. Contributions from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. Plants. Evans: Notes on genus Herberta 211 irregularity, is doubtless more or less abnormal. The same thing may be said of the trifid leaves and of the blunt divisions which occasionally come to light, when a large series of leaves is examined. Although Dickson's original figures show perianths and mature capsules, these organs seem to be very rarely Figs. 14-20. Herberta adunca (Dicks.) S. F. Gray 14, 15. Leaves, X 40. 16. Cells trom the basal portion of a leaf, showing the basal vitta on the right, X 225. 17. Dorsal base of a l


. Contributions from the Osborn Botanical Laboratory. Plants. Evans: Notes on genus Herberta 211 irregularity, is doubtless more or less abnormal. The same thing may be said of the trifid leaves and of the blunt divisions which occasionally come to light, when a large series of leaves is examined. Although Dickson's original figures show perianths and mature capsules, these organs seem to be very rarely Figs. 14-20. Herberta adunca (Dicks.) S. F. Gray 14, 15. Leaves, X 40. 16. Cells trom the basal portion of a leaf, showing the basal vitta on the right, X 225. 17. Dorsal base of a leaf, X 225. 18. Cells from the upper part of a dorsal leaf-division, X 225. 19. Cells irom the apex ot the same division, X 225. 20. Perigonial bract, X 40. FiGS. 14, 16-19 were drawn from Norwegian specimens collected by E. Jorgensen and distributed in Schiffner's Hep. Europ. Exsic. 464; Figs. 15, 20, from Norwegian specimens collected by B. Kaalaas and distributed in the same exsiccatae 465. Hooker stated definitely that the only fruiting plants he had seen were Scotch specimens furnished by Dickson. Pearson* did not know fruiting plants at all; his description and figures of the bracts and perianths were drawn from Cuban specimens referred to H. juniperina, his idea being that the reproductive parts in this * Hep. British Isles 100, loi. pi. 36,/. 11, 12. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Osborn Botanical Laboratory. [New Haven?] Osborn Botanical Laboratory, Yale University


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