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vindes nitentes; caulis ramulis perbrevibus paucis pinnatim divisus 

 angustifrondeus; folia caulina majuscula longiuscula, e basi cellulis 

 alaribus 3 — 4 magnis vesiculosis hyalinis vel aureis utrinque ornata 

 angustiore in laminam profunde cymbiformi-concavam oblongatam 

 oblique vel falcate acuminatam subulatam integerrimam margine 

 usque ad subulam eleganter angustissime revolutam producta, palli- 

 dissima, enervia, e cellulis longiusculis angustis in membranam veluti 

 conflatis areolata ; perichaetialia majora , e basi convolutacea in 

 acumen longe subulatum erectum protracta; theca in pedunculo 

 longo tenui rubente inclinata minuta obovata constrictula, operculo 

 conico oblique subulato, peristomio majusculo siccitate prominente 

 humore luteo, conum introrsum curvatum sistente: dentes externi 

 breves angusti lutei, interni flavi perangusti integri nee hiantes, 

 ciliis singulis longiusculis tenuibus interpositis. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Serra dos Orgaos, ad 

 truncos arborum vetustos, 12. Septbr. 1891: E. Ule, Coll. No. 1262, 

 1263; Minas Geraes, Serra de Caraca, in arboribus sylvestribus 

 Martio 1892: idem, Coll No. 1474. 



Quoad folii fabricam magis in Heterophyllum inclinans, sed 

 foliis distincte falcatis Cupressina, facile autem operculo rostrato 

 primo visu propria species. 



175. Cupressina (Cupressinae genuinae) symbolax n. sp. ; 

 monoica; cespites lati turgescentes rigidi flavo-virides subcompacti; 

 caules profusi sed dense aggregati irregulariter breviter pinnatim 

 ramosi nitiduli, axi rubro firmo crassiusculo; folia caulina majuscula 

 dense imbricata firma cartilaginea humore olida, e basi lata parum 

 compressa cellulis alaribus magnis vesiculosis hyalino-chryseis ornata 

 in laminam lato-ovatam vel oblongam dcinque subulato-acuminatam 

 falcatam irregulariter concavam enervem attenuata, margine crecta 

 integerrima, e cellulis perangustis in membranam firmam subconflatis 

 areolata; perichaetialia majora e basi brevi imbricata in acumen 

 longiusculum complicatum subulatum acutatum flexuosum firmum 

 protracta, margine valde revoluta; theca in pedunculo medio pertenui 

 rubro flexuoso inclinata, ex apophysi minuta minute ovalis, siccitate 

 arcuato-oblonga constricta rufa, operculo c basi planiuscula lutea in 

 rostrum rectum producto; peristomium longiusculum angustum stne- 

 tum: dentes externi membranacei valde tenuiter cristati in subulam 

 tenerrimam articulatam protracti lutei, interni aurantiaci imperforati 

 longe tenerrime subulati, ciliis solitariis tenerrimis interjectis. 



Habitatio. Brasilia, Nova Friburgo, 1000 m alta, ad arbores 

 sylvestres, Januario 1898: E. Ule, Coll. No. 2156. 



Species propria robusta , cellulis alaribus foliorum ad rris- 

 megistias acccdens, sed foliis falcatis atque ramis apicc breviter 

 uncinatis ad Cupressinas inclinans. 



