he saw, I shall offer no apology for tran s c rib in g th e whole of his rem a rk . “ I n v a rie ta te hujus
r J . bicuspidatcej mense Novembri e t Decembri rep e ri c apitu la p u lv em len ta , qu®, summè
auc ta , corpuscula oblonga a u t obversè o r a ta to ta com prehendit; q u a aliquamdiu in aquà re lie ta
figuram mutavei-unt in sph®ricam, e t, u t d istin c tè vidi, p a n ^ moléculas sub ro tu n d a s diini-
se ru n t, non verò mag'nà copià. In te r alia u n um corpusculum p o s t a liq u o t confinium explo-
sionem solutum e s t, e t formam quidem r e tin u it, pa rvam aliquam moleculam (fo rtè ab alio
corpúsculo pro fe c tam ), ad la tus h ab en s ; subitò au tem hoc ma jus corpusculum in motum
ac tum a tque in lo ngura pi-otrusum e st, ita u t ü lu d ex foco pc rd e rem , nec amplios re p e rirem .”
Schmidel, Icones, p. 247.
H aller’s description, n. 1865, does n o t so w ell a g re e w itli om -p la n t as his n . 1878, b u t
lie tells u s tlia t th e form e r is th e same as Schmidel’s p la n t, Diss. Jung. f. 16.
E h rh a r f s J . hicuspidata (Crypt. 292) which 1 have neve r seen. Dr. Sm ith assures us, is
a ve iy different p la n t from th e p re s en t, a n d more like th a t figru-ed in Engl. Bot. t . 281,
which I formerly supposed was only a v a rie ty o f J . bidentata, b u t which I am now inclined
to accord w ith Mr. Fi-ancis and Dr. Sclirader in considering a d is tin c t spe c ie s; th o u g h very
closely allied to it. I t is J . heterophylla o f S chrader’s Systemalische Sammlung.
J . hicuspidata, J . byssacea, J . connivens, and J . curvifolia form a ve ry n a tu r a l family,
ag re e in g in gen e ra l h ab it and in th e ir ramification, which has always more o r less o f a
s te lla ted appearance, in consequence o f th e f r u i t o r ig in a tin g from th e c en tre o f th e p lan t,
and tlie branches div e rg in g on a ll sides n e a rly equally.
R E F E R E N C E S T O T H E P L A T E .
A single fem a le p la n t o f J . hicuspidata, n atural size
The same magnified .......................................................................................................... g
Portion o f the stem and leaves...................................................................................... 4
4. Exterior and interior pericheetial leaves ........................................................ 4
Calyx longitudinally d is s e c te d ...................................................................................... 3
Abortive g e rm e n .................................................................................................................... 2
Barren p i s ti l lu m ................................................................................................................... j
Capsule opening and discharging its seeds ....................................................... g
Seeds and spiral filaments ........................................................................................... j
Gemmiferous p la n t, natural size
E x tremity o f a surculus o f the same, ma g n ified ..................................................... 4
Gemmæ ....................................... ................................................................................... j
Var. ¡3, portion o f ................................................................................................................. 4
L e a f o f the same .......................................................................................................... 3
Gemmæ o f var. /3 ...................................................................... j