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w. H. PEAESON. 



[No. 3. 



from Cuba, Georgia and Florida in North America, and 

 South America. 



Description Tab. V. Fig. 1. Plants nat. size. 2, 3. 

 Portion of stems with leaves X 64. 4. Cross-section of 

 stem X 85. Underleaf from stem X 85. 6. Underleaf 

 from branch X 85. 7, 8. Portions of bracts X 24. 9. 

 Bract X 24. 10. Portion of bract X 85. 11. Bracteole 

 X 24. 12. Pistillidia X 85. 13. Perianth X 24. 14. 

 Cross-section of perianth X 24. 15. Mouth of perianth 

 flattened out X 24. 16. Spores X 290. 17. Elater X 290. 

 18. Perigonial leaf X 64. 19. Ditto X 85. 20. Antheridia 

 X 85. 



8. Ceplialozia (Eucephalozia)^coniiivens (Dicks.) var. flagel- 

 lifera Pears. 



Monoicous, J and ? on] short postical branches, flagelli- 

 ferous, of a pale green almost white colour, creeping, (with 

 leaves) flat ribbon-like; insertion of leaves slightly more 

 horizontal than in type; perianth of one layer of cells 

 throughout. 



Hab. By a river near Umpumulo. 



I add the following interestiug note from Dr. vSpruce. 



„It dilfers from our G. connivens in the branches being 

 often flagelliferous at the apex (aphyllous and rooting), leaf- 

 sinus deeper, less rounded, often decidedly acute; perianth 

 3-plicate throughout, 15 — 18 laciniate at mouth, laciniae 

 not exactly ciliiform, but of two rows of cells in lower 

 half. — Now the question is, are these differences to be 

 accounted specific or merely varietal? The same question 

 recurs almost whenever a European species reappears in 

 South America and Africa, for the coincidence of structure 

 is scarcely ever exact; and, altho^ we are sure that these 

 analogous forms have had a common ancestor at no very 

 remote period, we find it difficult to so bridge over the 

 oceanic interval as to account for the very wide dispersion." 



Measurements. Stems V2 to 1 inch, diam. .2 mm, leaves 



