592 19. SKITOPHYLLEX. [ Fissidens. 
geniculato-adscendente inzequali-oblonga incurva ; operculo longe rostrato, 
calyptram lineari-conicam excedente. 
Hab. Cuba, ad terram rufam inter radices arborum subversorum ad- 
herentem, Wright, n. 19. 
F. tamarindifolio Sm. similis, sed substantia foliorum diversus. 
30. F. cauPvLoPus (Mont. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. iv. 116). Caulis 
decumbens. Folia circa 15-juga, dense imbricata linearia, lamina apicali 
lanceolata incurva ; omnibus(?) partibus subcrenato-denticulatis. Theca 
resupinata, ovalis, inzequalis, cernua, seta basi geniculata apice curva, oper- 
culoque convexo recte rostrato.— C. Müll. Syn. i. 66. 
Hab. Chili australis, in terra, C. Gay. 
Flores masculi axillares. 
31. F. ceNuNEnvis (C. Müll. Syn. i. 70). Subezspitosus, subsimplex, 
gracilis, elatiusculus. Folia siccitate valde crispula, densiuscule imbricata ; 
folii lamina ad 3 producta e basi oblonga, medio latior, apice attenuata, 
integerrima, zqualis, ala unica rotundato-obtusa, ad flexuram nervi cum 
ea connata; lamina dorsalis ad basin nervi enata, apicem versus crescens 
integerrima; lamina apicalis lanceolato-obtusa apice crenulato denticu- 
lata; nervus crassus semel genuflexus, ante apicem evanidus diaphanus; 
omnes lamine e cellulis minutis, granulis obscure viridibus impletis, 
areolatz. 
Hab. Columbia in granitaceis, Moritz. . 
** F. osmundoidi ex habitu simillimus, sed foliis apice laminz apicalis 
obtuse crenulato-dentatis distinctissimus."—C. Müll. 1. c. 
From the description this would appear to be very near to 
F. asplenioides. 
32. F. ruavinervis (Mitt.). Caulis elongatus, innovans. Folia 
patentia, nervo flavo pellucido percursa, lamina vera ad medium producta 
apice inzequali, lamina dorsali basi rotundata, marginibus ubique tenuissime 
crenulatis, cellulis fere opacis papillosis. Theca in pedunculo elongato 
pallido ovalis, suberecta, operculo subulato, peristomii dentibus profunde 
fissis, humidis arcte inflexis. Flos masculus in ramulo basilari vel in 
caulis apice. 
Hab. Fl. Negro, Sao Gabriel, Spruce, n. 542; ibidem in truncis emor- 
tuis, Spruce, n. 535. Nova Granata ad fl. Magdalena prope Honda, in 
sylvis ad arborum truncis (600 ped.), Weir, n. 413. 
Caulis 2-linearis, cum foliis $ linee latus. Pedunculus lineam vix 
excedens. 
33. F. PALLIDINERVIS (Mitt.). Monoicus?; caulis innovans. Folia 
patentia, approximata, nervo pellucido percursa, lamina vera apice in- 
zequali, lamina dorsali basi rotundata decurrenteve, marginibus crenulatis, 
cellulis subopacis. Theca in pedunculo elongato ovalis, suberecta, oper- 
