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ed out to me by tbe above-mentioned gentleman iu a basty excursion
performed last summer (1826). In some places it was
scarcely possible to gather a specimen of the smaller Solenice
free from the parasite.
From tbe minuteness of the parts, the fructification is liable
to be overlooked, and it was some time before I noticed i t ; and
as Captain C a r m i c h a e i . had bestowed upon it tbe MS. name
of LinJda strangulans, it is probable it had escaped his observation
from the same cause. As it is, it forms a most remarkable
feature, and removes the plant from every genus I am acquainted
with. I t evidently belongs to the Nostochinw of
A g a r d h , and appears to claim most affinity with Coryne-
phora marina, A g .
F ie 1. M. strangulans on a Solenia, nataxal size. 9.. A plant sun ound
ing the frond. Fig. 3 . A younger plant. Fig. 4. A transverse shoe of the
liyrionema and frond. Fig. 5. A portion o f the Myrionema, with a part
of the frond o f the Solenia separating at the base. Fig. 6 . Filaments and
capsules ; magnified.
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