SPRUCE. — IIEPATIC.E NOV^ AMERICAN-f! TROPICE. CXCIlI 



Lejeunea (Microlejeunea) glorosa Spruce n. sp. 



Dioicay minuta, virescens, dense depresso-cespitosa, caule 3-5 mill. 

 longo assurgente paucirameo. Folia dissita, patentia, ovata, subconcava, 

 oblusa vel subacuta, medio recte complicata, lobulo duplo breviore 

 angustioreque ovoideo-rbomboideo inflalo, apice brevi acuto; cellulw 

 minuluLne, subopaca^., subplanse. Foliola plus duplo breviora, obovato- 

 cuneata, profunde bifida, segmentis acutis obtusisve basi 2 cellulas latis. 

 Flores $ terminales, innovatione simplice suffulli. Bractew foliis parum 

 majores, planilobai (explanatie oblique obcordato-obovatse), lobis rotun- 

 datis inferiore paulo minore. Perianthia subimmersa, globosa, vix 

 rostellata, obtuse 5-gona. — Folia '25X'2, lobulus '12, cellulce "017; 

 bractew (expl.) '3 X'^; perianthia '2X'2 mill. 



Hab. Paraguay, ad Guarapi, in cortice (Balansa, n^ 3722). A L. 

 ulicina Tayl. differt foliis baud suberectis, minus concavis, lobulo sat 

 minore; bracteis multo minoribus oblusilobis intcgerrimis. Foh'a infe- 

 riora in caule elongate interdum obsolete lobulata. 



Lejeunea (Microlejeunea) cephalandra Spruce n. sp. 



Dioica^ pusilla, strato tenui arete repens, virescens. Caules \ poll I- 

 cis longi, intricati, vage raniosi. Folia subexplanata, inferiora perparva 

 dissita. superiora increscentia, conligua vel subimbricata, oblique ovata, 

 rotundata rarius abruple obtusa, basi antica lata interdum subscmicor- 

 data, postica elobuUita raro plica minuta aucta; cellular parva), suba^qui- 

 lateraj, subpacbydermes. Foliola triple breviora, orbiculata, ad J acute 

 bifida. Flores $ in caule ramove lerminales, innovatione (plerumque 

 simplice) suffulli. Bractew foliis submajores, altera ultra ^ biloba, lobo 

 oblique ovali, lobulo sat breviore lineari-oblongo rotundalo, bractea 

 altera perssepe elobulata; bracteola obovala, ad |^ acute bifida. Perian- 

 thia alte emersa, piriformia, subcompressa, S-carinata, carinis humi- 

 libus Isevibus, apice lato brevirostria. Androecia in caule ramisque ter- 

 minalia, globoso-capilata, raro caulis medium vel totum fera occupantia; 

 bractece pro m. pauci- (sub 3-) juga>, foliis multo majores, compresso- 

 hemispha^ricse, brcviter biloba;, diandrai. — Folia '35 X "i^S, cellulce "018; 

 foliola •12X'12; bracteola •32x*28; perianthia '75 X '^5 mill. 



Hab, Paraguav, in montibus Peribebiiyy ad cortices (Balansa, 1870, 

 11** 3720). 



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