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 100 LICHENES ANTILLARUM A W. R. ELLIOTT COLLECTI. Marsdenia Taylori, sp. nov. Volubilis, caule flagelliforme, foliis ovali-ovatis acutis uninerviis glabris ; inflorescentia parva axillari breviter dichotome ramosa, floribus pluribus dense glome- ratis ; pedicellis brevibus, calyce breviter campanulato sparse pilo- siilo, segmentis late ovalibus vel ovatis clliolatis, glandulis parvis singulis linearibiis interpositis ; corolla campanulata, lobis brevibus rotundatis emarginatis, tubo pilis albidis erectis ore instructis, et infra setis numerosis refiexis cum staminibus alternantibus indutis ; coronse squamis antlieris adnatis, parte tantum superiori libera membranacea anguste triangulari, ab antherae appendice latiori superata ; polliiiiis filiformibus, caudiculis latis membranaceis. Hab. Eabai Hills, East Tropical Africa, July-Sept. 1885, W. E. Taylor. The leaves are 4 in. long by scarcely 2 in. broad, and have an entire obtuse base ; the petioles f in. long. The whole inflorescence is only ^-f in. in length, the peduncles being 3-4 lines, and the closely crowded pedicels borne on its short branches, 1-1^ lines. The calyx- segments are |-1 line long ; the corolla is 2 lines long, its lobes only f line ; the mouth of the tube is filled with a ring of stiffish hairs, while the interior of the tube at the level of the stamens bears tufts of downwardly pointing shorter but otherwise similar hairs. The corona-scales, except for the short (less than ^ line) acute tip, are adnate to the backs of the anthers, the broader triangular appendage of which overtops them; the stamens are 1 line long, with coherent filaments. Is near the Indo-Malayan and Chinese species M. tinctoria Br., but is distinguished by its inflorescence, larger flowers, and leaves with a marked obtusely pointed base. Explanation of Plate 856 B. — Baseonema Gregorii. Fig. 1. Flower, x 2. 2. Flower from which petals have been cut away, x 4. 3. Pollen-carrier, x 4. 4. Pollen tetrad. LICHENES ANTILLAEUM A W. R. ELLIOTT COLLECTI. ExpoNiT Edv. a. Wainio. ( Continued from p. 72.) Trib. 10. Lecide^. 1. Cladonia. 1. C. Floerkeana (Fr.) Sommerf. *C. bacillaris Nyl. a. clavata (Ach.) Wain. Mon. Clad. i. 92. Ad truncos putridos in monte St. Andrews (2000 ped.) in St. Vincent (n. 82, pr.p.). 2. C. DiDYMA (Fee) Wain. a. muscigena (Nyl.) Wain. Mon. Clad. i. 141. Ad terram humosam in rupe in Roseau Valley (n. Ill) et in cacumine mentis Morne Diablotin (4500-4700 ped. s. m.) in Dominica (n. 701). f. polydactyloides (Miill. Arg.) Wain. I. c. 142. Ad terram hu- mosam in rupe in monte Morne Anglais (3750 ped. s. m.) in