ITS 



jrpeffulariter divisum. Folia subveHiciHata, 

 vertkilUs obliquis, 8-faria, confertissima, erecto- 

 incui'Vfty elongata (ad 3 Un. longa, i lin. lata), 

 aceroso-rigida, crassiuscula, nitentia, lineari- 

 subulatn, apice in setam (1| — 2 lin. longam) 

 byalinam desinentia, integerrima vel dentieu- 

 -Hs raris sevrata, margine tunaidtila, dopso sub- 

 convexa, nervo promiuente, sulcato, unde folia 

 specie binervia (nee iininervia quae dicitWilld. 

 in descriptione), nervo utroque infra apicem 

 confluentibus, facie superioi*e sulco inaequaii, 

 inargimbMs iki«Vkid«lts Umitato ^\^9^sk exsculpta, 

 ad insertioneift gtbbulosa, ipso pai'encbymate 



longe et jiavaliel© d^cwrreatiai. FoUa pedun- 

 ctilaria adji^vesso-e^e^ta, sensioi minora, d«- 

 crescentia> distltiicte verticiUata, octona^ vevti- 

 cillis obUquis^ dij^otis. Amenta tot, q^ot pe* 

 dunculi divisiones, elongata (ad 3 - p€>iUearia)> 

 curvata, tei'etia, Bractew sneokbranace^e, ovato- 

 subtmngalare^^ basi subcofdata^ media ia*e 

 decurrente , apice setigerae , m^rgiue ei^oso- 

 dientatee, ^ua,tw»ae, decassatim vertlcillatse, 

 demum squarroso patentes. Sporocarpia haf^i 

 lata, cordate, profbnde emarginata, s^ml-oJ^bi' 

 Cttlaria^ bracteis vix minora, forina oehracea 

 repleta. 

 Hab. in Seilla de Caracas prov. Veaeauelse in 



crepidbibus, snper gneisso: Qomboldt ia Herb. 



Willd. Nr. 19,351. 



* X. lieteropli^lmn Hook, ^ Grep^ Icqh fil. 



tab. 113. ist dem L. clamtum nahe verwaadt, nii- 



