there 

 sometimes appears near to the postical base of leaf an acute 

 tooth, rarely two, of 2 single and 1 row of 2 cells; cells of 

 a moderate or medium size, usually full of granules; trigones 



