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W. H. PEARSON. 



[No. 2. 



no. 90 c, no. 90 d). In montibus Ankaratra, 1880, leg. Dalile 

 et Borchgrevink, (Hb. Kiær 90 b). 



Monoicous, underleaves remarkably undnlate, periantb 

 pluriplicate. 



Traehycolea. Sprnce. 



2. Fruttania squarrosa R 



Hab.? 1874, legit Borgen (Hb. Kiær no. 99 b). 

 Ad Manandriana, 31—1—1879, legit Borgen, (Hb Kiær 

 no. 96). 



In montibus Ankaratra, 1879, legit Borgen, (Hb. Kiær 

 no. 100). 



3. Frullania oualifolia n. sp. Kiær et Pears. 



Dioica, pallide fusca. elatiuscula, vage et sparse rainosa, 

 flexuosa. Folia approximata imbricatave, horizontalia-patentia- 

 divergentia, plana, late ovalia; lobulus erectus, galeatus; 

 cellulae parvae, quadratae. Foliola approximata, caulis 5-plo 

 latiora, reniformia, ad usque l /i bifida, sinu lunato, seg- 

 mentis acutatis, conniventibus. Bracteae foliis majores, 

 lobis deltoidiis, in teger rimis, lobulis subulatis, recurvis, inte- 

 gerrimis; bracteola oblonga, infra 1 / 2 bifida, segmentis subu- 

 latis, integerrimis, ad basin utrinque 2-laciniatis. Periauthia 

 ovali-ovata, trigona, verruculosa. 



Plant of a pale brown eolour. Stems 17a to 3 inches 

 long. vaguely branched. irregularly sub-pinnate, flexuose. 

 Leaves imbricate, near the base of stem and on the bran- 

 ches approximate or loosely sub-imbricate, horizontal to 

 patent divergent, plane, broadly oval; lobule erect, galeate, 

 cuculate, when explanate lanceolate, canaliculate, 5 cells 

 broad at the base. 4 cells near the apex, 20 cells long, 

 contracted at the base; cells quadrate, small, walls thick- 

 ened; style minute. narrowly triangular, 3—2—1 cells. Under- 

 leaves approximate, 5 times broader than the stem, plane 

 or nearly so, reniform, bifid to about iimat e, 

 segments acutate, connivent; rootlets reddish, arising from 

 base of under-leaves. Inflorescence dioicous, 2 terminal on 



