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dilute ferruginea integerrima latiuscule marginati, interni vix carinati 

 vix fissiles dilute ferruginei. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Sa. Catharina, Serra Geral, in monte Capi- 

 vare arboreum in declivibus, Januario 1891: E. Ule, Coll. No. 1184; 

 Tubarao, in fruticibus paucis sylvestribus, Julio 1889: idem, Coll. No. 771, 

 et ad truncos arborum sylvestrium, Aug. 1890: idem, Coll, No. 959. 



88. Lepidopilum pycnodictyum n. sp. ; cespites latiusculi 

 laxe cohaerentes pallide virides nitiduli aetate lutescentes decum- 

 bentes; caulis ramis brevibus vel uncialibus latiuscule regulariter com- 

 planatis curvulis; folia cauHna erecto-patula, e basi latiuscula in laminam 

 lato-ovatam vel oblongam longe acuminatam subulatam acicularem 

 flaccidulam exeuntia, superne tenuiter denticulata inferne margine 



^ parum revoluta, asymmetrica, nervis binis pallidis angustissimis bre- 

 vibus plus minusve obsoletis leniter exarata, e cellulis longis angustis 

 pellucidis basi laxioribus reticulata, saepius plicato-concava; perichae-^ 

 tialia minora; theca in pedicello brevi tenui rubro parum flexuoso 

 hispido erecta cylindrico-oblonga, siccitate sub ore constricta, operculo 

 conico oblique rostellato; peristomium longiusculum strictum, exter- 

 num angustissimum rubrum sinuato-articulato-flavido-marginatum, in- 

 ternum parum carinatum dilute ferrugineum eleganter articulatum ad 

 carinam inferiorem vix fissile; calyptra operculum solum obtegens 

 minuta membranacea basi vix lacerata glabra. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Sa. Catharina, Serra Geral, ad truncos ar- 

 borum araucarieti, Januario 1890: E. Ule, Coll. No. 862; Serra do 

 Oratorio, in declivibus, Aprili 1889 c. fr. senioribus: idem, Coll. No. 475. 



Lepidopilum fruticola simile pedicello glabro jam differt. 



89. Lepidopilum laxirete n. sp.; monoicum; caulis adrepens, 

 ramis uncialibus vel breviorlbus simplicibus anguste complanatis cur- 

 vatulis teneris pallide virentibus laxlfoliis; folia caulina minuta recurvo- 



■ patula, horrida, madore patenti-disticha, e basi angustiore pro more 

 complicata in laminam asymmetricam latiuscule ovatam breviter recte 

 acuminatam acutam producta, apice tenuiter denticulata, planiuscula 

 tenera, nervis binis brevibus angustissimis obsoletis leviter exarata, 

 e cellulis ampliusculis brevibus laxiusculis teneris pellucidis utriculo 

 primordiali tenero repletis reticulata; perichaetialia minutissima pauca 

 appressa pallida cymbiformi-vaginata brevissime acuminata vel obtu- 

 siuscula integerrima; theca in pedicello perbrevi tenuissimo rubente 

 tenuiter aspero flexuoso vel curvulo erecta minuta e collo brevi anguste 

 ovalis vel obovatis tenera, operculo conico acuto, calyptra tenera 

 operculum solum obtegente glabra; peristomium longum dimidiam 

 capsulam adaequans, externum angustissimum subulatum lamina rubra 

 media longitudinali latere flavida ornatum dense articulatum, internum 

 aequilongum vix angustius flavo-rubiginosum vix carinatum subulatum 

 tenerrime papillosum. 



