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Catdis 4 — 6 poIHces longns, vlx fikiin emporeticnm 

 crassus, repens, rigidus, conilnuus, e tetragono 

 ainoq>hus, e foliis sulcatns, cicatrisatos, e basi 

 eimpltee subpyramidato - ramosus ; ramis ad 

 caulem erectis, humo adpressis, ramulosis et 

 haod raro ad apicem simpliciter excurrentibns 

 Cextremis surculis flagella emittenfibns** Dil- 

 len. I. c.) Radiculm caplHares axHIares. Po- 

 J/a rigida, pellucida, colore prasino (synedra): 

 caullna heterogenea, homomorpha, late obovata 

 vel subrotunda , brevissime acuminata , basi 

 inaequaliter cordata, iobis baud raro majuscu- 

 lis, aurieularibus: lateralla minima, §■ — :| Iin. 

 longa, postica, ad rainulos confertissima, rectan- 

 gulari-patentia, contigoa, demnm imbricata, 

 profundius concava, apice quidqaam inflexo, 

 late ovata, acotinscula, basi integra, vix cor- 

 data, marginibos minute ciJjolatis, nervo snpra 

 levissime sulcolato, sobtas prominente : inter' 

 media triplo minora, elliptica vel obovata, pe!- 

 tata et lobo basilar! ad partem intenorem In- 

 ciso quasi biauriculala, pailide roarginata, den- 

 ticolata, plana, imbricata, recta, divergentia, 

 nervo basi non excurrente, apice in mucronc- 

 lum desinente. Amenta linearia, solitaria, elon- 

 gata (3—4 lin. Ig.), quadrangularla. Bractem 

 ovato-acominatse, adpressae; dentieulatae, acute 

 capinafc-e, sporocarpiis roajores, Gongylocarpia 

 minnta, globosa, fusca, globulos 3 albissimoa 

 contlnentia. Sporocarpia ovato-erecta, farina 

 crocea vepleta. 



