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FLORA ANTARCTICA.
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31 . Jungeemanma fulvella, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; parvula, caule implexo procumbente ramoso, rami? cylindraceis, foliis arete imbricatis patentibus concavis marginibus incurvis remote dentatis camosiusculis pelluciclis laxe cellulosis caulinis oblique rotundatis, rameis minoribus arctius imbricatis rotundatis, stipulis erectis concavis late rotundatis integerrimis v. irregulariter dentatis, calyce laterali obovato cylindraceo foliis periclitetialibus integerrimis duplo longiore. Nobis in Loud. Joum. Bot. vol. 3. p. 464. (Tab. CLYIII. Fig. I.)

Hab. Hermite Island, Cape Horn ; in the woods on dead timber, trunks and twigs of trees; abundant.

South part of Tierra del Fuego ; C. Darwin, Esq. Caspites 3 una lati, pallide fulvi. Caulis 1 una longus, pluries vage ramosus, ramis tenuibus. Folia caulina rameis laxius imbrieata, basi latiora planiora, dentibus valde irregularibus. Stipules rameae caulinis breviores, sed latiores, rariusque dentatse. Folia perichjetialia parva, oblonga, concava, calyce ter breviora. Calyx lineari-oblongus, trigonus, subtumidus, ore angustato. Seta i una longa. Capsula late oblonga.

With much the appearance of a Herpetium, but having no flagelliform shoots, and the leaves are irregularly dentate. It is a most distinct species.

Plate CLVIIL Fig. I. — 1, plant of the natural size ; 2, part of stem, leaf, and stipide ; 3, leaf ; 4, upper leaf ; 5, stipule; 6, portion of branch with leaves, calyx, seta, and capsule; 7, calyx and perichsetium ; 8, corolla : — magnified.

32. Junoermanxia obvoluta, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; casspitosa, caule ascendente vage ramoso, ramis cylindraceis elongatis flaccidis suberectis, foliis imbricatis patentibus membranaceis laxe cellulosis late quadratis margine incurvo undulatis bifidis sinu angusto hie illic grosse dentatis subdecurrentibns, stipulis majoribus rotundato-ovatis concads emarginatis utrinque uni-dentatis. Nobis m Loncl. Joum. Bot. vol. iv. p. 80. (Tab. CLXI. Fig. I.).

Hab. Hermite Island, Cape Horn, and the Falkland Islands ; on the trunks of trees, and on the ground.

Csespites pallide olivacei, straminei. Caules A- % una longi. Folia secus partem caulis superiorem involuta. Stipuhe emarginatae, sinu latiusculo.

Allied to /. oligopliylla, nob., but quite different specifically from that, and from any other species with which we are acquainted. Plate CLXI. Fig. I. — 1, plant of the natural size; 2, portion of stem, leaves, and stipules; 3, leaf; 4, stipule : — magnified.

33. Jtjngeemannia madida, Hook. fil. et Tayl. ; caespitosa, caule elongato planiusculo erecto ramoso, ramis erectis fastigiatis, foliis laxe imbricatis patentibus semiamplexicaulibus concavis ovato-quadratis bifidis, segmentis acutis incurvis integerrimis v. apices versus. 2-3-dentatis, stipulis majoribus foliis paulo breuoribus concavis late ovatis bifidis subintegerrimis, calyce termiuali cylindraceo recto apice obscure dentato, capsulee valvis lineari-elongatis. Nobis in Land. Joum. Bot. vol. 3. p. 465. (Tab. CLYIII. Fig. II).

Hab. Hermite Island, Cape Horn ; on moist banks, and in bogs on the mountains, forming dense tufts.

Caspites densi, 2-3 una lati, locis humidioribus obscure virescentes, siccis rufescentes. Caules 2 una longi. Folia laxe imbrieata, ad i longitudinis bifida, minute cellulosa, integenima v. apices versus 1-2-dentata. Stipula foliis subsequales, late oblonga 1 , bifidae, segmentis obscme dentatis. Calyx elongatus, superne attenuatus apice truncatus. Capsula elongata, cylindracea.