1886.] 



HEPATICAE NATALENSES. 



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Description of Tab. XII. Fig. 1. Plants nat. size. 2. 

 Portion of stem antical view X 16. 3—9. Leaves X 24. 

 10. Portion of leaf X 290. 11, 12, 13. Underleaves X 85. 

 14. Pair of bracts with innermost bracts X 24. 15. Inner- 

 most bract X 24. 16. Oiiter bracts with bracteole X 24. 

 17. Pistillidia X 85. 



15. Sympliyogyna Lehmanniana N. 



Hab. By a river near Umpumulo. 



16. Riccardia? 



A few barren fragments found growing with an 

 Anthoceros, too meagre to satisfactorily determine; the 

 stags-horn shaped stems with rootlets, plano-convex in cross- 

 section, agree somewhat with Riccardia latifrons Lin db. 



It may be the Riccardia fastigiata (L. et Lindenb.) 



Hab. Near Umpumulo. 



17. Anthoceros punctatus (L.) 



Monoicous. The fronds show the punctate character 

 after being soaked in water for a little time, they are 

 rather thicker than our British form, unfortunately the 

 specimens are unripe so no spores observed, but I see no 

 character to distinguish it from our A. punctatus. 



Hab. By a river near Umpumulo. 



