370 13. HOOKERIEJ. [ Lepidopilum. 
membrana brevi exserta impositi; calyptra ultra basin opereul vix de- 
scendens, basi filis articulatis fimbriata. 
Hab. Ins. Trinidad, Crüger ; Guiana in foliis Patrisie papyrifere. Fl. 
Negro, San Carlos, ad arbores pomiferas, Spruce, n. 793, 796 ; S&o Ga- 
briel, Spruce, n. 795, 797 ; fi. Huallaga, Yurimaguas, Spruce, n. 798, 791. 
Andes Quitenses, fl. Bombonasa (1200 ped.), Spruce, n. 790 (forma foliis 
latioribus); Quito, Jameson. Andes Peruvian, in monte Campana; 
Spruce, n. 792. Brasilia, Montevideo, Sellow. 
3. L. SPLITGERBERI (Mont. Syll. 14, Hookeria). Repens; caule com- 
planato fusco radieuloso bipinnato ramosissimo, ramis alternis patentibus, 
ramulis extremis julaceis faleato-incurviusculis. Folia dimorpha, caulina 
quadrifariam imbricata, acuminata, acumine plicato torto, media erectius- 
cula, lateralia patenti-subrecurva, ramulorum subjulaceorum conferta 
ovato-subrotundata acuminulata inzequilatera siccitate subcucullata, omnia 
siccitate contorta. Fructus ignotus.—Mont. l. c. 
Hab. Surinam, in folio coriaceo, Splitgerber. 
** Habitus jungermannioideus."— Mont. l. c. 
4. L. EpIPHYLLUM (Mitt.) Dioicum. Folia complanata, lateralia 
divaricata, apiculo parvo subplicato, superiora patentia, breviora, rotundo- 
ovata, acutiora, enervia, marginibus apice serrulatis, cellulis elongatis 
angustis; perichetialia erecta, ovata, acuminata. Theca in pedunculo 
superne scabro, oblonga, inclinata, operculo subulato ; calyptra basi fim- 
briata. 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos (3000 ped.), Spruce, n. 800 ; 
Chimborazo (3000 ped.), ad folia, Spruce, n. 801. 
Rami eum foliis vix lineam lati. Folia viridia, nitida. Pedunculus 
4-linearis. 
Quam L. Patrisie minor, arctius adpressa, foliis obtusioribus et oper- 
culo breviore. 
Sect. 3. Actinodontium, Schwegr. ii. 2. p. 75. 
5. L. Sprucer (Mitt.). Dioicum; rami breves. Folia compressa, late- 
ralia patentia, omnia ligulato-oblonga, acuta, nervis medio desinentibus, 
marginibus recurvis reflexisve integerrimis, cellulis elongate oblongis pel- 
lucidis; perichztialia parva, lanceolata. ^ Theca in pedunculo elongato 
levi, cylindracea, operculo subulato-acuminato, peristomii dentibus elon- 
gatis, cellulis laminze externe angustioris luteis pellucidioribus, laminz 
interioris punetulato-obseuris, interni processibus angustis obscuris, ad 
dentium basin usque discretis; calyptra infra thecæ medium descendens 
nuda, ? 
Hab. Andes Quitenses, in sylva Canelos (3000 ped.), Spruce. 
Rami vix ultra lineas tres producti, cum foliis 1} lineam lati. Folia 
nitida, straminea, viridia. Peduneulus 6-7-linearis. 
