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THE LEJEUNE^ OF LINDENBERg'S HERBARIUM. 379
he (I.e.) described the lobulus fohi as "small, oblong, acute,
tumid, entire." On the contrary, in its normal condition it is
extremely large, and if but slightly magnified appears distinctly
bidentate.
L. SPH.EROPHORA L. & L., 477, Mauritius, Sieber. Dr. Schiflfner
has referred this plant to PJorir/wicoina, but it is undoubtedly a true
Lojiholi'jeunea S., and is allied to L. Sagraana and applanata,
with which it agrees in habit ; in addition to perianth and bracts,
the tumid leaf-lobe is quite that of Lnplwlcjeunea. In reality there
is no such a genus as Phraf/micoina, which is a conglomeration
of very different species ; to Dr. Spruce belongs our thanks for
having been the first to separate it into natural groups ; no one
before him could have done so, not only on account of his keen
powers of observation and the many years of study which he has
devoted to the Hepatic^e, but that in his South American travels
he collected plants so nitelligently, in such quantity, and in such
perfect condition, that this knowledge became at all possible, in
striking contrast to the small imperfect specimens which the
authors of the ' Syn. Hep.' and their successors had to make use of.
L. ADGLUTiNATA Tavl., 509, Cayenne, Tayl. The common form
of L. Penuiaiia L. & L.
L. EPiTHETA Tayl., 510, Ind. Occid.
specimen of L. Peruviana L. & L.
Tayl. Nothing but a poor
L. cRuciANELLA Tayl., 592, Demerara, Tayl. According to
Spruce's description, L. cruciancUa belongs to Leptolejcunea, and
he has evidently had the original plant before him ; our 592, on
the contrary, belongs to Cohdejeunea, and is the same as a plant of
which I possess good specimens with perianths from Sao Francisco,
leg. Ule, which I have named L. papilloba.
L. poLYPLocA Tayl., 665, Insul. Pacific, Tayl. Identical with
L. trifaiia N.
Strepsilejeunea cojiitans H. & T,, 686, New Zealand, Tayl.
Perianthia inflata, obovato-pyriformia, baud plicata. Monoica.
Hygrolejeunea cordifissa Tayl., L. rerintc simillima ; species
dubiosa. (From the examination of Taylor's original specimens, I
should consider this a very good and distinct species, the remarkable
crenulation of the leaves and underleaves described by Taylor
is a striking character. In the specimens of L. cerina and its var.
Liebmaniana there is no approach to this feature.— W. H. P.) If
such is the case, my plant is not L. curdijissa, but a form of L.
cerina (Stephani).
Lejeunea Ascensionis Tayl., Ascension Island. Identical with
Lejeiinea pterota Tayl.
L. ALBiFOLiA Tayl., Oware, Pal. Bcauvais. Perfectly identical
with Diplamolcjeunea peliiividn Meiss.
L. LONGiFLORA Tayl., Para, is a synonym for L. trijaria N.
Eulejeunea lucens Tayl. Spruce places it with Microltjeiniea,
but this subgenus is characterised thi'oughout by a very large leaflobule,
which olteu reaches almost to the apex of the leaf, and
which gives to these plants a very characteristic feature, and being
squarrosely branched with distant leaves, becomes more noticeable