340 MR, RICUARD SPRUCE’S HEPATICE ELLIOTTIAN E. 
Hab. Insula Sti. Vincentii, super montem Richmond, in Pla- 
giochilis repens (Etutort, no. 203, Feb. 1892). 
L. validiuscula (Hepat. Spruceane exsicc. anno 1892) affinis, 
distat tloribus monoicis, 2 ramulo perbrevi, innovatione sepius J 
suffulto ; foliis parvilobulatis, irigonis cellularum vix ullis ; foliolis 
duplo majoribus, profundius fissis; perianthiis apice profunde 
emarginatis. 
34. LEsEUNEA EFrFusA, Spruce, nD. sp. 
Dioica, albicans, caule 2-pollicari, flaccido, fragili, vage ramoso, 
in matrice repens. Folia subimbricata, subdivergentia, decurvo- 
concava, a basi constricta semicordato-ovata, abrupte apiculata 
cuspidatave—caulina interdum solum acuta, toto ambitu celluloso- 
serrulata-crenulatave, valide sinuato-complicata ; lobulus triplo 
brevior, turgidus, saccatus, margine apiceque incurvis ; cellule 
parve, subequales, trigonis minutis vel vix ullis, pauce (2-4) 
sub lobuli margine ceteris majores, vacue, ocellum sistentes. 
Foliola parva, lobulis subbreviora, subrotunda, ad 3 obtuse bi- 
fida, segmentis obtusis rarius acutis. Andrecia plerumque 
brevispica. Flores 2 ramulo brevissimo simplice constantes. 
Bractee foliis sat minores, serrulate, lobo ovali-lanceolato 
acuto, lobulo vix duplo breviore obtuso; bracteola obovato- 
lanceolata, ad 4 fissa, sinu segmentisque acutis. Perianthta alte 
emersa, anguste obcordato-cuneata, compressa, subtus convexa, 
margine supra medium sparsim denticulata.— Folia °5 x ‘32, 
lobulus +16, cellule +, ; foliola ‘15 x°15 mm. 
Hab. In monte Chimborazo super Plagiochilas repens (R. 
Spruce, 1860). Situ simili montis Sti. Andree ins. Sti. Vincentii 
legit cl. Evtiorg, sub no. 83, anno 1892.—A Pr. denticulata distat 
florese. dioica, foliis haud acuminatis, cellularum trigonis sub- 
nullis, ete. 
35. L. teprocarpta, Spruce, in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. xv. 
p- 159.—St. Vincent, Mt. St. Andrews (84). 
Subgenus 13. DrepanoLEseuneEa, Spruce. 
36. L. rncnoata, Meissn.in Syn. Hep. p. 343.—St. Vincent, 
Mariagua (22), Richmond Peak (356). Souffriére, forma foliis 
secundis (227).—Var. pertssoponta, S.; foliis spina longa 
margine antico auctis. Dominica, sine loc. (516). 
37. L. anoptanrua, Spruce, in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. Xv. 
p- 189.—Dominiva, Basin Will (505). 
