SPRUCE. — IIEPATICiE NOV^ AMERICANS TROPICiE. CXCV 



LOPIIOCOLEA PARAGUAYENSIS Spruce 11. Sp. 



Cum L. Martiaria N. sat bene convenit quoad folia angustc triangu- 

 laria (utroque margine subrecto) apice recte fere truncato ad angiilos 

 apiculum minutum, 3 cellulas longiim, proferenlia, necnon florcsccntia 

 monoicadiffertautem caracteribus sequentibus : Folia alterna vel obs- 

 cure per paria approximata (iieque exacte opposita ac in L. Martiand). 

 Foliola perparva, ad basin fere usque 4-partita, segmentis setaceis 

 divergentibus. Rami $ simplices. Bractcw irregulares, integerrimaj vel 

 subspinosa3; bracteola pra^late cuncata, breviter biloba, lobis bifidis. 

 Perianthia anguste obconico-triquelra, exalata, vel una altera ve carina 

 peranguste alata, ala integra; apice 3-labiata, labiis grosse paucilaci- 

 nialis. — Folia ISX I'O (6asOXO-6 {apice)\ celluhe f^; foliola 0'3; 

 perianthia 3-0 X 1 '3 mill. 



Hab. Paraguay, in lignis putridis (Balaxsa, n*^ 4252). — Eadcm 

 videtur stirps a cl. Glaziou, prope Rio Janeiro, sub n" 7230 lecta ; parum 

 differt foliolis minus profunde fissis, laciniis brevioribus. 



Aneura cataractarum Spruce n. sp. 



La^tevirens, opaca, depresso-cespitosa et inlricata; caules 1-3-polli- 

 cares, subplanse, anguste lineares, piunalae et subbipinnaUe, lalitudine 

 lota 2 cellulas crassae, vel tantum in ipso margine cellulis uniseriatis 

 sublimbata, rare in medio 3 cell, crassa;; cellulse superficiales subaiqui- 

 laterae parvulae. Flores dioici : $ ramulo abbreviato constantes; pistil^ 

 lidis sub 12-juga; involucrum dup]eXy memhranis vario mode incisis 

 incurvulis utrinque binis constans. — B'rons 0'2-0'8 mill. lata. 



Hab. Paraguay, in scaturiginosis (Balansa, n" 3704", 4245, 424G : 

 rockers bordant les torrents^ Cerros de Mbatobi et Leon). 



-4. tenuicula Nob. in Hep. Am. certe distat minulie, frondc (ad ramos 

 praecipue) limbo lato unistralo circumdala. — Sub n° 4246 adest forma 

 planior, elongata, magis regulariter pinnata, caractere tamen lypico. 



RicciA (Ricciella) stenophylla Spruce n. sp. 



Albescens, prostrata, intricata. Frondes! centimetro longa), peranguste 

 lineares, semel bisve furcatae, angulo furcse acuto, leviter canaliculata?, 

 cellulis 3-slratis subpellucidis, extimis parviilis suba^quilateris planis, 

 cavitalibus strati interioris elongatis (unde frons striata videatur). Calyp- 

 fr«(curacapsula concrela)) solitariae, globossB, magnae, cauli aequilatae. 



