SPRUCE. — IIEPATIC.E ^OVJE AMERICANS TROPICA. CXCIX 



Lrevior, aniiuste obloima, breviter biloba, lobis obtusatis, a basi cum 

 utraque bractea alle connata. Perianthia sat alto cmcrsa, obovato-obco- 

 nica, vix coiupressa 5-gona, rostellata. Andnecia amentis parvis lale- 

 ralibus paucijugis constaulia. ■ — Folia -6 X '^j lobulus 'l^o, celluhe j^- 

 „; foliola -15 X "15; bractece -5 ; perianthia -8 X "5 mill. 



Ilcib. Prope Rio Janeiro, in terra umbrosa cum L. trifaria {Glkziov, 

 n-OiSO). 



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Lejeunea (Microlejeunea) oligoclada Spruce n. sp. 



Dioica, exigiia, vircscens, prostrata, pauciramea. Folia dissita vel 

 subimbricata, late pafentia, semicordato-ovaio, obtusata rolundatave, recte 

 complicata; lobulo majusculo, dimidio folio subbreviore inflato, ovoideo, 

 truncate, subapiculato; cellulw parvre, leplodermes, marginales minores 

 et subopacaj. Foliola 4-plo breviora, oblongo-rotunda, ad ^ bifida, seg- 

 mentis subulatis subobtusis. Flores $ rari, innovati. Bracte(P foliis 

 parum diversse, lobulo tamen angusto, piano, elongate ; bracteola ovalis, 

 ad i acute bifida, sogmentiserectisobtusis. Perianthia emersa, lalepiri- 

 formia, snbeorapressa, alte 4-carinata, carina quinta (anlica) humili, 

 minute rostellata. Androecia in medio caule ramove posila; bractew 

 pauci- (s»pe uni-) jugje, magnai, subglobosa?. — Folia -35 X "25, lobu- 

 lus -15, cellulw -^ ; foliola -08 ; perianthia -5 X '35 mill. 



Hab. In Brasilia australi (Glaziou n" 7425). 



Lepidozia plum.eformis Spruce n. sp. 



Dioica, laxe depresso-cespitosa virens; caule bipollicari pinnato, 

 frondulam lineari-lanceoiatam sislente; pinnis subdislantibus, horizonta- 

 libus, vel apice decurvo flagellari radicantibus. Folia patentia, subplana, 

 caulina dissita, ramea subimbricata, subquadrala, basi antica gibba 

 semicordata, apice 4-dentata, caulina ad ^, ramea ad | fissa dentibus 

 planis late subulatis vel semi-lanceolatis subacuminatis acutis, postico 

 subangustiore; cellulce parxx, superioressub.'Equilatera;, opacffi.inferiores 

 sensim longiores et subpellucida?, ad angulos baud incrassata. Foliola 

 triple fere minora, distantia, quadrata, ad medium 4-fida, dentibus subu- 

 latis subobtusis.— Fo/m -8 X "55, cellulw -^; foliola -3 X -25 mill. 



ITab. Prope Rio Janeiro, sterilis (Glaziou n° 7135). In Boliviae Andi- 

 bus orientalibus copiose legit cl. Dr. Rusby, alt. circ. ISOO", annis 

 1884-0. — L. reptanli affinis, multo major, regulariter sed laxe pin- 

 nata foliis planioribus minus profunda fissis, cellulis duplofereminoribus 

 subopacis. 



