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Hypoptertfgium speciosum n, «p. 



Dendroideum; stipes elongate - rectus y foUis sqttami^ 

 formibus vaginantibus lato-ovatis obtusis evanidinervin 

 iiistrnchis, apice dendroifleo -> ramosuia ; ramifiratio JUicifor'* 

 mis in pagina ohliqua po^ita fructibus erectis aggregaiis i 

 folia iato-orata oblicjtia acuminata, yifato^ ffiarg-ina^a ar-^?//e 

 serrata nerro ast/mmetrico crasso Jiavo evanido^ stipiilae 

 multo mijior^s ovato * acuminafae^ tlaro mftrg;!nalae nrrro 

 fieamoso symmetrica tenuiori llava e^iccurrente \ perithac- 

 lialia longe lanceolato- acuminata symmetrica tmmargi- 

 nata itUegerrtma oerro evanido tenui\ capsitla brevipedi* 

 cellaXa obiouga pendula, ad setae inserlionem' pUcata, 



Habitat m regno Chilensi : Philip pi. Hb. reg. Berol. 



Spi^cies elogaulissima. Ganlis primarins repeus tomen- 

 (osus, 'tiirionibus plantas novas formans; caulis sccundarius 

 ercetas longas^ foliis aqaamlformibus densissjnie adpressis 

 vagiuantibos ]ato-OTatis membrauaeeis obtiisis eTaDidinerviisr, 

 apjce deudroideo- ramosus; ramiiicatio filicnliformis in pagi- 

 na obliqua posita, fructibua erectis; rami pinnali t, simpli- 

 ctosenli; folia tristicba, itla ramorum e Iiasi lato-ovata obli- 

 qne arnmiuata, flavo' marginata denliculala^ denstssime he- 

 xagono - areolata , nervo ilavo crasso eraiiido asTmmelrico, 

 sicca crbpata, madefacta paientissima; folia ramulorum an- 

 gDstiora ad marginem uoum ex basi serrata; ad alleram 

 apicc serrata; stipnlae multo minores orato-acaminatae spi- 

 nnloso- serrata, nervo Bexuosp excnrrentCj apice asjmmetn- 

 fo (i* e, Don in apicem sed lateraliter in marginem cxcnr- 

 rente); perichaetialia symmetrica tenniora OTalo-lanceolata 

 loDgiasculo-acnmiuala, apice mar^inibns subinrolatiJ^, laxios- 

 culo- areolata y immarginata, nierro teDiiiori evanido et laxiits- 

 mlo-areolato; fios feminens crassns in caole commnui, ar- 

 rhegonia longiuscnio-stipttata nnmerosa, paraphysibus ca- 



