JANERXO TO THE COAST OF PERU. 
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Previous to Mr Ja^meson's quitting Rio Janeiro, he had 
made one or two botanical excursions, the muscological 
fruits of which he transmitted to us. He writes, that they 
are specimens of all that he could collect at Rio de Janeiro. 
This he, however, adds, was probably owing to his being 
obliged to limit his walks within a few miles of the capital. 
It is a district hitherto little examined for the Cryptogamic 
department of Botany ; and, therefore, as might have been 
anticipated, there are some new species in the packet. 
We have to regret, that the imperfect state of some of 
them renders full descriptions impossible. We have, how- 
ever, endeavoured to give such as we hope may serve in 
future to distinguish the plant, 
LycopodinetJ:. 
1. Lycopodkim rupestre, Lin. 
Var. Tenuior, caule ramisque subsimplicibus filiformi- 
bus ; foliis lanceolato-subulatis, vix apice piliferis. 
Hab. Ad rupes intra portus introitum Rio de Janeiro, 
Forte a L. rupestri species distincta, sed fructu non visa 
separare nequeo. 
% Lycopodium convolutum, nob. Foliis bifariis im- 
bricatis secundis ovatis acutis ciliato-dentatis, superficiali- 
bus minoribus geminis, caule erecto distiche, et alternatim 
ramoso, ramulis dichotome ramosis apicibus convolutis. 
Hab. In suhalpinis aridis in Rio Janeiro. 
L. circinali proximum, sed ut supra differt. Fructus 
non observatus. 
