SPRUCE. — HEPATIC.^ NOV.E AMERICANyE TROPICiE. CCI 



Aneura digitiloba Spruce n. sp 



Dioica, pusilla, pallide xxridis. Frondes vix somipollicares, iml)rir;ita>, 

 assLii'genles, basi varie divisa}, deiii laxe subpiiinata), fnrcata^ vel sub- 

 simpliccs; rami omnes lineari-digiliformes plano-convexi vel bicoiivexi, 

 meilio 5 cellulas crassi, sectione semilanceolata, limbo unislrato nullo, 

 apice a^quilalo obcordati; celluhc superficiales parva> suba^qtiilalere opa- 

 culae; interna} multo majores. oblongae, subvacuae. Flores^ subbasales; 

 cahjptra clavata, carnosa, cortice mucoso subtuberculato, apice hand 

 mammillalo. Capsida oblongo-cylindrica. P/a/ifr/? (/ baud visai. — Laci- 

 nue frondis -2- -6 mill. lat(E; capsula '6 X '^5 mill. 



Ilab. Prope Rio Janeiro (Glaziou, i\'' 7228 et 92G2). 



Obs. Utraque cellula frondis interna (subsuperficialis) cellulls 5-7 cor- 

 ticalibus operla es(. Pedicelhts in sectione 16 cellulas, sc. 12 corlicales, 



4 axiales, monstrat. 



racteribus supra-expositis distincta. 



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Aneura Glaziovii Spruce n. sp. 



Dioiea. Frondes e rhizomate repente assurgenles, 1-2-pollicares, 

 subplanai, bipinnala}; costa primaria sectione lanceolata, medio IG cel- 

 lulas crassa, undique limbo unistrato 4-5 cell, lato alata; pinnee omnes 

 lineares, subopposita} ; pinnulce costa 4-5 cell, crassa, lindjo paulo 

 latioresub cell, lato; c^//wto limbi majuscule suba3quilatera3. Cahjptra 

 clavata tuberculis subaspera. Capsula magna ovali-cylindrica. — Caulis 

 latitudo 10 miU,^ pinnularum \)^{sc. costa -Ib^ utraque ala-'i mill.); 

 cahjptra A'5xO'Q mill. 



ITab. Vrope Rio Janeiro (Glaziou, n** 7OG0). — Ab A. prehemili e. a. 

 eerie diversa videtur. 



Metzgeria albinea Spruce n. sp. 



Autoicay pusilla, prostrata, albido-pellucida, fronde seuiipollicari bis 

 furcata, lineari vel hie illic conslrictaj apicibus obcordalis. Costa tenuis 

 et diaphana, uiraque facie cellulis magnis biserialis operla, subtus pilis 

 longis plus minus birta, Pagina subplana, calva, margine recurvotamen 

 pilis binis divaricalis cilialo, vel hie illic subnudo; celhilcE majusculae 

 subaiquilafero-bexagonai alte convexa}, pellucidae et subvacuae. Flares $ 

 rari, in furca sa^pe insidentes, vix involucrati. Ca////^«/vz piriformi-cla- 



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