Pistilla (f. f. 5, 6, 7) rarely more than three or four in each calyx, large, broadly ovate, the 
mouth a little expanded and crenate. They are faintly marked longitudinally and 
transversely with dusky lines. 
Calyptra obovate, carnose, curved at the base, which, as has been already remarked, 
■originates in the underside of the frond, erect, at the extremity of a whitish color, beset 
on every side with many white, rigid hairs or bristles, which stand out for the most part 
in a horizontal direction, and give the calyptra a remarkably hispid or almost echinated 
appearance. An irregularly torn but vertical fissure is formed for the emission of the 
capsule. — I have not been able to discover any style. 
Peduncle about thrice as long as the caiyptra, rather wide in proportion to its length, white, 
cellulose, tipped with the ovate, or rotundo-ovate. 
Capsule, which is of a deep brown color (f. 16), strongly reticulated, opening into four equal 
ovate valves, that soon fall back and become twisted. 
Seeds spherical (f. 12), brown or fulvous: the spiral filaments are of the same color, 
composed each of a single helix of considerable length, and much attenuated at each 
■extremity. Many of them continue to adhere at the apices of the valves of the capsule, as 
in J. Hookeri, J. pinguis, 8fC. 
Var. /3. (f. 2) scarcely differs from a but in its larger size, and more elongated, as well as straiter, 
habit. It is also of a more yellow color than the usual appearance of the plant. 
Var, y. (t. lv. f. f. 22, 23) is most remarkable for its color, which is of a fine verdigris green, 
especially towards the apices of the frond, which are moreover considerably dilated, and the whole 
plant is of a more delicate texture than is the case in a. A further difference may be observed in 
the midrib, which in y is frequently forked within the frond, and immediately below the apex, 
I am aware that this peculiarity is occasionally seen in a, but it is so much more common m the 
wruginose variety, as justly to entitle it to observation. With regard to the color of y I ought 
to remark that it is sometimes, but not always, visible in a fresh state, Mr. Turner and 
Mr. Mackay having been directed to the habitat by this circumstance: whereas Mr. Lyell 
and Mr. Templeton both observe that it becomes seruginose after having been kept for a length 
of time in a dried state. In all other respects this var. resembles a, and like it produces 
abundant innovations. By these it increases, but not by these alone, for copious terminal 
clusters of gemmae have been found upon this variety, first by Mr. Lyell , and afterwards by 
Mr Don and Miss Hutchins. In a gemmiferous state the present individual has a new and very 
striking character; for the forked ramuli (f. f. 25. 29) have their margins so much recurved as to 
make them appear almost cylindrical, and at their apices the gemma? are formed, and adhere, 
though slightly, in clusters. These gemma (f. 26) vary much in size, and not a little in form ; 
but they all agree in being of the same cellular structure as the plant, and in this respect 
resembling the gemmae of J. minutissima. At first they are roundish or ovate, afterwards more 
oblong, and when they fall from the frond they may be seen to have marginal hairs Although 
I have not had the opportunity of tracing them in a more progressive state, 1 think there cannot 
be a doubt that they are destined every one to form perfect plants. Their color is of the same 
seruginose green as the frond. 
