79 Carol. Mailer. 



Ex affinitate Cupressinae apiculatae (Hsch.), sed tenerior, 

 praesertim thecae forma distincta. 



172. Cupressina (Cupressinae lep to rrhynchae) distanti- 

 folia n. sp. ; monoica; cespituli humiles teneri decumbentes viridis- 

 simi nitiduli intricati; caulis vage ramosus, ramulis brevibus stereo- 

 phyllaceis apice brevissime gemmaceo tenero vix uncinatulis anguste 

 complanatis; folia caulina minuta plus minusve patentissime distantia 

 madore remotiuscula, e basi brevissime angustata parum impressa 

 fibrosa cellulis alaribus pro foliolo majusculis vesiculosis hyalino- 

 aurescentibus ornata peranguste asymmetrico - oblonga in acumen 

 longiusculum subulatum acutatum sursum vel retrorsum falcatum 

 tenuiter denticulatum producta, planiusculo-concava, fere subinvoluta- 

 cea, enervia, e cellulis angustissimis densis breviusculis in membranam 

 pallentem veluti conflatis areolata; perichaetialia penicillatim erecta 

 multo longius subulata; theca in pedicello brevi tenero purpureo 

 inclinata e collo brevi arcuato- oblonga vel nutans magis breviter 

 ovalis, operculo e basi minute conica tenuiter rostrato; peristomium 

 breve, dentibus externis angustis teneris luteis linea longitudinali 

 distincte exaratis dense articulatis valde introrsum curvatis, internis 

 angustissimis strictis flavidis teneris nee hiantibus, ciliolis singulis 

 rudimentariis. 



Ha bit at io. Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca, ad truncos ar- 

 borum sylvestrium, Oct. 1893: E. Ule, Coll. No. 1719. 



173. Cupressina (Cupressinae leptorrhynchae) sapro- 

 bolax n. sp.; cespites lati pulvinatuli virides vel lutescentes valde 

 intricati; caulis ramis brevibus perangustis teneris capillifoliis radica- 

 libus divisus; folia caulina laxiuscule disposita, madore regulariter 

 densiuscule recurvata minuta angusta, e basi cellulis alaribus vesicu- 

 losis hyalinis vel dilute aureis minutis compressis 4 — 5 ornata an- 

 gustiore in laminam lineari - oblongam vel parum latiorem falcato- 

 subulatam integerrimam vel summitate tenuiter denticulatam attenuata, 

 concava enervia margine erecta, e cellulis angustissimis pellucidis 

 areolata; perichaetialia majora erecta, e basi convolutacea latiorc 

 in acumen breve distincte denticulatum producta; theca in pedunculo 

 pro plantula longiusculo tenui rubro glabro inclinatula minuta, e collo 

 brevi saepius calloso anguste oblonga fusca, operculo e basi conica 

 longe subulato- rostrato, peristomio brevi minuto luteo. 



Habit at io. Brasilia, Sa. Catharina, Serra Geral, in truncis ar- 

 borum putrescentium Araucarietis, Junio 1890: E. Ule, Coll. No. 894, 

 917, 918; Majo et Sept 1891: idem, Coll. No. 1041, 1199; Serra Geral, 

 in terra sylvestri, Aprili 1891: idem, Coll. No. 1210, forma foliis 

 perangustis, sub Cupr. pcrangusta n. sp. 



174. Cupressina (Cupressinae leptorrhynchae) cam- 

 pan ifor mis n. sp.; monoica; cespites robustiusculi laxe intricati 



