OF CFYLON AND INDIA. 
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placenta (^^.) bears two ovules on the basal side. X 20. 6 The same, from 
the side, showing the sex^tum ( sjJt,'). 7 The same, from the upper side, with 
the ovules bent down ; s., the stalk bearing the thick placenta. 8 The 
fruit, X 20, from the side. 9 Interior of fruit, from the lower side, X 20, 
showing the two septa, the stalk of the placenta, and the seeds. 
Farmeria indica. — ^10 Plant, from shrivelled rock-dry material, show- 
ing thallus (th.) with hapterous discoid feet (/.), X 6. 
Plate XXXVIII., Farmeria indica.— The three small stones at the left 
show this species, with its branching habit, and small discoid feet, X 3/5. 
Farmeria metzgerioides. — The two central stones show this species, 
in ripe fruit, the fruits being held firmly against the rock by the persistent 
bracts. Tristicha ramosissima. — The large right-hand stone is covered 
with the creeping thalli of this plant, on which the discoid hapterous feet 
can be clearly seen ( C. A. Barber, No. 2,518). The secondary shoots have 
been removed. C/. PI. V. 
